Well, after not hearing anything about the job on the day of the interview, I sort of knew it was a case of black smoke at the Vatican. The letter arrived today, it said something like "Thanks for attending the interview, but you were unsuccessful. Best wishes for the future".
Now, it's customary to invite unsuccessful applicants to ring up for feedback to see how they can improve on things for future occasions. In fact, it's generally polite - particularly with only a small number of interviewees - to phone the unsuccessful candidates and tell that they've not got the job and why, etc. But clearly this isn't the case for this particular employer - one of "The" largest universities in Europe.
I've a mind to e-mail them with the following:
"Dear .....
Thanks for eventually informing me that I was unsuccessful in my application for the job of "...". I'd like to thank you for the in-depth feedback you gave me in your rejection letter and also the courtesy you showed in leaving me hanging on for three days. Your approach has made the entire interview process and associated stress most worthwhile.
I hope that you discover that the successful candidate is a complete cunt within a month of them taking up their position, that they then go on long term sick leave with "stress", while completely destroying morale in the department and ruining the reputation of the faculty. Let's face it, in all previous occasions that I've been unsuccessful for positions with you lot, the successful candidate has invariably turned out to be a socially inept numpty.
I wish you every success in your bid to become one of the top 25 research organisations in the world... you're going to need it."
Am I bitter? A little. These bastards know how stressful this sort of process is and to dismiss the unsuccessful candidates with a two sentence rejection letter and no offer of feedback is fucking insulting. Wankers.
So now I need to dust myself off and do something to get me out the job that I'm in, ideally by taking out my colleagues with an automatic weapon.
9 comments:
I hate it when they do that. I applied for a job at 37 yes 37! schools, got only four rejection letters and two interviews
Thankfully I got one of them!
Poxy rejection letters, be nicer like you say if they at least rang you
Maybe they were scared you were going to tear them to shreds if they phoned you and said no and if you sent them that letter they might be proved right!
Is three days a long time to wait for a letter? They had to interview all the candidates, make a decision, write the (albeit very brief) letter, post it - and then even sending it first class, it wouldn't get to you until the day after that. Isn't that just how long it takes to go through the process? They definitely should have offered you feedback though.
Hang on, I'm not really following the spirit of your post though am I? Three days!!! Three days!!!!! Totally unreasonbale and they didn't even give you feedback - you're better off without them. Incompetents!
For a lot of these posts the Universities have already decided who they're going to appoint (an internal applicant usually).
They advertise because they have to.
A total waste of everybodys time.
That kind of rejection letter is more appropriate for aspirant shelf stackers at Asda.
Wankers.
Oh dear. They are cunts, you are not, take some solace in that.
Gun Culture you say?
I like your comment. You should save it for the next time.
They're just cunts like Herge said Sniff. Bastards.
I wish there were more rejection letters fulll stop....nobody will ever be up front about it, just tell me I didn't nget the job so I'm not waiting on it, worse yet, I've been told I've gotten the job only to be later ringed up and told they changed their minds.
Cunts, cunts, cunts! that's what they are. But never mind, I'll dust myself off and try and try again.
It's not the fact that i didn't get that annoyed me, just the way in which they treated the unsuccessful candidates.
Neh mind, I shall move on! I WILL become a great dictator and rule the world. But not before I sort my fingernails out, they're ever so long at the moment (for me).
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