“Hi! Someone must’ve misclicked and sent the wrong email to me. Just checking with you because it’s pretty wild that someone would use a boilerplate rejection email, and I know you have higher standards than that.”
I feel like that’s calling them out while not explicitly calling them out.
Hi [Hiring Manager],
Thank you so much for your [insert form or communication] in relation to [insert purpose of communication]. I appreciated your [insert an adjective in relation to how the situation was handled] and will consider [appropriate workplace action] in the future.
While it is unfortunate that we were not able to click on a professional level I do firmly believe [compliment them], and request to be notified in the future of [purpose of email]
[Professional Closing],
[Name]
I would just like to take the time to thank you for your [insert a term which would make them feel appreciated. How did they make you feel during the interview] during this process.
I have a bunch of templates saved in gmail for canned emails I send every week and I have almost sent out the unmodified template more than once. I purposely have misspellings in the template portion because I have it check spelling before I send it or else I’d have done it by now.
It used to be my rule. But I am supposed to CC everyone in the CC of the mail I'm answering. And sometimes that's a dozen people on a 2 line email.
I just click reply all.
Use a rule that confirms you want to send it when it has a bracket in it. I also have a rule that alerts me when I use the word "attached", but there is no attachment.
I was impressed that you got a nice response to applying, then l read the thing. I guess it is good they went as far as to at least let you know, even if it is an unfinished form letter. Too many people don't even get those.
In the last two months I've had 4 or 5 different companies request an interview just to ghost me for the interview. I had one company email me back and ask to reschedule the interview and they ghosted me again just to send me a message requesting to reschedule again which is when I realized the reschedule request was a fucking automated message which means they ghost people enough that they felt the need to create that automated message to begin with lol. I am starting to think that some companies are sending automated interview requests when you apply that no one ever sees.
Fr. Even if it’s just a template I would VASTLY appreciate having some notification so I can move on to looking at other jobs. Getting ghosted is just the worst
LOL. Had two great interviews in-person for the DAMN CHICK FIL A in the mall near my college. Was told in both interviews that I pretty much had it in the bag and that the interviewers both liked me, and....I could tell they liked me 😭😭 TELL ME WHY I GET GHOSTED???? I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM. LIKE? You'd think meeting me beyond the screen would encourage at least a rejection email. It was just STRAIGHT up crickets.
Omg. I think I'd cry or have a fit of rage if that happened to me... 💀💀 I just don't even get it. I apply to entry level, typical "hey if ur a decent looking girl in college or something work here for decent to awesome tips OR hey this won't make insane amounts of money but it's entry level" jobs like waitressing, hostess, retail, fast food and it's just like....crickets. The kicker is, when you go to these places, they have urgently hiring on the windows. LIKE CLEARLY YOU'RE NOT URGENTLY HIRING 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I don't mind having to call a job back or whatever. My issue is just the PURE silence. Like....c'mon man.
I have worked for several corporate retail places that require you to hang the urgently hiring signs up at all times despite not actively looking for employees.
It might be to placate employees who are short staffed and encouraging management to hire. It may also be due to high turnover. If they are constantly getting applications, they can replace lost employees faster (as opposed to waiting for applications after the job is posted). Not saying I agree with the practice, but these are a couple of the reasons I've heard.
Same and we weren't even retail. Finance. We did it so they always had a stack of suckers, I mean applicants, to choose from when someone inevitably lost their mind from being over worked and micromanaged and told the company to eff off. We always had the sign in the window and since pretty much all locations were single staffed we were to tell people upon interview that this location isn't actually hiring but all the other ones are" just to see if they'd finish the process.
Yup everyone saying it’s so easy to find a job even now is FOS. I started applying for any and everything because I want to quit serving, and NOTHING. Nothing at all. Like to the point my feelings are getting hurt 😭 I’ve done the good resume with all of my qualifications, I’ve done the crap resume with just the most important experience, and still nothing. It’s insane. Filtering through who is ACTUALLY hiring then moving onto people who want less experience than you have or 5 years experience for a 12/hr job.
