Have You Ever Written A Telling Off Letter To An Employer?

springiness

glossgal wrote: »

The most frustrating thing of all is that I am more than capable of doing the job and didn't really want it anyway-it's also been readvertised to add insult to injury!

That may have come across at interview.

Something to bear in mind is if you do send an annoyed letter 5 people might read it and then put it on file. Those people could leave for other better companies and recognise your name when you apply to them. Then you could be cutting yourself off from 6 companies.

Good luck with the job hunt!

Hermia

springiness wrote: »

That may have come across at interview.

Something to bear in mind is if you do send an annoyed letter 5 people might read it and then put it on file. Those people could leave for other better companies and recognise your name when you apply to them. Then you could be cutting yourself off from 6 companies.

That is a very good point. The whole six degrees of separation thing really does exist in a lot of sectors/professions/industries. There have been so many occasions when we have been sifting through application forms at work and we could find a connection to almost every candidate (someone knows their boss or knows someone who works in that company etc).

glossgal

springiness wrote: »

That may have come across at interview.

Something to bear in mind is if you do send an annoyed letter 5 people might read it and then put it on file. Those people could leave for other better companies and recognise your name when you apply to them. Then you could be cutting yourself off from 6 companies.

Good luck with the job hunt!

Fair point but on this occasion i didn't realise i didn't want it until i was there! Besides my poker face is very good, I never give my game away . Personally, if I really don't want the gig I don't like to waste anyone's time by going in the first place.

Becles

I've felt like it before.

I applied for a job with a local company when I was a single parent. I had to go to a big assessment centre and do loads of tests. As it was in the afternoon, I had to pay for after school club for my two boys.

I passed that and was invited to another afternoon at their premises, where I sat with people already doing the job and observed, then had to do various role plays and those tasks where you have to build things with stickle bricks and stuff. I had to pay for after school club again.

I passed all of that and got through the formal interview stage. Again it was afternoon, so I had to pay for after school club.

Then I never heard a thing. I phoned up two weeks later and the lady in HR just said "oh yes you didn't get it" and that was it!

After giving them three afternoons of my time and paying out three lots of childcare for my boys and petrol costs to get there, I was pretty annoyed they couldn't even be bothered to either send a letter or make a phone call to let me know I didn't get it.

ceridwen

Truegho wrote: »

Yes, I take your point. However, you do get so angry and frustrated at constant rejection all the time that often you DO feel like telling them exactly how you feel about them knocking you back!

I DO see exactly where you are coming from here.

There are two occasions that come to mind where it would have been fully justified to "tell them off":
- 1. where I went for a job interview and "read" the person giving it as soon as I saw him. I could see from his face that the job had already been given to an internal candidate. Unfortunately - I could only "see" that when I physically saw his face. If I'd known sooner - I wouldnt have wasted my time going to the interview.

2. the other time was when I had attended a successful interview - as in I "read" that man as well and knew he was going to offer me the job. Something obviously happened after he had decided at the interview to give me the job (but not told me yet) and me getting the letter giving that job to me. I dont know what that "something" was - and do wonder in hindsight whether I should have sent a polite follow-up letter wondering what the "verdict" was (though I already knew) - in case what happened was them sending me an offer letter and the Post Office losing it before it got to me.

On balance though - I think its best not to send a "shirty" letter to any would-be employers - no matter how much they deserve it - as you never know whether they might think of you for a subsequent job and you dont want to "sully your copybook".

EDIT; In fact - come to think of it - reading my own post - I think the best thing for me at least to do at job interviews is to just take a good look at the person/people giving it and if, at any point, I "read" that they dont intend to give me the job - then just pick up my bag and leave immediately, so as not to waste any more of my time..That would have caused puzzlement to the man holding the first interview above - "hmmm....she walked in the door and literally 15 seconds later walked straight back out again. Why on earth did she do that?" and I would have at least walked back up the road laughing at the thought of him sitting there puzzled as to why I had literally "turned tail and walked away" before he said anything......heh!

bristol_pilot

If it makes you feel better, go ahead and write that letter. Just don't send it.

Truegho

That is an absolutely DISGUSTING way to treat a job applicant, especially after you giving all that time to them! I absolutely sympathise with you here, as I too have had many unfortunate experiences in the past from both agencies and employers.

I think new rules should be brought out to ban all this ridiculous assessment centre, role play rubbish (I'd like to know who thought up such a daft idea in the first place!!), and just go back to the straightforward face-to-face interview.

In my view, and I am sure you would agree with me here, assessment days are a total waste of time. Period.

Becles wrote: »

I've felt like it before.

I applied for a job with a local company when I was a single parent. I had to go to a big assessment centre and do loads of tests. As it was in the afternoon, I had to pay for after school club for my two boys.

I passed that and was invited to another afternoon at their premises, where I sat with people already doing the job and observed, then had to do various role plays and those tasks where you have to build things with stickle bricks and stuff. I had to pay for after school club again.

I passed all of that and got through the formal interview stage. Again it was afternoon, so I had to pay for after school club.

Then I never heard a thing. I phoned up two weeks later and the lady in HR just said "oh yes you didn't get it" and that was it!

After giving them three afternoons of my time and paying out three lots of childcare for my boys and petrol costs to get there, I was pretty annoyed they couldn't even be bothered to either send a letter or make a phone call to let me know I didn't get it.

Truegho

Ha, ha, yeah, I know what you mean. Very, very tempted to send it, though!

bristol_pilot wrote: »

If it makes you feel better, go ahead and write that letter. Just don't send it.

inmypocketnottheirs

OP, I have followed a few of your postings and threads, and I can see your frustration and may I say desperation to get a job. In these times, the uncertainties we are facing really are enough to test the mettle of the very strongest.

I don't want to appear to lecture, or to be condescending in anyway, but what you need here is to learn how to handle rejection. Handling rejection is the key to finding some sanity, clearing your head and giving you the energy and vitality to continue in your quest for employment.

You really need to take each no as meaning that you are one stage closer to finding that elusive job. Please don't give up, keep meeting every challenge and keep trying.

skintpaul

it might be worth thanking them for their time (if had an interview), and ask for some feedback as to any aspects of cv / personailty they feel let you down, so you could improve for next time..

also add a best wishes to the successful applicant- being polite and professional may put you 1st in their minds, if another job comes up!