Recruiter asked me for offer letter ...
Aug 1, 2018
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I️m in the middle of negotiations with Company A and B. When I️ told B I️ have an offer from A with this much comp, they asked to see an offer letter, but I️ have a verbal offer from A. Anyone else been in this situation? What do you do?
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This happened to me once, not at FB. The recruiter strongly insinuated that I was lying about my offers and current compensation, and asked for documentation to include offer letters, my current W2, my equity grant letters, and the like. I respectfully but firmly declined to provide the requested materials, at which point the recruiter became openly hostile and derogatory. I then CC'd the hiring manager, politely informing both of my offer decline. This got me a new recruiter and an increase of around 15% TC, which I also declined.
I checked up a month later and the original recruiter was no longer employed at that company.
The point is that you are perfectly within your rights to refuse this request in a civil manner. Your recruiter, if smart, will know to back off. Your recruiter, if dumb, will escalate and give you an excuse to involve the HM. As a rule, HMs don't like losing good candidates because of dumb recruiters, so your offer will probably be safe.