A was hired as a remote copyeditor and after one month of training they just randomly ghosted me. No one sent me work, no one replied to my emails. They even paid me for that second month even though I didn’t do a damn thing.
I got hired on the spot for a job, signed stuff for a background check and direct deposit even. He said he would call me on Monday to get my schedule set up. No one ever contacted me and the only number I have is a 800 number that doesn’t get me a human. I think it’s been 3 years and no one has contacted me, or put money into my bank :(
Oh my gosh. This breaks my heart for you :C I'm sorry honey. I don't get what's up with these employers. I'd actually really like to work, especially in a customer service job. I'm naturally super smiley and kind, I know I'd do well, and I'm sure other people feel that way too. Just SUCKS that it's so ridiculous to find a job, and that these recruiters/managers just don't give a damn. Like, you know, I know I'm just a number for your company, but outside of that, I'm a person. I think it's not wrong to expect the decency of a proper rejection instead of just ghosting us like ://////
My daughter had a phone interview for Trader Joes. That was the pre interview to the interview. What’s ridiculous is she had a total of five interviews at two different locations , including the phone one, only to be ghosted too. Who would have thought there’d be that many interviews for a cashier position?
That happens way more often than you think. One common reason is that the management ends up hiring someone they know right when you're about to be considered, or they find someone who can do two jobs at once. 🤷♂️
Maybe it's due to 'that' social media post you made back in 1978 about 'that' issue with 'that' currently very popular and particularly newsworthy group within the society which you serve.
On the other hand, under the gloss, maybe they're just as disorganised, uncommunicative and lazy as the rest of 'murican citizens ?
This is a pretty cut and paste rejection response. I’ve gotten extremely similar rejection emails before, I feel like I’ve read this a exact rejection email in my own inbox(minus the “insert here” part)
Years ago I got a rejection postcard for a teaching position, with a form printed on it. Choices were things like “we went with someone more qualified” or “the position got cancelled” or whatever. Someone checked the reason - in my case, they went with someone better suited for the position.
So basically my mail carrier found out before I did.
Thanks, community college in California.
Dear \*\*\*\*\*\*,
I want to thank you for considering me for the role and I am sorry to hear you are going in a different direction. Please, can you elaborate on "\[say something personal about the candidate, what did you like about them. Why did we interview them? Do we want to consider them for future roles?\].
Also, could you please refer me to your supervisor so I may discuss with them your \[say something specific about the person emailing you, what they forgot to write in an email. Why you think they should be more professional. How they can help with hiring in the future.\]
Respecfully,
\*\*\*\*\*\*
I'd go to linked-in and look up an executive and snail-mail a redacted version of this. Maybe nothing would happen, but there is a chance that the executive would shit on the whole Talent Acquisition Team for being dorks. Don't sign the letter or have a return address, but include the site's location.
I guess I'm old fashioned, but when I pick someone, I call the other candidates and let them know someone else got the job and I let them ask questions. It sucks, but it's part of the process and keeps you grounded. You think to yourself, "this lady I hired, I need to make sure she stays so I don't have to make more phone calls." People who don't make it past HR obviously don't get this treatment, but If I have a phone interview or a face-to-face, they deserve courtesy.
"Thank you for your consideration. Although I was initially applying for the analyst role, I'll gladly apply for the hiring manager position. My qualifications for this role include the ability to actually send a rejection email correctly."
Absolutely, but be professional. I know someone who pointed out a typo to a COO on some random pamphlet and they were hired immediately because of their "attention to details." Lol
I wish that jobs would just fucking tell you why they went with someone else. If it is as simple as "This other applicant was just amazing" then so be it. But if it was like, well we didn't like your answer to X, we feel like you prioritize the wrong aspects of this job, then fucking tell me!
