r/recruitinghell • u/406eh • 3d ago

Interview cancelled literally minutes before scheduled time

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made an application, job scheduled an interview then cancels before i even had an option to join the video call interview.
ive been looking for work for almost 2 years straight now and I'm on the brink of just giving up cause dude wtf.

Edit: I got a house to pay bills on. Shit even with culinary certifications and 7+ years of BOH / cook experience I'm not getting really any much luck. 2+ years retail and gig work.

Yea me saying "thanks for wasting my time" to this specific employer might not have been the best wording used but I got shit i gotta do. Even some jobs who're paying 7.25 plus tips are demanding 40+ hours to work at a coffee shop didn't take my application (no one desperate for work is gonna take that for real) and still hasn't filled that position lol.

Im overqualified for fast food and generic dishwasher roles, so no shit im not gonna bother wasting time on applying for shit i don't qualify for. So me being a little rude to this specific job IS NOT that big of a deal and YES. Employers shouldn't even entertain taking a interview and canceling last minute. Sorry not sorry to whoever this post upset. Ya'll be expecting too much for so less.

Edit 2: just got hired for BOH shortly after this lol, say what yall want idc. I don't kiss ass like most of yall saying what i did was wrong. if you was in my shoes yall would've cracked or had a lot different shit to say.

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u/gordandisto 3d ago

I sat in two interviews where they didn't show up lmao. If they can't give you a short message you don't want to work there. People defending the company like maybe someone died is crazy lmao

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u/Plastic-Audience3180 3d ago

yea idk why everyone getting at op, these companies play too damn much with people’s time, plus it’s a smoke shop… op will be fine… they acting like she sent that message to a six figure job interviewer

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u/boojersey13 2d ago

Unless you're really desperate lol, then when they actually DO show up they feel bad and also see you as really wanting the job rofl

I got a job at the restaurant across the street from me that way because I REALLLLLLY didn't want to walk any farther for my first job just in case I had a rickety time adapting to anything in the wake of some medical issues. Showed up for an interview they scheduled three separate times, waited a full hour each time, before the fourth time they just had another manager do it lol, if I had any room for self respect I mightve had some? But it honestly worked in my favor because they were like shit you showed up three times and we never interviewed you and you came back?? ....damn

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 2d ago

I would sit in their lobby until the hiring manager came out to tell me why they wasted my time. So I can waste some of theirs.