Recruiters and Employers Are Upset That Candidates and Employees Are ‘Ghosting’ On Them [MERGED] (interviewer, jobs)
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I agree that employers are finally get a dose of their own medicine. When my son was interviewing for jobs after graduating from college, many interviewers would just stop returning calls and e-mails without any explanation. And I agree with a previous response that wrote some employers do not deserve any notice. My daughter worked for such an employer. It was a hostile working environment. When she had enough one day, she simply walked off the job and never went back. And the employer never contacted her either after she walked off. And it did not affect her subsequent employment search.
I was ghosted by many potential employers when I was job hunting. However, I'm always going to give my current employer at least 2-weeks notice unless I discover they're doing something seriously bad (child trafficking or the like). Not just because of respect for that current employer, but also because of the impression I want to give to my new boss. A good organization should be a bit concerned if someone is willing to jump ship with no notice and join them. Because if that employee will do it to their old employer, why wouldn't they do it to the new one? I've been on hiring committees at a couple of places, and a potential hire expressing a willingness to walk away from their current position with no notice would raise some red flags for us, unless word on the street was that their current employer was simply horrible.
Nice to see employers are getting some of the hell they put candidates through these past few years. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, employers don't like it. Tough sh**
What goes around, come around. Maybe next cycle employers will be a little more respectful of the hurt they put on people by treating them like dogs.
In tech it is standard practice, when an employee gives notice, to pay the employee for the 2 weeks or 4 weeks and tell the employee not to come in to the office during that time.
The exception is retirements, or someone leaving to a non-competitor such as going back to school or accompanying a spouse in a cross-country move, or leaving to be a stay-at-home mom or the like. In those cases, the employee still works the remaining 2 or 4 weeks.
Nice to see employers are getting some of the hell they put candidates through these past few years. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, employers don't like it. Tough sh**
What goes around, come around. Maybe next cycle employers will be a little more respectful of the hurt they put on people by treating them like dogs.
Unlikely. In larger companies, it is the HR people who jerk candidates around, and HR does not receive any "demerits" for doing so. The hiring manager, who cannot bypass HR, is the one who suffers from not having the position filled.
Unlikely. In larger companies, it is the HR people who jerk candidates around, and HR does not receive any "demerits" for doing so. The hiring manager, who cannot bypass HR, is the one who suffers from not having the position filled.
Can't the hiring manager discuss the problem with someone? If he/she is suffering and not able to do the job well there must be someone he can go to.
Can't the hiring manager discuss the problem with someone? If he/she is suffering and not able to do the job well there must be someone he can go to.
Yes, but there isn't much anyone can do. Corporate Staffing is part of HR; it is typical for HR to report to the COO or perhaps the CEO. A middle-manager in, say, engineering or finance can complain to her boss, but her boss has little leverage over the staffing department. Complaints are met with excuses.
As an aside, two of my daughter's long-time friends work in tech staffing. One makes $150K/year. The other about $200K/year.
Lots of bitter people out there. Doesn't matter how you think someone has treated you (unless they are doing something dangerous or illegal), ghosting a job shows a lot about who YOU are. I guess if you want to serve burgers for the rest of your life you will be ok, but most industries are a lot smaller than you realize and it will bite you in the butt
Way too many people have a few people or employers act poorly towards them, then use that as an excuse to be toxic in how they act for years.
I’ve seen people get fired on the spot so I won’t have any sympathy for employers who get ghosted during the interview process or over a person quitting.
you will soon, as middle aged folks like me retire, and they are all you have left
That is not true. Several mature adults are working. I live in a community full of them. My friend is pushing 70. I do not get the fascination. People are people. I don't know.
I have to say I was happy when they did it. The witch deserved it. They walked away from a 6 figure salary and did not care. They were not impressive with regards to their work. Sometimes it is just getting the right people to believe your hype.
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