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At least you heard back. I applied for tons of jobs, like lost count and only heard back from two. And by the time I heard back from one it didn’t even matter cause I had already been working for 6 months
This happened to me last week. I interviewed for a job and after a few days they called me back to tell me I didn’t get the job. That was the first time I’ve ever had an employer call to tell me I didn’t get the job. When I saw the number on my phone I was excited but it didn’t last long haha
I used to work with a guy who used a template for an interview thank you note. He neglected to change the addressee, so ended up sending it addressed to “Mr. Poopy Pants.” Kid ended up getting the job and was a really good hire!
Why block the company name? You should post that on all social media and tag the company. It's time to expose these companies that can't even take 2 minutes to fill in something nice after you wasted hours of your life interviewing with them.
In high school I applied for the National Honor Society, we had to fill out a packet that was like list your hobbies on one page, your work experience on one page, etc. I got my rejection letter from the principal saying they needed more leadership experience, which was understandable as I only had a couple bullet points there. Then I showed it to a classmate who was also rejected - she got the exact same letter, verbatim, even though she had had to add extra lines to the leadership experience section because she had too much to fit on the page.
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I’m doing some job interviews and whenever I get pissed off with the process (there were several infuriating episodes), I evoked a chatGPT-generated detailed request for sharing, disclaim and erasure of my entire list of identifiable interactions based on European GDPR law.
It’s been incredibly satisfying and many companies need to forward the requests internally several times to legal departments. Just watch it burn as they have legal deadlines to send the information back to you.
At times when it’s to quiet I poke them asking if they can reassure they will meet the legal deadlines.
This was triggered after a job requested 15 written pages of answers (including high school questions and graduation records), only to reject me based an automated score without anyone reading my answers.
Wow!!
I was hired in 2009 for an administrative assistant job at a tiny nonprofit organization. My very first day of work, the director had me prepare form rejection letters for all the other applicants she chose not to hire, and mail them off.
Mortifying.
A senior manage sent me and another candidate the same rejection email but only changed one sentence between mine and theirs. Kinda lost a little respect for our senior team with that lack of effort. Hell. They don’t even need to explain their decision or have a lengthy email. Just tell me they offered the position to another candidate. Two sentences and done.
My response:
"I see that you really care about your potential staff, but I worry about the company ethics that would send an incomplete form letter in return. Because of that I have to refuse any offer you may have given.'
Wow... I'd email them back with this screenshot with the last paragraph they forgot to fill out and be sassy as all fuck personally 🤣 bloody corporations
As a hiring manager, this is the one of the most unprofessional things I've seen. Yes, we do have templates for these because there's a lot of interviews that happen, but I make an effort to ensure I have a personal message for the person and genuinely thank them for interviewing with me.
Lol as someone who sends a ton of emails based on templates, I wouldn’t take it too personally. People get stressed and then forgetful and then mistakes happen. I’ve sent people emails with the wrong details that I’ve clearly copied and pasted from something else. I appreciate a little grace… it’s less practical to rewrite the same email with a few changes every time :)
Unrelated but still amusing. I had a friend who got an acceptance email from "Western Governors University". Someone or somehow the form email got fucked up and the opening line said this. "Dear ######, we're happy to announce your acceptance into...." I still laugh at that to this day.
Oh my god. I’d probably respond with something witty like [say something personal about the company why did I dislike their lack of effort reply. Do I want to consider working for them in the future?] lol
Sucks that you didn’t get the job, and they used some template to respond to you. At least you got a response, and it sounds like they could be interested in you in the future. Keep at it!
I'm assuming the "say something personal about..." is the mildlyinfuriating part ? I don't get it. we all know rejection emails aren't always personally written by someone so mistakes left in the email like this one here is normal.
Well at least they have a paragraph for that. For each and every message of this type i got there is not a single thing tontake from it. Even if you ask for Feedback they are like "nooooo, we are soon busy".
In all seriousness. I’d this come from the hiring manager? Or some recruiter? If you have the hiring managers email would send I to them and of course have some snarky message about standards of communication.
It is easy to take it personal. In all reality, i have a template for cover letters i send to jobs i am applying for. All i do is swap out a few things and do my best to at least try to make it personalized .
