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Do any of you honestly believe it’s unfair to call someone who applied for the job over email? They left their contact information didn’t they? If 6 people want a job and only 1 answers their dam phone…lol, lmao even
I hate answering the phone as much as anyone else but I always answer the random numbers when I’m actually expecting a call from work or a doctor.
LinkedIn is a fucking joke but anyone genuinely outraged by this is being absurd
In actually professional interview settings, phone calls are scheduled in advance via email. Additionally, while it is ok but kind of weird for the person to call unscheduled, it is
#3 is a common symptom of main character syndrome.
2 and 3. I disagree, they are in fact expecting an unknown number to call them because they’ve applied for a job. You really probably aren’t doing anything so important that you can’t take a call while literally expecting prospective jobs to call you.
I’ve taken calls at work, during school, on the train. That’s life and if you think you just don’t have to ever answer your phone except on your perfect terms then it’s you who is out of touch.
I don't know why you think this is the case. It is not normal for professional jobs to call without scheduling and not leave a voicemail. It is in fact completely unprofessional.
You literally have no way of knowing this. There are tons of scenarios where it is reasonable for someone not to answer their phone even of they are expecting a call.
Like it's really not hard a concept. Why defend this power tripping weirdo who refuses to follow social norms
Pssst, it's because they're a powertripping weirdo who wants to excuse the petty powerplays they use... Notice how they started with, "well I answer my phone in all of these situations where it's impolite".
Dude's an asshole finding excuses to remain that way.
you seem like the type that answers said calls in public spaces on speaker phone - after interrupting your headphone-less youtube binge at the cafe or on the train.
Except when I moved across the country on a deadline, I have always had a job when applying for jobs. I'm not just waiting around for calls to interview.
Since he's looking for an intern, the chances are very very high that they could also be in class. While my college (maybe just my degree program) was generally lax about things like attendance and going in and out of classes, I'm not loosing out on my education to answer a phone call that may only potentially be for a job.
Scheduling a phone call is fine. Leaving a message is fine. Doing neither and getting upset that the candidate may have simply not been available when you called is not.
Since when phone calls need "scheduling"? It is a fucking phone call, not a dinner with your grandparents.
since marketers and scammers have turned phone calls in to time sucks and security threats, i’d suppose.
my phone doesn’t even ring unless you are in my contact list. my voice mail says “please do not record a message, please text me.”
I don't remember when was the last time I had phone call like that. Must have been years ago. Cultural difference between USA and civilised countries I presume.
To ensure you can reach the person at a time when they are available. If you call unannounced and they don't/can't pick up, you're not allowed to get upset.
Agreed, although I would expect a person applying for a job to be reasonably responsive. I personally would try few times and perhaps send an email saying I tried to ring. But to expect phone call to be "scheduled" is just daft - phone call is the quickest method of contact.
No, you can't expect someone to be responsive at any random time out of the blue. Every phone interview I've had was first scheduled via text or email.
Yes, you can expect someone who applied for the job to pick up the phone if you ring few times at different times.
No one is available 24/7, it is not reasonable to expect them to be. If you need to be absolutely sure that someone will definitely be available at a given time, you schedule it.
Or, you leave a goddamn message like a reasonable person. You know that voicemail was invented for a reason, right?
I don't believe he was called at midnight. It is called "office hours" and you are expected to pick up.
Not everyone keeps the same "office hours". In fact, I'll bet that what you call "office hours" is when I'm busy with my current job and thus cannot pick up. You don't know my schedule, you can't just make assumptions and then get upset when it turns out I may have other engagements. You might even be calling at a time when I already had something else explicitly scheduled!
It is called voice mail. You are expected to leave one.
These were intern applications.
I agree that he should have left a message or send a quick email after he didn't reach them on the phone. I strongly disagree that phone call should have been "scheduled".
Scheduling is how you can be certain that the person will be available at the scheduled time. If you don't schedule, then you don't know if they will be available, and so you have no grounds to get mad at them for not being available.
Every phone interview I've had was scheduled.
Phone call is the quickest and the most straightforward mean of communication. Assertion that these have to be "scheduled" is ridiculous.
If you don't schedule, then you can't guarantee they'll be available.
Every phone interview I've had was scheduled.
Oh for fuck sake 🤦
That's my line. I don't know why you're still defending this clown.
Yeah, looks like you are going to hang yourself with it.
Wow, that is a bizarrely violent thing to say. I don't know where your hostility is coming from.
My willingness to continue this conversation with you:
I don't know where your hostility is coming from.
Since it is between 2 random people who have never seen each other. Which could just as well be a scam.
Ironically if it was your grandparents, it wouldn't be an issue if they called unscheduled.
This is simply not true. A applied for a job to B and B is ringing him about the application A made.
And just how exactly do you know that it’s B calling you? Do you know every prefix and number range that company can be calling from? Could it be a recruiters personal cell, or maybe a 3rd party VoIP system.
So now you don’t know what number it’s from. Maybe it’s a scam then, or maybe you’re working on other things, like being in the middle of class (since it said intern). Do you step out to take every call that may come in and waste your time since there’s no message being left?
This is not the point. You applied for a job and you are expected to pick up the fucking phone as much as you are expected to read and reply to an email.
The only issue with this guy post is him not either leaving a message or sending a quick email saying he tried to contact them, that's all.
You are ludicrous.
My only gripe is not leaving a voicemail. Canadidates are not receptionists, so making assumptions of people based on not answering two random calls through the day is not really a good way to recruit talent.
I'm not that old but I'll answer every call when I can, I'll call back if you leave your number to my VM, I make it a point to follow up if you reach out,. However I might be on the train, driving, in the shower and can't answer. Or, I could be having real life fun or doing real life work where I don't have to constantly be monitoring my phone or looking at LinkedIn HR-AI slop.
I agree it's fair to expect a phone conversation, but two calls and no message is a dick move
not even a job, an internship
Yeah, he gives them a second chance too, and does acknowledge it being a bit unfair. I don't find this too bad, really.