React to my rant
Day 1: Sent out a software dev offer letter to X, giving a week's time, so that they can relocate and join comfortably.
Day 6: X requests a 10 day extension due to a family emergency. I have no choice (and have to give them the benefit of the doubt), so I give them the extension.
Day 15: X wants another extension because they've fallen sick and cannot relocate. Asked me to extend another 3 days. I gave them 3+3 days to join (had to, benefit of the doubt). Joining date updated to Day 21.
Day 20: X relocates, books accommodation and everything, and is the work city. I'm looking forward to onboarding them.
Day 20 (night): Got a call from X, saying they're sick, and they're travelling back home (like literally on their way home).
I simply asked why they didn't contact me before making this decision. They replied saying that they have fever, headache and thus got scared (because moving to a new city alone was too big a move for them), so decided to travel back to their hometown.
I said that I've been accommodating and helpful throughout the offer to the onboarding journey, they could've talked to me or asked for help(?). Why did they have to travel back, if they were so sick? Wouldn't it make sense to stay at the accommodation and take rest, while I could've visited them and helped them through this?
I asked for the doctor's prescription to verify and double check their side. X mentioned that the doctor they consulted was in their hometown, where the doctor asked them to move back. For me, personally, it didn't make sense. I smelled bullshit. Well, bullshit or not, it was unprofessional.
I rescinded the offer, ended the conversation on a good note, wished X the best of luck in their future endeavours and gave them a piece of advice, to not do this to any company (let alone us) in future.
Why using they/them for a single person?
The candidate is dumb af if they actually relocated on Day 20. Or it was a usual tactic of extending the joining date so that one can shop around. I've done this a lot in the past.
I do know that candidates shop around and wait for a better offer, that's why I keep a short acceptance duration for the offer letter. The thing I can't wrap my head around is, even after all the formalities were done, they just upped and left (that too after spending their own money for travel and accommodations)
Are you sure that they actually travelled and booked accomodation ?
Great guy.. he should be the role mobel for younger generation. This should become normal practice from now on. Every enployee should delay his/her joining...Shop around for other offers. Employees should do this just as Companies delay offer letter.
@Django hire me instead 😂😝 Between you are hiring for which role? Might have some good candidates for referral
Thanks for the offer, but we went ahead with the next best application. Although it sucks that a lot of time, money and resources went into this hiring process.
It is what it is. This is problem which exists on both sides (company and candidate) and with no way to solve it.
If I were a candidate I’d just be honest and tell the company I’m not ready to make a decision due to other interviews, but can accept immediately if I’m offered a better salary. I think that’s the most professional way to go offer shopping.
Well it's two sides of the same coin.....there are some good companies and some not so good in their hiring ops. Similarly there are some good candidates and some bad. Offer shopping isn't wrong, but there are ways to do that. Don't bring your family or silly made up excuses just to push your chances of getting a better offer. People don't really see the other side of the story, where companies lose out on time, money and resources when something like this happens. But I'm glad to see this community is being so empathetic and understanding!
I won't do that. Get me an offer. Just that idontwork.
Everything is normal/easy to understand or digest except not sure why he relocated and then went back.
May it’s like; till 19th he didn’t get the other offer he was expecting, and moved on 20th and then by 20th evening he would have got the other offer, so decided to move back by 20th night ?
These are standard delaying tactics done by less experienced folks
I know but at the same time I don't know. You can't say no if someone asks for it because you as a recruiter don't know whether it's an excuse or not. For this particular situation, you can't deal with it like "shepherd crying wolf"
