EaseMyTrip co-founder calls out hired candidate who backed out on joining day

EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti has called out candidates who refuse to join a company after accepting the job offer. Pitti shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation where one such candidate informed him that they would not be joining EaseMyTrip because they had found a better opportunity elsewhere.

The candidate informed Pitti of their decision on the very day they were supposed to join the online travel company.

Pitti slammed the practice of applying for a job, clearing the hiring process and accepting the offer, only to back out at the last minute. “This is hugely prevalent and ends up wasting so much time and resources,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Once a candidate accepts offer-letter, companies wait for months and reject all other potential candidates,” he said by way of explaining how the issue of candidates backing out last minute affects companies. “But candidate decides on very last day, that they won't be joining,” he added, sharing the aforementioned screenshot of his exchange.
In follow-up tweets, Pitti said his take on the hiring issue should not be equated with employers firing people. “Many people falsely equating this to employers firing people. Firing and quitting happens all the time,” he wrote.

The real equivalent of this situation, he said, would be if an employer sent an offer letter to a candidate – only to turn them down on the day they were supposed to join.