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Quiet Quitting! Great Resignation! Oh Wait, Are We Back On “Ghosting” Now?
Actually wrote about this before on another site, and my thoughts might be more fleshed out over there … but now you’ve even got Wharton jumping in on this discussion, so I felt like taking a few words on it.
The №1 thing to understand on the candidate side of this equation
Companies have been “ghosting” us as candidates for literally decades. There is always horrible communication during a hiring process, no follow-up, no context, no priority, and oftentimes it feels like HR doesn’t even understand the job role or where to find more information. And, the process can stop on a dime, even when you desperately need an income source. The whole thing is a little bit much. And it’s been happening consistently for decades, so why wouldn’t candidates rebel and start doing the same shit back to employers in a job market with seemingly more opportunities?
