Prior to switching careers into full time development, I got offered a position in government. Long term, stable, would do good for my City, but would be long hours. I initially verbally accepted the position and was told the offer letter was on its way within the hour.
I emailed the admin who was sending it, and never heard anything back. After about a week, I got offered my first full time development position, was promptly sent an offer letter and accepted. I called the gov't official to let him know I never heard anything back about the position and accepted another position.
He called me in five minutes asking what happened. I explained that I was ghosted by the admin. He basically said that she would call me immediately, but I said I had already accepted the other position. The admin called me immediately after I hung up with him and asked me to reconsider. I believe the admin got in considerable hot water for it all.
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There's no feeling quite like the one you get when you watch someone's eyes light up learning something they didn't know.
He wasn't ghosted, but the HR person had voted against hiring him. At the end of the day it wasn't her decision and she was told to make him an offer.
She wasn't excited about it so she was dragging her feet and stalling for time and in the meantime my friend got a much better offer at the company that was his first choice.
That HR woman got into serious hot water over the affair.
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Prior to switching careers into full time development, I got offered a position in government. Long term, stable, would do good for my City, but would be long hours. I initially verbally accepted the position and was told the offer letter was on its way within the hour.
I emailed the admin who was sending it, and never heard anything back. After about a week, I got offered my first full time development position, was promptly sent an offer letter and accepted. I called the gov't official to let him know I never heard anything back about the position and accepted another position.
He called me in five minutes asking what happened. I explained that I was ghosted by the admin. He basically said that she would call me immediately, but I said I had already accepted the other position. The admin called me immediately after I hung up with him and asked me to reconsider. I believe the admin got in considerable hot water for it all.
A friend of mine had a similar story.
He wasn't ghosted, but the HR person had voted against hiring him. At the end of the day it wasn't her decision and she was told to make him an offer.
She wasn't excited about it so she was dragging her feet and stalling for time and in the meantime my friend got a much better offer at the company that was his first choice.
That HR woman got into serious hot water over the affair.