"Please fill out this survey about how we didn't hire you."

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• bufalo1973@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  At least they tell you you didn’t pass. The norm is not answering.

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  • Dicska@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Had it not been for the second part of the message, I think they wouldn’t have bothered.

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    • hornywarthogfart@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This is the reason.

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  • Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Actually to me this doesn’t sound so bad. Yes OP is rejected and that sucks. Beyond that they ask you to fill out a survey which they hope will improve their future hiring process. I am sceptical that they will get anything useful out of the survey, but I really do not see the problem tbh.

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• BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is probably an unpopular take, and it should be noted that I’m just totally disregarding the whole personal data aspect of this, but… I kinda appreciate it when I’m given some kind of way to provide feedback on stuff like this. If there was one part of the process that was more absurd than even I expected, or if just the whole thing is shit, I prefer to be able to express that. Maybe it just makes me feel better I guess. Sometimes it’s cathartic to chew out a survey form over something that was so egregious that it’s made me angry.

  I’m also a huge advocate for exit interviews though. Somebody quits, ask them why, what was good, what was bad. Fire someone, ask them just the same. A lot of my work experience has been yearly contracts where termination is scheduled, expected, and common, but I do think other types of employers would benefit from actually proactively seeking feedback.

  This example probably isn’t that and the employer is probably shit, but I just wanted to put that out there.

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  • psivchaz@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I agree but I feel like you’ll almost never get honest feedback, and companies never seem to do anything with the feedback they get. I mean if you’re firing someone, you’ll probably get a list of grievances that are exaggerated because they’re upset. If someone is quitting, they might hold back to not burn the bridge so to speak. The only time I had an exit interview was also the worst job I ever had, and I doubt they did anything as a result of me telling them, “Hey, when you tell someone they can’t take their legally mandated break, and then write them up for not taking that break, it’s kind of a demoralizing dick move.”

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• skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Had a friend’s dead parent receive a text from the ambulance service asking how they did.

  KPM surveys need to go away forever.

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• bfg9k@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  At least they had the courtesy to actually tell you that you didn’t make the cut. Most places just never respond.

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• Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Here is the feedback you requested, blah blah blah blah …

  As you have contracted my expertise for improving your HR process, and we both acknowledge that my time is valuable, my invoice is attached below for (x) hours charged at (y/hr), payable upon receipt of this feedback. Failure to respond in a timely manner to the negative constitutes legally-binding agreement of payment. Payment in full is due within 30 business days.”

  Yeah I know it wouldn’t stick, but might be fun to make them at least waste some time to respond or refute.

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  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s literally Sovereign Citizen rhetoric and will earn you a spot on !insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t forget to add a red thumbprint at a 35° angle!

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• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Smells like a dodged bullet, tho

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I try to comfort myself with such thoughts.

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    • ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ve worked for Fraser Group (in a very different capacity) and you absolutely have dodged a bullet; they’re an absolute shit show and are responsible for a large amount of the enshittification of the UK’s high street.

      The owners are shitbags and the rest of the hierarchy takes notes and shit downstream.

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “I’m not going to date you, but can you give me your opinion on my hair?”

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• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Isn’t that Mike Ashley’s clownshow? Sounds like you dodged a bullet.

  That said, I suppose depending on where you are in your career, it’s good experience and portfolio work.

  Reminds me of the police service in Scotland inviting people to complete a survey… about their stay in police custody. I’m not entirely sure what results they’re expecting there. Probably the brainchild of some “management consultant” who has probably never set foot in a public building before.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Dodged a bullet in the sense that I’m sure it’s a shit company, but right now, I just need a job that pays more than £29,000 a year so I can get a family visa for my wife and daughter. Any job. I will worry about a good job later. I even held my nose and applied for a job at Phillip-Morris.

    I have what I have been told multiple times is a very impressive CV, but so far, no luck. I have about two months’ worth of savings to find a job.

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    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Good luck.

      When I joined the workforce full time a good number of years ago. I was chuffed to fuck to be earning £20k a year at the time. In the intervening years, the cost of living has gotten ludicrous.

      In metropolitan areas, I’m not quite sure how anyone but the DINKys can cope with the financial pressures of city living.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The only advise I can give you is make a people network for yourself. Make connections everywhere since life is more about who you know than what you know.

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• PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Having no clue about the immigration policies of the UK, or the particulars of your job:

  Do they require employment at a UK based company? Could something remote fill the gaps?

  I hope it goes more smoothly for you, but let us know if you need anything.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    As far as I understand, I just have to make that much and be inside the country at the time. But it’s all super confusing.

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• Sergio@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Job hunting is so fucking demoralizing.

  Hang in there, fam! When you get that first job offer it’ll be worth it.

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• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Cheers! I’m in the exact same boat! Perhaps we’re the vanguard of the AI-jobpocalypse…

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good luck!

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    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thanks! You too!

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• breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Probably worth doing if you can write “eat shit” for every answer.

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• 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I got the same request last week. Wankers

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You want to give honest feedback. Don’t burn bridges.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m not going to give any feedback.

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