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Idiots.. I didn't ask for the interview, you set it up.

Zeze

Zeze

Lifer
"Hi, your resume looks great, can we set up a phone interview? Ok we'll talk to you 12:30 monday 10/3!"

It's about 1pm now. I just called the assistant that set this up.

"Oh.. uhh.. she's in a meeting now. I'll give her a call and let her know."

A big minus.
 
Zeze said:
Now I can't even eat lunch because I don't know when she'd snipe-call me any minute.
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eat lunch. then if she calls just tell her well you expected her to call on time so you put off lunch. You need to take the psychotic meds you are on with food so you are sorry for eating and talking to her and so does the voices in your head.
 
This just in 99.9% of employers treat prospective employees unprofessionally. Why? If you ask, it's because they're "too busy."

/Facepalm
 
Good lord, you guys act like somebody who sent you a meeting invitation never left off the reminder before, or you never had a meeting with an executive run over.

It sucks but unless it's a pattern or the interviewer fails to apologize for it it's not unprofessional, it's just part of corporate life.

Well-adjusted adults file this under the "shit happens" heading and send a quick little, "looks like you wound up being busy, when would you like to reschedule" note and move on with their lives.
 
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She called me back, in the middle of chewing my food.

I let it go to voicemail while I'm coughing and frantically clearing my desk. Her VM sounded genuinely apologetic, tied up with meetings and all.

I called her back. She was sorry again and I made sure to be polite and understanding. She sounded quite grateful. She said in VM that she was driving to another client. I offered if we could talk tomorrow instead.

She said yes and thanked me. Off to a 'good' start by at least giving her a good impression.
 
AreaCode707 said:
Good lord, you guys act like somebody who sent you a meeting invitation never left off the reminder before, or you never had a meeting with an executive run over.

It sucks but unless it's a pattern or the interviewer fails to apologize for it it's not unprofessional, it's just part of corporate life.

Well-adjusted adults file this under the "shit happens" heading and send a quick little, "looks like you wound up being busy, when would you like to reschedule" note and move on with their lives.
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And yet if Zeze did the same on his end he would immediately have been culled from the list of candidates.
 
PingSpike said:
And yet if Zeze did the same on his end he would immediately have been culled from the list of candidates.
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She will forever be the defender of anything HR related no matter how absurd and annoying (like most HR policies and practices).
 
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Zeze said:
Update
She called me back, in the middle of chewing my food.

I let it go to voicemail while I'm coughing and frantically clearing my desk. Her VM sounded genuinely apologetic, tied up with meetings and all.

I called her back. She was sorry again and I made sure to be polite and understanding. She sounded quite grateful. She said in VM that she was driving to another client. I offered if we could talk tomorrow instead.

She said yes and thanked me. Off to a 'good' start by at least giving her a good impression.
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My current job started a little like that, too.

Spoke to HR lady for first interview. She said she wanted to schedule a phone interview between me and the hiring manager but needed to check his calendar and call me back.

Next day I get a call while I'm away from my phone. VM says "hey, this is so-and-so from Company X. I thought we had a phone interview today."

I called him back and explained the HR lady said she was going to call me back with a time for the interview but never did. I figured I was screwed for sure. Thankfully she realized she never sent me an email and all was well. I've been working for the company ever since.
 
PingSpike said:
And yet if Zeze did the same on his end he would immediately have been culled from the list of candidates.
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I have never once found that to be the case, and I've been working around recruiters for 8 years. One missed meeting with a quick follow up apology explanatory call or email and the recruiters assume something came up and reschedule. More than one and you are probably going to get cut, yeah.
 
CRXican said:
She will forever be the defender of anything HR related no matter how absurd and annoying (like most HR policies and practices).
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HR does lots of retarded stuff. I quit one company because the way the executives insisted on doing bonuses (for front line people, not me) was just full of crazy and unfairness.

However, people bash on HR for stuff in the same way they bash on IT for stuff - because they don't understanding the mechanics and reasoning behind the decisions. "Why can't I have a new laptop magically NOW!" is the same whiny shyte people bring to HR when they say, "why do I have to fill in all this PAPERWORK!" - there's a hidden benefit in there for them that they ignore because of the inconvenience. You may get your laptop NOW but without the software you need. You may skip over the paperwork and find out you don't get your paycheck correctly and on time.
 
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