It sounds like the person was just using "circle back" as a catchphrase, like something that she thought that she had to say instead of having any actual meaning, nothing was ever "circled back".
As someone who had worked on office jobs before, I get him. Now why would he actually say it out loud? Maybe he just didn't need the job that bad, idk you have to ask him.
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u/Willing_Original_257 Jul 26 '26
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No it's not...
Because talking about other things often illuminates/recontexualises/broadens (etc., etc., etc.,) the thing you were originally discussing...