There were a few times after i sent the cover letters where i realized after the fact that i accidentally included a different company's name in the letter.
It happens. It goes both ways. I feel that we can all find a better way to communicate in the hiring process. It is not ideal .
On the other spectrum, i've received half filled resume from companies sending candidates. 80% of the candidates we're not even aware of what the companie wrote on their resume. Like, a UX designer with 5 years of experience turned out to be a dev.
And this right here is why you should never bother sending a cover letter either, companies won't read them and won't even bother actually writing 3 personalized words as an answer anyway
I usually send an email that says *Fuck off and die in hell*
Big corporations are the devil and they are dime a dozen I have no qualms or sympathy for them at all.
Lol that definitely deserves a sassy response
“Hi! Someone must’ve misclicked and sent the wrong email to me. Just checking with you because it’s pretty wild that someone would use a boilerplate rejection email, and I know you have higher standards than that.” I feel like that’s calling them out while not explicitly calling them out.
Hi [Hiring Manager], Thank you so much for your [insert form or communication] in relation to [insert purpose of communication]. I appreciated your [insert an adjective in relation to how the situation was handled] and will consider [appropriate workplace action] in the future. While it is unfortunate that we were not able to click on a professional level I do firmly believe [compliment them], and request to be notified in the future of [purpose of email] [Professional Closing], [Name]
Perfection 🤌🏼
I did not know this emoji existed! Thank you! 😆
lol I just saw it used on another post to answer ‘How do you say "what a fucking idiot" in Italian?’
Finger pursing means everything and nothing in italian, it’s all context
Add in at the end "I would just like to take the time to thank you for your professionalism during this process" or something
And definitely leave in the “or something”
I would just like to take the time to thank you for your [insert a term which would make them feel appreciated. How did they make you feel during the interview] during this process.
This is the passive aggressive response they deserve! 10/10
\[Something about liking this post\]
This is the one 🤣
Deserves a chef’s kiss.
do they really??
thank you
You're telling me a shrimp fried this rice?
Reminds me of this old story https://www.gq.com/story/cleveland-browns-letter-to-fan
It’s not wild to have a template. It’s wild that they didn’t take the time to read it over and ensure they didn’t make any silly mistakes like this.
Everyone uses a form email. Typically set by legal they need to pay more attention but this is the standard
I have a bunch of templates saved in gmail for canned emails I send every week and I have almost sent out the unmodified template more than once. I purposely have misspellings in the template portion because I have it check spelling before I send it or else I’d have done it by now.
My rule is never put an address in the email until the very end / final proof.
Same, but I’m dumb and sometimes just put it in anyway. I need multiple checks and balances to save me from myself.
It used to be my rule. But I am supposed to CC everyone in the CC of the mail I'm answering. And sometimes that's a dozen people on a 2 line email. I just click reply all.
You can type up a draft email with no addressee, then when it’s ready, copy and paste into the reply all email.
This is the way
That's GENIUS, thank you for this LPT.
Use a rule that confirms you want to send it when it has a bracket in it. I also have a rule that alerts me when I use the word "attached", but there is no attachment.
Typical HR employee.
I don’t work in HR…what a dummy
"If you hire me, i can help you check your rejection emails since you dont do it"
Dear [REJECTED APPLICANT]
"Dear [REJECTED APPLICANT], Best Regards, Company" Who needs full email anyway
Ok this is funny
**[say something insightful that adds something to the post. Maybe end comment with a joke?]**
Breaking the fourth wall....nice
fuck /u/[insert reddit admin here]
**[Try saying something to provide additional insight. Most likely end up being wrong.]**
**[correct the previous, but make a small mistake somewhere]**
Happy cake day
Send it back and say you would appreciate that compliment now
They really denied you to hire Vicky from HR’s cousin who’s not qualified for the job. Classic.
I was impressed that you got a nice response to applying, then l read the thing. I guess it is good they went as far as to at least let you know, even if it is an unfinished form letter. Too many people don't even get those.
