AI at work · fictional workplace scenes
The template sets the deadline
An offer deadline can be invented by a reused template rather than a real constraint. In this fictional scene, Otto adds a next-day response date to a draft. Ollie asks why the candidate needs to decide so quickly. Casey discovers nobody chose that date or checked whether the candidate had time to review the terms.
Why it looked good
A date makes the process look organized. The template hides that no decision owner set it.
Q1 · What is this really for?
What real scheduling need should this response date serve, and what review time does the candidate need?
Q2 · Who decides, and did they?
Who sets the offer response date, and have they agreed on it before the draft is sent?
The next move
Ollie removes the inherited deadline from the draft and asks Casey to confirm a response date and its reason with the offer owner.
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