TO: Readers who have read some, or all of the following "Dear Hiring Mgr" posts:
The Entire Dear Hiring Mgr Series
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I Reject YOU
- Dear Hiring Mgr: Thanks for Ignoring Me
- Dear Hiring Mgr: You lost my resume??
- Dear Hiring Mgr: You Blew it
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'm Soooo Sorry
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I dislike you!! A lot
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'll get back to ya.. maybe
- Dear Hiring Mgr: There's a place in heaven for you.. for $12.79
- Dear Hiring Mgr: Don't call me; I'm busy..
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'm Overqualified? Is that code for...
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TO G. U Bluitt:
G.U.
I don't know how else to say it, other than you blew it. You had me; I wanted the job. I wanted to work for your company, and to bring my skills, my talents, my enthusiasm and my experience to BadAss Corporation. I was convinced that BA was a quality organization, that came with some of the attributes that I found important in a company. I used to work at a company whose treatment of employees was predicated on it's belief in "Respect for the Individual," and I thought I had found another one.
Ms. BluittI, you must not have ever worked there, because B.A. didn't cut it. I believe that a company is a reflection of the sum of its employees, and because of you, that's one ugly reflection.
G.U., you led me on, bringing me in for a second and third interview. You informed me you had narrowed your selection to three, and that one was internal (you inferred he would have gotten the job without outside interviews if he was any good), and the other was just "rounding out the field."
I was in your offices for almost nine total hours (I should have clocked in), on three different trips, and you had me talk with three Vice Presidents, as well as peer staff. I liked them all, and they all seemed to like me. One of the VPs asked me to review a couple points I made early on, as he wanted to know more about my ideas. Another said he was looking forward to my input on a certain project.
So, what happened? I didn't make a pass at the receptionist, I made no derogatory comments about my past employers, I dressed in my best suits, and I polished my shoes. I answered every question honestly, and with specific examples of my experience and my direction. I didn't have spinach in my teeth, and I didn't even bring my cell phone into your building. I can't be any better. It's hard to believe anyone else was, especially after you inferred I would be the selection (no you never quite said it outright, but.... gee, we laughed, we bonded (I thought), I shared ideas that you took notes on, and you took three trips to your office and nine hours out of my life. Did you spend 27 hours on the three candidates? Talk about a waste of time (yours and ours).
And, now I'm told you hired the INTERNAL candidate; wasn't he the guy who would have gotten the job, without posting it, if he was any good? Is it true that if you don't have a job, you can't get a job? Is that your message?
You blew it; you deserve what you get. You took the safe route, and hired someone already there. Playing it safe does not make you a star. Bill Gates took a couple of risks early on. He didn't play it safe. I guess B.A. has no aspirations to be Microsoft.
So Ms. Bluitt, take your Bad Ass job and shove it. I feel sorry for the poor internal guy, who already works there and now is taking on more responsibility. I'm sure he'll fail, based upon what you told me, and then you'll have two open jobs. Don't call me next time. I don't have the time.
Will E. Wurkornot
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Good luck on your job search.
