Yep.
But it was for legal purposes only.
The terms would have been agreed upon by the time Strong was officially fired through a mua. Which I thought was your point?
Yes anything agreed upon before an officially firing would be verbal. Nothing in writing and that is the point.
It was reported when DD was hired after a job is officially posted an AD can make a declaration using an emergency as a reason around having to wait two weeks to make a hire.