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Strange Post Interview (Successful) Situation - M&S

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JeremyFine · 16/06/2021 16:04

DS (18) had a Zoom interivew with M&S over 2 weeks ago.

At the end of the call the lady said he had got the job, and would be hearing from them by the end of that week re induction.

That was 2 weeks ago - not a peep. Last week he emailed all 3 people on the Zoom invite to check everything was okay. No response. Today he's tried to call the store - can't get through to the relevant person.

It was a 22 hours per week role in the beds department in a huge out of town store (probably the flagship store for our county). At the time of application there were five part-time vacancies. It was a 2 month contract (but I gather lots of retail jobs are at the moment, and they then get extended if all's gone well). Now there are no vacancies but I figured that was because they had filled them all.

My MIL said she'd heard they were rejigging the store so perhaps that's it, but even if they were not now proceeding with him isn't it just really rude not to let him know?!

He's not been looking for a job since because he thought he had one.

Does it seem really odd?!

(I've asked him to clarify that they definitely said he had the job, and he has relayed the conversation and I agree it was a yes. They asked if he had holiday booked etc and told him next steps).

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JeremyFine · 16/06/2021 16:43

Bump. Anyone find this a bit strange?!

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trunumber · 16/06/2021 17:10

I think he should start looking for another job. If he can get one I wouldn't want to work for somewhere so disorganised

MaMelon · 16/06/2021 17:16

Yes - very strange. I’m always amazed at the number of employers who have such little regard for people they’ve interviewed, it’s incredibly rude. I’d encourage him to keep phoning her and to keep looking in the meantime, they sound chaotic.

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PickleSarnie · 16/06/2021 17:21

Ghosting seems to be the communication approach of choice these days. I have lost count of interviews that I attended, sometimes second interviews where all I had afterwards was tumbleweeds/sound of crickets. It's a disgusting way to treat people who have given up their time.

Having said that, there's obviously a chance that they are busy and disorganised. But a holding email would take them no effort.

JeremyFine · 16/06/2021 18:29

Thanks for the replies. Just would have expected more from a companies like M&S, especially when they told him verbally that he had got the job.

He'll start looking for something else.

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