Recruiter emails me, I respond w my interest. A week later, I get a text at 5AM today (Sunday morning) from a 2nd recruiter asking to talk between 7:30-9AM today. Seems ridiculous .. Is this normal?

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Yeah, former exec recruiter here. That is just weird. Also, the firm may be based in SF but that doesn’t mean the recruiter is. Either this recruiter is a dipshit or the hiring manager at the client is crazy demanding and expects everyone to jump when they snap their fingers. I’d text the recruiter back and ask if they meant to text you at 5am on a Sunday and if so, what prompted the fire drill.

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That’s not just unprofessional, it’s rude. I’d be legit pissed at anyone who deigned it appropriate to wake me up on a Sunday morning at 5am (or 730am or 9am for that matter) Which is what the recruiter knew he/she was doing or else it would have been an email and not a text.

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Maybe the recruiter’s from the other side of the world and doesn’t understand time zones?

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LinkedIn says they’re an executive recruiting firm based in SF, and I am in nyc. I find the text message and short notice bizarre and weirdly unprofessional, but haven’t worked with an exec firm before.

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Wut? Very weird and suspicious, too. No.

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Tell me about it.....

No, that’s not normal for a search firm. It’s weird

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Maybe 7:30-9am west coast time and did not account for the 3hr's.

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Business at the bar 🙃

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You're so hot right now!

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Can we get an update please.

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Sounds like an uncoordinated recruitment effort. Might be indicative of the place.

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They're probably royalty from the Nigeria area.

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Recruiter 2 is from the same firm and taking over for Recruiter 1. Calendly availabilities are weirdly only between 10PM-9AM

Very weird. I’m used to having super early meetings, but usually because they’re east coast. And on a Sunday?

I messaged both recruiters that this behavior was unprofessional and disrespectful of personal time, and asked for the reasoning behind the Sunday morning urgency.. especially for a role I haven’t seen a JD for. No response yet, I doubt I’ll get one

If anyone is interested, the firm is GCP Global Career Path based in SF.

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