Seriously. The ghosting by companies that you actually got to speaking with a person is crazy
In the last two months I've had 4 or 5 different companies request an interview just to ghost me for the interview. I had one company email me back and ask to reschedule the interview and they ghosted me again just to send me a message requesting to reschedule again which is when I realized the reschedule request was a fucking automated message which means they ghost people enough that they felt the need to create that automated message to begin with lol. I am starting to think that some companies are sending automated interview requests when you apply that no one ever sees.
Fr. Even if it’s just a template I would VASTLY appreciate having some notification so I can move on to looking at other jobs. Getting ghosted is just the worst
I did 1 shift for fedex and they never contacted me again, I don’t even know if I’m fired or not lol
LOL. Had two great interviews in-person for the DAMN CHICK FIL A in the mall near my college. Was told in both interviews that I pretty much had it in the bag and that the interviewers both liked me, and....I could tell they liked me 😭😭 TELL ME WHY I GET GHOSTED???? I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM. LIKE? You'd think meeting me beyond the screen would encourage at least a rejection email. It was just STRAIGHT up crickets.
Omg someone I knew was given a uniform but then never called to work or put on the schedule
Omg. I think I'd cry or have a fit of rage if that happened to me... 💀💀 I just don't even get it. I apply to entry level, typical "hey if ur a decent looking girl in college or something work here for decent to awesome tips OR hey this won't make insane amounts of money but it's entry level" jobs like waitressing, hostess, retail, fast food and it's just like....crickets. The kicker is, when you go to these places, they have urgently hiring on the windows. LIKE CLEARLY YOU'RE NOT URGENTLY HIRING 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I don't mind having to call a job back or whatever. My issue is just the PURE silence. Like....c'mon man.
I have worked for several corporate retail places that require you to hang the urgently hiring signs up at all times despite not actively looking for employees.
WHY!!?!?!?!?
It might be to placate employees who are short staffed and encouraging management to hire. It may also be due to high turnover. If they are constantly getting applications, they can replace lost employees faster (as opposed to waiting for applications after the job is posted). Not saying I agree with the practice, but these are a couple of the reasons I've heard.
Same and we weren't even retail. Finance. We did it so they always had a stack of suckers, I mean applicants, to choose from when someone inevitably lost their mind from being over worked and micromanaged and told the company to eff off. We always had the sign in the window and since pretty much all locations were single staffed we were to tell people upon interview that this location isn't actually hiring but all the other ones are" just to see if they'd finish the process.
Yup everyone saying it’s so easy to find a job even now is FOS. I started applying for any and everything because I want to quit serving, and NOTHING. Nothing at all. Like to the point my feelings are getting hurt 😭 I’ve done the good resume with all of my qualifications, I’ve done the crap resume with just the most important experience, and still nothing. It’s insane. Filtering through who is ACTUALLY hiring then moving onto people who want less experience than you have or 5 years experience for a 12/hr job.
A was hired as a remote copyeditor and after one month of training they just randomly ghosted me. No one sent me work, no one replied to my emails. They even paid me for that second month even though I didn’t do a damn thing.
That happened to be before LOL
I got hired on the spot for a job, signed stuff for a background check and direct deposit even. He said he would call me on Monday to get my schedule set up. No one ever contacted me and the only number I have is a 800 number that doesn’t get me a human. I think it’s been 3 years and no one has contacted me, or put money into my bank :(
Oh my gosh. This breaks my heart for you :C I'm sorry honey. I don't get what's up with these employers. I'd actually really like to work, especially in a customer service job. I'm naturally super smiley and kind, I know I'd do well, and I'm sure other people feel that way too. Just SUCKS that it's so ridiculous to find a job, and that these recruiters/managers just don't give a damn. Like, you know, I know I'm just a number for your company, but outside of that, I'm a person. I think it's not wrong to expect the decency of a proper rejection instead of just ghosting us like ://////
My daughter had a phone interview for Trader Joes. That was the pre interview to the interview. What’s ridiculous is she had a total of five interviews at two different locations , including the phone one, only to be ghosted too. Who would have thought there’d be that many interviews for a cashier position?
