Was ghosted by an agency after meeting with top CDs, top strategy director, and the MD of the office across four different meetings. Then silence…

I honestly don’t care about the role but I’m mad at the total lack of decency to leave me hanging.

Should I email them to ask for an explanation? Or is this just a sign that I dodged a bullet?

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How long since the last response? Who’s the one ghosting you? Assuming it’s a recruiter, I would email the managing director and just let them know that the experience has been a negative one for you and that while you wish them well, you hope they’ll learn from this experience and treat others in the field with more respect in the future. It’s a small world…

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It’s been a month! Was expecting to hear back from either head of creative or MD…

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Name them

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Ha I would love to but they’re a small shop and I would rather say this to their face than have them see me talking behind their backs.

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Stagwell? Same happened to me if so.

I would consider it a bullet dodged. However, it never hurts to ask for a response if you are genuinly worried about it. Otherwise I would just move on.

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Name! Name!

I say let it be, no point in wasting time with unprofessional people.

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