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Has an employer ever handled your application so badly you decided not to work for them?

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ThatArtfulCoralFinch · 05/12/2024 16:00

I’ve been applying for jobs recently, and some of these employers don’t half mess things up. I take this to say a lot about what they might be like to work for. Have you ever had an employer mess you about so much during the application process - being disorganised, uncommunicative, or even disrespectful - that it completely turned you off the idea of working for them?

Did you write them off as a potential employer, or did you give them a chance anyway?

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SemperIdem · 06/12/2024 08:09

I work in HR/recruitment so if a company handles my application poorly it tells me all I need to know about them.

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 06/12/2024 08:07

I did and foolishly I went there anyway. Ditched the job 5 months in, as they were even more hopeless than I anticipated.

Gingernaut · 05/12/2024 16:24

I applied for a full time job a significant public transport commute away

I received an email stating that the position was suspended while they dealt with 'at risk' employee applications

Three months later I was called and asked if I was still interested and would I consider an interview for the same job, but 16 hours a week

No. I would not consider a four hour round trip for less than four hours a day. Fuck off.

RolyPolyOll · 05/12/2024 16:17

Yes! They were very disorganised and unfriendly so I rejected the job.

katmarie · 05/12/2024 16:15

I had a Hr team ghost me after 4 challenging interviews and a round of psychometric testing. The last discussion I had with them was 'we'll book in a call with the CEO, and then make an offer'. After that, nothing. No response to my follow up email either.

So six months later when they reached out to invite me to apply for another role and go through the process again, I told them firmly no thanks, and exactly why. No way in hell was I going to work for them after that.

blackcatsarethebestcats · 05/12/2024 16:02

For me this depends on the employer and what they’ve done wrong. On the one hand, interviews are a two-way street. But sometimes the people bungling the interview process are nothing to do with those you’ll be working with day to day.

coxesorangepippin · 05/12/2024 16:02

Yeah

I applied for a job in a company that had merged from a previous one

I had applied to a role at the previous one, been offered a role, but hadn't accepted it.

The recruiter obviously found this out. He ghosted me on LinkedIn/unfriended me, and actually deleted my application on the company website in Workday!