A lot of times, there is this illusion of separation of the operations of a business. From an outsider’s perspective, say, a prospective candidate’s, we like to imagine that the business’s operations will run in the way that we expect: Nearly divided into their intended work groups.
This job candidate shared how they wound up in a dehumanizing interview process, and after deciding to opt out of the. Feeling a bit disgruntled about the lack of humanity and time wasted, they fired off an email to HR about their experience. And found themselves at the receiving end of an unprofessional response from the CEO himself, who had “somehow” been on the other side of the HR email address.
“Company sent 40 minutes of aptitude common sense survey questions, followed by an invite to an AI interview for an instructional design position,” the job candidate wrote in a post they shared, “Hard noped out, but had to respond. Super glad I did.”
They sent their response, which they shared in the first image, and probably expected that to be the end of it. But we were surprised when they not only received a response, but it wasn’t the canned HR response you might expect. Instead, the response was written and addressed by the CEO of the company, who had clearly taken personal offense at the candidate’s email.
“Thank you for your candid response.” The email they received from the CEO began, “I’m glad you chose not to follow through, as your response demonstrates poor attitude and entitlement.”
It wasn’t finished there, though, the CEO went on.
“You were warned of the process at the time of your application submission, which also shows a lack of attention to detail, an imperative skill for this position.”
Author: Kayitsi.com