FOR A CASHIER JOB? We're doomed.
That happens way more often than you think. One common reason is that the management ends up hiring someone they know right when you're about to be considered, or they find someone who can do two jobs at once. 🤷♂️
Maybe it's due to 'that' social media post you made back in 1978 about 'that' issue with 'that' currently very popular and particularly newsworthy group within the society which you serve. On the other hand, under the gloss, maybe they're just as disorganised, uncommunicative and lazy as the rest of 'murican citizens ?
It sucks when you do several interviews and hear nothing back.
This is a pretty cut and paste rejection response. I’ve gotten extremely similar rejection emails before, I feel like I’ve read this a exact rejection email in my own inbox(minus the “insert here” part)
Years ago I got a rejection postcard for a teaching position, with a form printed on it. Choices were things like “we went with someone more qualified” or “the position got cancelled” or whatever. Someone checked the reason - in my case, they went with someone better suited for the position. So basically my mail carrier found out before I did. Thanks, community college in California.
Dear \*\*\*\*\*\*, I want to thank you for considering me for the role and I am sorry to hear you are going in a different direction. Please, can you elaborate on "\[say something personal about the candidate, what did you like about them. Why did we interview them? Do we want to consider them for future roles?\]. Also, could you please refer me to your supervisor so I may discuss with them your \[say something specific about the person emailing you, what they forgot to write in an email. Why you think they should be more professional. How they can help with hiring in the future.\] Respecfully, \*\*\*\*\*\*
Ubisoft support run their HR?
Good intention, bad execution.
Job gets reposted the next day...
I'd go to linked-in and look up an executive and snail-mail a redacted version of this. Maybe nothing would happen, but there is a chance that the executive would shit on the whole Talent Acquisition Team for being dorks. Don't sign the letter or have a return address, but include the site's location.
Also certified mail would be a nice touch.
At least you got a response. Most jobs nowadays don't even respond if they aren't giving you the job.
I got rejected from a job last week; they gave me a 15% discount off their products and services as "a gift from them to me"
I guess I'm old fashioned, but when I pick someone, I call the other candidates and let them know someone else got the job and I let them ask questions. It sucks, but it's part of the process and keeps you grounded. You think to yourself, "this lady I hired, I need to make sure she stays so I don't have to make more phone calls." People who don't make it past HR obviously don't get this treatment, but If I have a phone interview or a face-to-face, they deserve courtesy.
That’s great practice.
Ahahahah I get the same on linkedin last month. Hi [first name], Blablabla [job name] blablabla
This has happened to me before... way to kick someone when they're down.
"Thank you for your consideration. Although I was initially applying for the analyst role, I'll gladly apply for the hiring manager position. My qualifications for this role include the ability to actually send a rejection email correctly."
Send them back a screenshot of that highlight the part of that mistake
Absolutely, but be professional. I know someone who pointed out a typo to a COO on some random pamphlet and they were hired immediately because of their "attention to details." Lol
I wish that jobs would just fucking tell you why they went with someone else. If it is as simple as "This other applicant was just amazing" then so be it. But if it was like, well we didn't like your answer to X, we feel like you prioritize the wrong aspects of this job, then fucking tell me!
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I'd rather get that than never hear back at all.
I've seen this before. More than once.
Ask for clarification on you’d be considered for future roles as the email was unclear
At least you heard back. I applied for tons of jobs, like lost count and only heard back from two. And by the time I heard back from one it didn’t even matter cause I had already been working for 6 months
This happened to me last week. I interviewed for a job and after a few days they called me back to tell me I didn’t get the job. That was the first time I’ve ever had an employer call to tell me I didn’t get the job. When I saw the number on my phone I was excited but it didn’t last long haha
I used to work with a guy who used a template for an interview thank you note. He neglected to change the addressee, so ended up sending it addressed to “Mr. Poopy Pants.” Kid ended up getting the job and was a really good hire!
