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In the 1999 film Office Space, a dark comedy about the mundane conventionality of work, disgruntled software engineer Peter Gibbons tells his new love interest, Joanna, that he hates his job and doesn’t want to go anymore.
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When Joanna, played by actress Jennifer Aniston, asks Peter whether he is going to quit, he responds, “Not really; I’m just going to stop going.”
What was once a funny work of fiction is becoming an increasingly common reality as more employers report being “ghosted” by job applicants and employees who simply disappear without a trace. In fact, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago cited an uptick in ghosting in its December 2018 economic activity report, and an array of media outlets—including The Washington Post and Business Insider—have been publishing stories recently about the pitfalls of the practice.
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Boo Hoo
Peter Cappelli has nailed it and Jay Finkelman is clutching to an old paradigm.
The reality has always been employees are a commodity to employers. Employers have always been an option to employees. Just like I can buy Pepsi, coke, RC or generic cola, someone else can chose to go to another grocery store to buy whatever they want.
Yes, the employer has a lot of candidates to rply to, but over the last 10 years or so, the candidates have had a lot of employers to respond to. If brushing one side off is acceptable, so is brushing off the other.
If you think a little harder, you will see the employer has the resources to actually be civil. They are the ones with an ongoing income. The job seeker is desperately trying to swing how to pay the rent, put food on the table, and keep the kids clothed all while trying to send as many applications as possible. Now here comes the $1m revenue company crying because they have to take time to have a computer send form letters to all the applicants that didn’t get picked.
Sorry, but I have no pity for them.
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