What is the name of your state?Tx (where this took place anyway)
Hi, this is concerning a friend of mine who has recent suffered a very difficult situation. His parents are seperated and he lives in Ohio with his mother. His father lives in Texas. Through social networking, somehow his father got in touch with the CFO of a small to intermediate-sized company, while they were talking his father brought up the subject of summer employment, and the CFO said she could arrange a good, well-paying job for his son at their company. This news was passed on and my friend got in touch with the CFO and they talked about the job and details. He was assured by the CFO that the job was "100% his." With this job set up, my friend packed up and moved to Texas for the summer, quitting his decent job in Ohio. Upon arriving in Texas, the Monday he was supposed to start work, he was told by the CFO that the HR guy who does training is out of town for the week and there would be no purpose of him coming into the office until he returns. Starting on Wednesday of that week, he began trying to talk with the CFO to confirm his new start date and make plans. He couldn't get ahold of her and she wouldn't return his calls. Finally, he was able to get ahold of the CFOs daughter, who contacted her mom and told her to call the guy back. Late Sunday my friend finally gets ahold of the CFO, but the CFO says the HR guy is out again on Monday to to call back Tuesday. On Tuesday, he again cannot get ahold of the CFO and finally contacts the company to go straight to the HR director and leaves a message. The HR director calls back a little later confused, and says that the person who they thought was the CFO, was just a normal marketing employee (a pion at the company), and had no authority over the hiring process. He was also told that this promised position, does not and never did exist. Upon explaining that he had been promised a job and moved there from Ohio to take it, the HR director hinted that the so-called "CFO" would be questioned about it. So my friend is not only screwed out of a would have been great job, but has also quit a good job back in Ohio and moved all the way there, and will not be making NEAR the amount that he would have in either case. We were wondering if there would be any recourse against this "CFO," at least to make up some of his losses. We still have no idea what motivated her to do this.
From my first thoughts, I would either assume a lawsuit for Breach of Contract or Communications Fraud would be most appropriate. The contract was only ever verbal over the phone. Also, does Communications Fraud apply if someone intentionally misrepresented themselves and a situation to defraud someone of money, even if they didn't stand to gain from it? Thanks in advance, this is a kinda long read.
Hi, this is concerning a friend of mine who has recent suffered a very difficult situation. His parents are seperated and he lives in Ohio with his mother. His father lives in Texas. Through social networking, somehow his father got in touch with the CFO of a small to intermediate-sized company, while they were talking his father brought up the subject of summer employment, and the CFO said she could arrange a good, well-paying job for his son at their company. This news was passed on and my friend got in touch with the CFO and they talked about the job and details. He was assured by the CFO that the job was "100% his." With this job set up, my friend packed up and moved to Texas for the summer, quitting his decent job in Ohio. Upon arriving in Texas, the Monday he was supposed to start work, he was told by the CFO that the HR guy who does training is out of town for the week and there would be no purpose of him coming into the office until he returns. Starting on Wednesday of that week, he began trying to talk with the CFO to confirm his new start date and make plans. He couldn't get ahold of her and she wouldn't return his calls. Finally, he was able to get ahold of the CFOs daughter, who contacted her mom and told her to call the guy back. Late Sunday my friend finally gets ahold of the CFO, but the CFO says the HR guy is out again on Monday to to call back Tuesday. On Tuesday, he again cannot get ahold of the CFO and finally contacts the company to go straight to the HR director and leaves a message. The HR director calls back a little later confused, and says that the person who they thought was the CFO, was just a normal marketing employee (a pion at the company), and had no authority over the hiring process. He was also told that this promised position, does not and never did exist. Upon explaining that he had been promised a job and moved there from Ohio to take it, the HR director hinted that the so-called "CFO" would be questioned about it. So my friend is not only screwed out of a would have been great job, but has also quit a good job back in Ohio and moved all the way there, and will not be making NEAR the amount that he would have in either case. We were wondering if there would be any recourse against this "CFO," at least to make up some of his losses. We still have no idea what motivated her to do this.
From my first thoughts, I would either assume a lawsuit for Breach of Contract or Communications Fraud would be most appropriate. The contract was only ever verbal over the phone. Also, does Communications Fraud apply if someone intentionally misrepresented themselves and a situation to defraud someone of money, even if they didn't stand to gain from it? Thanks in advance, this is a kinda long read.
ya, that was kinda dumb.