‘Do offer shopping’: IIT Kharagpur techie claims to have lost two job offers shares campus placement lesson

For thousands of engineering students, campus placements are supposed to mark the beginning of stability after years of pressure, exams, and relentless preparation. But for some graduates this year, that sense of relief reportedly disappeared overnight. Social media has been flooded with posts from students claiming that their job offers were suddenly revoked after placement season, leaving them unemployed just months before graduation. The stories, shared by students from premier institutes including IITs and NITs, have triggered a larger conversation around job security and hiring practices.

Several students recently took to social media and professional networking platforms to share experiences of offer revocations allegedly linked to organisational restructuring and changing hiring needs. One social media user claimed that during campus placements last year, they had secured two full-time offers, one from a multinational company and another from a US-based startup. However, according to the user, both offers were eventually withdrawn.

Sharing the emotional toll of the experience, the user alleged that while trying to seek clarity about the situation, they were even scolded by a manager over a phone call. The post quickly gained attention online after he advised fresh graduates not to depend entirely on a single offer or remain overly loyal to employers during placement season. The user argued that students should “do offer shopping” if possible because employment can disappear with “just one email,” adding that there are barely any protections or regulations around sudden offer revocations.

Another social media user shared a similar experience, saying their on-campus offer had recently been revoked due to organisational changes. The student stated they were now actively searching for opportunities in software development, backend engineering, and AI-related roles. The individual also highlighted experience in event-driven systems, backend development, Generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI systems while publicly marking themselves as open to work.

Meanwhile, another case that drew attention online involved Aditya Kumar Barawal from the National Institute of Technology Warangal. The student shared on LinkedIn that a previously accepted pre-placement offer from a Day 0 company had been revoked.

According to Barawal, the company cited internal restructuring and headcount-related changes as the reason behind the decision. He later updated his profile with an “Open to Work” status while looking for new opportunities.