I didn't get it

[redbird]

I didn't get the job at the CPA Association. There was a "thanks, we hired someone else" letter in today's mail.

It's dated Thursday.

I am not only disappointed at not being hired, I am annoyed because I was promised a phone call by yesterday, and apparently they decided it was easier to put it in the mail. Okay, a minute or two of ease for her, against a day or two of extra stress and uncertainty for me, and probably also for at least one other applicant.

Comments

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

that scrapes :-(

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Ugh :/

[baldanders.livejournal.com]

That's so casually inconsiderate. I don't understand why people won't go to a tiny bit of effort to be decently behaved, if not for its own sake, then for the fact that it's a small world and why make unnecessary enemies?

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Agreed. That's a rudeness that they could have spared everyone involved.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Boo! Hiss! How rude after contacting you so often!

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Crap.

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

I am annoyed because I was promised a phone call by yesterday

Was this only an HR interview? The way that happened doesn't bode well. I know that's cold comfort but when you're locked into one job it seems hard for most people to be looking for better.

[redbird]

No, I spoke to HR and then had two interviews with different people who do actual editorial work, the ones I'd have been working for, and with.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's unfortunate. Not just that you didn't get the job, but that they stalled and took the easier way out.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

That's too bad, really, and it indicates that possibly it might not have been the best place to work.

It could be that they thought you'd get the letter on Friday, thus keeping to their agreed schedule. Not an excuse, but a possible explanation.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Well, that's depressing. Sympathies. (And yes, the whole "I will avoid calling" thing is lame.)

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Compassion in the job market is remarkably thin on the ground.

[lcohen]

i'm sorry to hear they couldn't bestir themselves to handle this better.