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There are a plethora of threads on this board from people who didn't hear anything back. From people who got the impersonal email, etc. They took the time and consideration to attempt to contact you personally. Go figure.
Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.
Not to turn this into a whole other discussion...but this is pretty much a day in HR. People annoyed you called, people annoyed you emailed. people annoyed that they did not get the job threatening you (yup, it happens) and all sorts of other fun things.
Happened to me twice. The second time I was glad to hear it since I would have had to explain I couldn't take the job. Be glad they called instead of the usual non response.
I just found it odd for him to take time to call me. Why not an email? Since that is more common these days or nothing. I have had HR send me reject letters. But never a phone call. WOuld you have liked to talk to a potential employer when he was rejecting YOU for a job? I would NOT!
So your complaint comes down to your squeamishness about talking to someone who didn't hire you?
The only time I was ever annoyed about a phone call rejection was after a really great interview. I got a voice mail message at 4 pm on a Friday afternoon from the company asking me to call back right away. So obviously I was pretty excited, thinking that if they were calling on a Friday afternoon I must have the job. Instead, it was a "wow, you were really great and I wish we could offer you the job, but we decided to offer it to someone else." In that case, waiting until Monday morning or a less enthusiastic phone message would have been preferred.
I pretty much agree with everyone else on here... and like most others, I do not see what the problem is. I would rather know, no matter which way they contact me, than not know at all. Further, you could have used that opportunity as a way to network yourself into something else. Actual "real" communication (not email, but actually talking) is ALWAYS infinately better, as it can take you in many different directions.
I sure hope this wasn't a telecommunications job you were applying for!!
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