The recruiter who lied to get him in the room
The role was permanent only. He would not have taken a permanent role, and the recruiter knew it — so the pitch came with a hint of contract flexibility attached, just enough to be worth turning up for.
The recruiter was not overselling a job. He was betting that once the candidate was in the building, he would change his mind.
This is a bait-and-switch job advert moved one step earlier in the funnel —
off the listing and onto the recruiter’s phone script. Which makes it far
harder to hold anyone to. There is no advert to screenshot and no offer letter
to dispute: only a conversation calibrated to get a yes to the interview, and
walked back the moment it had done its job.