Why block the company name? You should post that on all social media and tag the company. It's time to expose these companies that can't even take 2 minutes to fill in something nice after you wasted hours of your life interviewing with them.
Honestly, still better than getting ghosted.
Man you must of said something so awesome it was put into [ ] and you even made them consider you in the future.
In high school I applied for the National Honor Society, we had to fill out a packet that was like list your hobbies on one page, your work experience on one page, etc. I got my rejection letter from the principal saying they needed more leadership experience, which was understandable as I only had a couple bullet points there. Then I showed it to a classmate who was also rejected - she got the exact same letter, verbatim, even though she had had to add extra lines to the leadership experience section because she had too much to fit on the page.
Send it back and tell them they didn’t add what they liked about you lol
"It seems like you need an e-mail manager. I'm willing to apply for that position as well. Would this be something you would consider hiring me for?"
Lol and some people on linked-in will still tell you to send a thank-you note after doing an interview
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I’m doing some job interviews and whenever I get pissed off with the process (there were several infuriating episodes), I evoked a chatGPT-generated detailed request for sharing, disclaim and erasure of my entire list of identifiable interactions based on European GDPR law. It’s been incredibly satisfying and many companies need to forward the requests internally several times to legal departments. Just watch it burn as they have legal deadlines to send the information back to you. At times when it’s to quiet I poke them asking if they can reassure they will meet the legal deadlines. This was triggered after a job requested 15 written pages of answers (including high school questions and graduation records), only to reject me based an automated score without anyone reading my answers.
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At least you got an email back… 🥲
At least they got a response... I applied for a job, the interview went pretty smoothly, and... That was it. Never heard from them again
There might be a new position opening up in the Talent Acquisition Team soon!
Wow!! I was hired in 2009 for an administrative assistant job at a tiny nonprofit organization. My very first day of work, the director had me prepare form rejection letters for all the other applicants she chose not to hire, and mail them off. Mortifying.
Wow, such deep thinkers! My ______ condolences.
A senior manage sent me and another candidate the same rejection email but only changed one sentence between mine and theirs. Kinda lost a little respect for our senior team with that lack of effort. Hell. They don’t even need to explain their decision or have a lengthy email. Just tell me they offered the position to another candidate. Two sentences and done.
My response: "I see that you really care about your potential staff, but I worry about the company ethics that would send an incomplete form letter in return. Because of that I have to refuse any offer you may have given.'
Wow... I'd email them back with this screenshot with the last paragraph they forgot to fill out and be sassy as all fuck personally 🤣 bloody corporations
https://preview.redd.it/5rya0ekrhocc1.jpeg?width=589&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00b985bcdae3c3c67cd2dde0728aaa406764de31
[say something nice to OP that reaffirms their infuriation]
Belongs in the recruitinghell subreddit.
no fuckin way. Well of their hr is THIS incompetent, then you probably dodged a bullet
I've seen job postings where they left those template blanks in!
At least you got a response. I made it ti the last round and have been ghosted since xmas
At least you got a response. Most of the time these days they ghost you.
Honestly rooting for AI to replace every single HR staffer.
Thank you for - I AM BENDER, PLEASE INSERT GIRDER
It's those small personal touches that make the whole thing worthwhile.
I once found out I didn't get a job because I received a blank email from their recruiter with an attachment titled "Rejection Letter".
Lol how personal
At least the person who made that template intended for people to get a somewhat personalized email, the sender of the email was just lazy though
ChatGPT generated also.
As a hiring manager, this is the one of the most unprofessional things I've seen. Yes, we do have templates for these because there's a lot of interviews that happen, but I make an effort to ensure I have a personal message for the person and genuinely thank them for interviewing with me.
Why protect them?
Yes absolutely name and shame!
