I hate it....*hate* might not even be a strong enough word
either they don't show up, or the do show up and they sit in my house and annoy me for an hour, then take 2 weeks to make a decision when I first started I got great parents back to back so i guess i got spoiled on thinking that was the rule, NOT the exception....now, 1 out of every 5 interviews are good.
The last one who dragged *forever* on letting me know her choice, the one who wanted 10 references background checks, who had a phone interview, 2 in person interviews, 20+ emails back and forth, endless texts and so on...I filled the spot she interviewed for (I had 2 openings so I guess it wasn't HER spot that was filled, but A spot...anyhoo) I know she didn't believe me and today she calls and is like "i just wanted to apologize for taking so long to get back in touch with you, we were really trying to figure out how to make it work because we would like ***x to come to you, but there is now way I could get to work on time, you live really far out of the way for us"
So I said "that's fine, like i said the position is filled, but out of curiosity, didn't you realize how out of the way it would be after the first time you came to interview?"
and she said "yes, I knew right away that it wouldn't work out because of the distance, but you were the most qualified so i wanted to do several other interviews before i told you it wouldn't work out"
well gee thanks for letting me be the LAST to know that it wouldn't work out, and thanks for wasting my time, my resources, my paperwork, my text messages, my friends time for having you call and email them for references (a few more than once!)
it's just really annoying...some people should just not breed.
either they don't show up, or the do show up and they sit in my house and annoy me for an hour, then take 2 weeks to make a decision when I first started I got great parents back to back so i guess i got spoiled on thinking that was the rule, NOT the exception....now, 1 out of every 5 interviews are good.
The last one who dragged *forever* on letting me know her choice, the one who wanted 10 references background checks, who had a phone interview, 2 in person interviews, 20+ emails back and forth, endless texts and so on...I filled the spot she interviewed for (I had 2 openings so I guess it wasn't HER spot that was filled, but A spot...anyhoo) I know she didn't believe me and today she calls and is like "i just wanted to apologize for taking so long to get back in touch with you, we were really trying to figure out how to make it work because we would like ***x to come to you, but there is now way I could get to work on time, you live really far out of the way for us"
So I said "that's fine, like i said the position is filled, but out of curiosity, didn't you realize how out of the way it would be after the first time you came to interview?"
and she said "yes, I knew right away that it wouldn't work out because of the distance, but you were the most qualified so i wanted to do several other interviews before i told you it wouldn't work out"
well gee thanks for letting me be the LAST to know that it wouldn't work out, and thanks for wasting my time, my resources, my paperwork, my text messages, my friends time for having you call and email them for references (a few more than once!)
it's just really annoying...some people should just not breed.
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