I’ve been ghosted again. For the 4th time. In a horrible year of forced freelance/unemployment. And these weren’t just initial stage ghostings but like 5+interviews in. In one case... (continued)

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Delete some LinkedIn connections that might not like you or your work ethic and see if it helps.

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I see what you did there.

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I was flown across the country to be told by a gcd that an acd, who I was about to interview with, didn’t think I was good enough. As if that wasn’t bad enough, I was then ghosted by said agency. The two after that have actually been in-house agencies where I’ve gotten to salary negotiations and then poof! I just don’t understand what’s going on with our industry. Is it so hard to respond to an email with a short “sorry, we pass”? If I can drag my ass across the city to interview with you 3, 4, 5, SIX TIMES—you can hit the reply button.

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Holy shit! Wow, sorry! It will get better. I know it’s hard to keep this perspective, but if these places are this shitty to you now, they’re going to be way shitty places to work at later. So, fuck’em! Some places are so toxic it just oozes into every facet of the place. Feel bad for’em, seriously.

What places?

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Sorry to hear this. Sadly, I’m in a similar situation. I’m nine months deep being unemployed and it blows. It really, really sucks. But I try to keep my head up, as you should too. Hugs. And thanks for sharing.

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In the same boat 🚣‍♀️

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D&G - Nicole Gordon
Flaked on 2 calls she set up, blamed time difference since EST & PST are so hard to distinguish then silence, but weeks later reaches out via LinkedIn about the same opportunity

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Welcome to Ghosted! Where we warn each other about the companies that vanish after we invest time, energy and passion in trying to land a job there. Join the Bowl with the link below.

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