Same here. In grad school I sent out tons of applications and kept a spreadsheet

Sep 27, 2021
10:31:27am

markis_cougarfan 3rd String

with the info. The vast majority never messaged back. My favorite was a rejection email I got for one of the positions I applied for about a year after having applied. Luckily I'd been employed for a while at that point and so it was pretty funny.

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Why have people become so flaky? Our receptionist gave her two week notice so we started the hiring process. We saw a

buhlcougar All-American

9/27/21 10:17am

obviously she is not an eagle scout

runitup590

9/27/21 10:18am

they're required to apply for jobs to stay on unemployment, but not required to interview or accept an offer

byujag

9/27/21 10:18am

Employee Market so they get other jobs or just keeping unemployment flowing.

Ycrazy

9/27/21 10:18am

Text or email them back. Because of so much spam, almost no one picks up a call from a number they don't know.

Division Bell

9/27/21 10:19am

It goes both ways

Sea Chicken

9/27/21 10:19am

Being ghosted right now... after 3 interviews with them.

Division Bell

9/27/21 10:21am

Happened to me a few months ago

HiLife

9/27/21 10:32am

Division Bell

9/27/21 10:41am

I have had this happen. Zoom interviews are horrible. It allows for no shows.

CougsOrDeath

9/27/21 11:28am

So the company didn't show up at the interview?

No touching

9/27/21 10:21am

Do you know how awkward it is sitting alone in the conference room of a company you don't even work for?

Sea Chicken

9/27/21 10:23am

I just assume I'e been hired and go and find myself a cubicle.

Cougarclaw

9/27/21 10:24am

RE: I just assume I'e been hired and go and find myself a cubicle.

kcca

9/27/21 11:02am

I can only imagine.

No touching

9/27/21 10:27am

When interviewing five years ago, I was surprised if I got a call back.

bluebooks

9/27/21 10:26am

I have a spreadsheet of the 200 jobs I applied for before my current one

Hotlanta

9/27/21 10:29am

Same here. In grad school I sent out tons of applications and kept a spreadsheet

markis_cougarfan

9/27/21 10:31am

Yeah, I got a rejection email a couple weeks ago.

Hotlanta

9/27/21 10:34am

I am at almost my wits' end from being ghosted so much over the last 12 months.

CougsOrDeath

9/27/21 11:00am

I also view recruiters as used car salesmen

HiLife

9/27/21 11:24am

have to pretend they are trying to get a job to keep receiving unemployment

claw

9/27/21 10:21am

She got another job. Same thing employers do all the time.

ReyOso

9/27/21 10:25am

I interviewed for a job in February, was told I had the job in March, HR called

Rockytop

9/27/21 10:25am

To be fair you can't expect their Instagrams and tik toks to check themselves

Ojiisan

9/27/21 10:30am

Preposterous!! Those cat memes won't like themselves...

Rockytop

9/27/21 10:43am

For someone starting out, if they are willing to work hard there are some real

RC Vikings

9/27/21 10:51am

Our IT actually hired two people...first day and they just never showed up

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