This care presents a series of emails between a job candidate who seems to have accepted a job offer and then reneged on the acceptance. The exchange of messages has several communication issues from the language and expressions used to the time and channel.
1. With whom do you side here—Abdala or Korman?
2. What mistakes do you think each party made?
3. Do you think this exchange will damage Abdala’s career? Korman’s firm?
4. What does this exchange tell you about the limitations of e-mail?