New Delhi, July 27 -- Four months of meticulous screening, countless interviews, and a finalised salary negotiation-all erased in a single sentence: "The GM is not joining."

Business Consultant Ameet Mukherji shared a frustrating reality of losing a highly qualified candidate right at the last moment in a viral LinkedIn post.

He shared that the candidate didn't walk away over money or a better title, but because he refused to be the "fall guy" in a company that ran entirely on the founder's mood rather than structured processes.

Ameet Mukherji shared that he was consulting for a Rs.15 crore manufacturing company to help them hire a General Manager "who could finally take the founder off the shop floor".

However, after he worked for fo...