Intent of Offer Vs Offer -An epitome of corporate HR practice

1. In my view, by denouncing the 'intent of offer' Infosys's image as 'the best Employer' does not get tarnished nor the company would lose its competitive advantage any way because the organization adheres to the rules and regulations perfectly and as many of our friends have already put forward their perspective, it is not ' offer' but just the 'intent of offer' which clearly means that there is some cushion of time for the hiring decision. Again it is the candidate's responsibility to be well aware of the general practice and to be clarified if there is any confusion.
2. The Placement coordinator has a bigger role to play in an institute where all are freshers and there could be error on the part of the candidate.However, such mistakes could be associated with quite costly consequences like the one mentioned in the case.Therefore, the placement coordinator has to take a step beyond being just a silent spectator.He has to assess and ascertain every individual case, should carefully co-ordinate with the corporate house about the specific decision that they are going to take, whether there is any hidden meaning in the communication and get it clarified,guide the candidates about the so called corporate jargons and provide alternative choices to the dicey cases.
3. It is an epitome of present day corporate HR practice where one has to be very very alert and cannot take any thing for granted because the communication is made so diplomatically that knowingly it contains expressions/words to protect the interest of the employers always and at the same time adheres to all legally valid norms.The case has undoubtedly created scope for more careful understanding of delicate yet important HR issues both from an employee's as well as employer's perspective and made the subject more interesting.