Prospective Employer left me a voicemail and then wasnt very nice

vindicated

Hey Folks,

I applied for some jobs and chased up one i sent my CV in to. The branch manager left a voicemail and told me if successful id hear in four weeks.

They obviously forgot to hang up the phone and started !!!!!ing about me to someone else in the room saying "He porbably wont get it, if he hasnt heard then he hasnt heard" in a really derogatory tone.

Looking for advice on what should be done? It was very ignorant and frankly quite rude, true comments probably go along like "well do you really want to work for them" but its the principle...should i say something to HR or what not?

I actually REALLY hope i get offered the job, show how good i am as im qualified in that field and then politely remind them of their error.

Im so angry, cant believe someone like that obtained a branch manager role!!

Arrrgh!

Emmzi

saying something to HR probably wont achieve anything except getting them to check they have hung up properly.

I;d have a glass of wine and forget it.

dseventy

vindicated wrote: »

They obviously forgot to hang up the phone and started !!!!!ing about me to someone else in the room saying "He porbably wont get it, if he hasnt heard then he hasnt heard" in a really derogatory tone.

Looking for advice on what should be done?

Just move on. Chalk it up and be glad you don't work for them.

D70

Annisele

Agreed. Let it go.

Console yourself with the thought that if that person was careless about hanging up with you, one day he'll likely be careless hanging up with somebody else. Like, say, his wife or his boss.

JDC14

I'd ring him back and just go;

"Thanks for getting back to me, but I think your phone was faulty, I heard some rather unpleasant things as you failed to end the call."

Then explain that you're withdrawing your application as you don't want to work for such a w****r. Then laugh as he squirms and gets all embarrassed.

heretolearn_2

I honestly think you are taking offence at not much. Yes, it's unfortunate that you overheard this as it's never nice to hear yourself being discussed, but what he said wasn't actually rude, if what you quote is all he said. It's not like he insulted you, called you names, or made a comment directly about you. He was just commenting to one of his colleagues that as you hadn't heard by now, you probably haven't got the job. (He could be wrong though so don't lose hope).

LadyMissA

vindicated wrote: »

Hey Folks,

I applied for some jobs and chased up one i sent my CV in to. The branch manager left a voicemail and told me if successful id hear in four weeks.

They obviously forgot to hang up the phone and started !!!!!ing about me to someone else in the room saying "He porbably wont get it, if he hasnt heard then he hasnt heard" in a really derogatory tone.

Looking for advice on what should be done? It was very ignorant and frankly quite rude, true comments probably go along like "well do you really want to work for them" but its the principle...should i say something to HR or what not?

I actually REALLY hope i get offered the job, show how good i am as im qualified in that field and then politely remind them of their error.

Im so angry, cant believe someone like that obtained a branch manager role!!

Arrrgh!

if you hope you get he job, then just hope and do nothing

custardy

take another spin
you chased it up and they called you back
many places wouldnt even bother to do that
Im sure we have all moaned at work about something/someone in our day to day dealings

lincroft1710

The only error made by the branch manager was forgetting to hang up. The comments were not offensive, more a reflection of the current job market.