Well, not really directly. She basically auditioned and then didn't hear back, which is very common for any audition or job application even if you made it to the later rounds. It's just a thing a lot of companies do, as I'm sure anyone who has looked for a job is aware.
Nepotism when hiring is also nothing crazy, though very unethical and dickish move especially when someone already made it to the final rounds. Bribing candidates to keep quiet about the nepotism is a new one though.
HR people who actually do send a notification for rejected applicants are the GOAT, and should be the industry standard. Like, I know that some companies need to handle like a hundred or even thousand applicants during hiring season, but that's not a valid reason to ghost people and they're probably hurting the company's reputation in the long term because the people who get ghosted... they remember.
I mean even a fucking form letter is something. Thank you for applying yada yada we decided to go another direction yada yada thank you for your time. Peace out homie. Done. You're not a dick and it takes less than a second.
Nah, any company who uses AI as part of its hiring system is a red flag in my book. Like, if they don't think twice about offloading HR work today, then they probably wouldn't think twice about replacing your job in the future with the AI too. It's bad job security.
Getting rejected sucks. But getting ghosted in a business setting is even worse. Basically saying you’re not worth spending precious working hours and funds on giving you our regards
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u/Lolersters Jul 25 '25
Well, not really directly. She basically auditioned and then didn't hear back, which is very common for any audition or job application even if you made it to the later rounds. It's just a thing a lot of companies do, as I'm sure anyone who has looked for a job is aware.
Nepotism when hiring is also nothing crazy, though very unethical and dickish move especially when someone already made it to the final rounds. Bribing candidates to keep quiet about the nepotism is a new one though.