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What a waste of time!!! |
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I agree... but there could be reasons |
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05/14/2002 |
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I am not in HR, so I really don't know, but I have never heard of them doing that. Anyway, I just wanted to post to say I HEAR YOU. This happened to me twice several months ago -- the first time, the company closed the position because they didn't have enough funding, and they said they didn't know when it would open up again, and the second time, they sent me a letter a few weeks after the interview saying the whole project had been canceled. Then last week I went to an interview, and it was going great, but then the guy said there was just one thing: guess what? The position, um, doesn't exactly exist quite yet! But it will soon! Believe me, I'm not holding my breath.
I just wish people would be more considerate and maybe make sure there is an actual JOB or something before they interview people. It is so draining for me to get my hopes up, spend days preparing for an interview, go through all that nervousness, pay to dry clean my clothes, perhaps lose money by missing work for the interview, and then find out there is no job after all! I feel like these people are just toying with me, and it's not right. |
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Long post:
I totally agree with your feelings and infact my brother is going thru the same situation, but there could be reasons. Let me tell you about the situation at my work place and how confused different depts in an org are in this economy.
I work for a company in NY as a consultant and they want to let go all consultants who worked over 2 years( becos of some Microsoft litigation).My boss is trying to hire me as an employee and HR meanwhile has orders to freeze the headcount and asked my boss to hire a consultant in my place, but at the same time also told him that they could be a way to possibly make me an employee.
So, I am intervewing people who could POSSIBLY come into my position and my boss is going to offer them TENTATIVE offers, if my employment process doesnt go thru, then they will be hired or else they will be told that the position is CLOSED.
I think this confusion is existing in many companies...and that is why you see all these positions being closed for one reason or the other.
Since I am not assured of a job, I am on the lookout also.
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