Just a reminder: Companies do not care about you
5 weeks ago, I applied for a new job as my contract was ending. This new position that I was applying for was a full-time, direct hire role.
I went through 3 virtual interviews and then met them for a final face to face interview. The day after my final interview, I received a phone call and an offer from the hiring manager. I accepted the job!
My hire date was scheduled for this coming Monday. I had received my laptop and several other pieces of company issued equipment over the the past day and a half. This morning, I started the the onboarding process.
I got a call this afternoon from the VP of HR that the company was now officially in a hiring freeze and that the job I was supposed to start on Monday was not going to start at all. They would also send me the instructions for sending back all of the equipment that they sent to me.
So, just a reminder, that your company doesn’t give a shit about you.
Netizens’ comments
- Tell them to send a courier for their equipment. petrol/commuting isn’t free. Kept a free laptop and computer from a company since they refused to send a courier. They can still get them back but I’m not driving/taking public transport to their office.
- Best statement I ever heard was, old person talking to young person: ‘the only people that will remember that you worked late 3 months from now is your family, your boss and coworkers will forget in 2weeks.’ Keep that in mind FOREVER.
- That is horrid. Sorry you’re experiencing that. Sounds like a place that would be lousy to work for.
- I would ask what the pay is for returning said equipment. If it’s not enough, tell them to send a courier for it, and you’ll try to meet them. After all, you are busy looking for a real job, not a frozen one.
- OMG. I’ve been a hiring manager for 25 years. I have never once had to pull a job offer once it was accepted. All open postings were pulled immediately, but once we had written acceptance to an offer, then it was a done deal. Thats just outrageous.Â