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2 . Mitigation of Damages William West , an engineer , worked for Bechtel Corporation , which is headquartered in San Francisco and operates worldwide . Bechtel is an organization of about 150 engineering and construction companies . Except for a two- month period in 1985 , Bechtel employed West on long-term assignments or short- term projects for thirty years . In October 1997 West was offered a position on a project with Saudi Arabian Bechtel Co. ( SABCO ) , which West understood would be for two years . In November , however , West was terminated for what he believed was his " age and lack of display of energy . " After his return to California , West received numerous offers from Bechtel for work that suited his abilities and met his salary expectations , but he did not accept any of them and did not look for other work . Three months later , he filed a suit in a California state court against Bechtel , alleging in part breach of contract and seeking the salary he would have earned during two years with SABCO . Bechtel responded in part that , even if there had been a breach , West failed to mitigate his damages . Is Bechtel correct