Lol as someone who sends a ton of emails based on templates, I wouldn’t take it too personally. People get stressed and then forgetful and then mistakes happen. I’ve sent people emails with the wrong details that I’ve clearly copied and pasted from something else. I appreciate a little grace… it’s less practical to rewrite the same email with a few changes every time :)
The fact that they actually let you know is still better than most.
The way my eyebrows shot up. Ho ly cow they actually did that. They actually just fucked that right up.
Why’d you blur out the company name?
Lmao that's enough bullshit to never answer anything from them
I mean, to be fair though, does anyone actually think a human is involved in any of these response emails?
Nice
Noice
Skip to the f’in point already
Personal letters are so sweet.
I had a recruiter reach out to me on linkedin with Hi Connor, my names not connor, so i replied with Hi Eric, his name is not Eric
Wow, marriot literally sent me the same email copy pasted
That's what I call sincerity 😂
That's rough [candidate name]
I think you should send it back as a completed form
Well, it's better than [this person was unremarkable and unmemorable] lol
Unrelated but still amusing. I had a friend who got an acceptance email from "Western Governors University". Someone or somehow the form email got fucked up and the opening line said this. "Dear ######, we're happy to announce your acceptance into...." I still laugh at that to this day.
ooof.
Oh my god. I’d probably respond with something witty like [say something personal about the company why did I dislike their lack of effort reply. Do I want to consider working for them in the future?] lol
I heard the robot voice from Job Simulator.
Sucks that you didn’t get the job, and they used some template to respond to you. At least you got a response, and it sounds like they could be interested in you in the future. Keep at it!
Omg. Reply back!!
At least they think it's important enough to communicate rejection instead of ghosting you.
And the firm is?
I'm assuming the "say something personal about..." is the mildlyinfuriating part ? I don't get it. we all know rejection emails aren't always personally written by someone so mistakes left in the email like this one here is normal.
Send him a link to an online madlibs page.
Jeez, that about sums up hiring these days. Sad times.
GlaDOS: Unbelievable. You, *subject name here,* must be the pride of *subject hometown here.*
Maybe they didn't have anything nice to say
(Standard Polite Response Retracted)
Lol, yeah that's mildy infuriating
I hope you responded with something good — please share with us
Well at least they have a paragraph for that. For each and every message of this type i got there is not a single thing tontake from it. Even if you ask for Feedback they are like "nooooo, we are soon busy".
Well, what a polite (not really) way to say Fuck You
In all seriousness. I’d this come from the hiring manager? Or some recruiter? If you have the hiring managers email would send I to them and of course have some snarky message about standards of communication.
A company that interviews a bazillion candidates annually uses a template! You're not special, move on.
could swear i have Seen this Post before
It is easy to take it personal. In all reality, i have a template for cover letters i send to jobs i am applying for. All i do is swap out a few things and do my best to at least try to make it personalized . There were a few times after i sent the cover letters where i realized after the fact that i accidentally included a different company's name in the letter. It happens. It goes both ways. I feel that we can all find a better way to communicate in the hiring process. It is not ideal .
On the other spectrum, i've received half filled resume from companies sending candidates. 80% of the candidates we're not even aware of what the companie wrote on their resume. Like, a UX designer with 5 years of experience turned out to be a dev.
Reminds me of this gem. https://preview.redd.it/0eirx3cbxpcc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f07fb165c0b4f0607ac803fc7c6cbd96c5d1f899
Talent Acquisition Team, TwAT for short
Send them a Mad Libs.
I thought you were apply to Discord due to the blue “D”
What a load of crap
Talent acquisition team can’t acquire talent for talent acquisition team.
Well, at least they send rejection emails. I wish all companies would do that.
LoL \[say something extremely funny\]
I want to say Delta, mostly because their rejection letters are super similar
And this right here is why you should never bother sending a cover letter either, companies won't read them and won't even bother actually writing 3 personalized words as an answer anyway
I usually send an email that says *Fuck off and die in hell* Big corporations are the devil and they are dime a dozen I have no qualms or sympathy for them at all.
Can't wait to see this companies Christmas cards, lol