3 months ago, I applied for a job and heard back right away. I underwent 5 interviews and 2 tests over the course of a month, and I was actually being considered for 2 roles there. By the final interview, it looked promising that I would get offered at least 1 of the 2 jobs. For instance, we hammered out when I could start and the top manager said he didn't want to delay an offer. I was really excited.
Here's where things hit a snag. The top manager emailed me to say he had major reservations about bringing me on because my pay history is higher than what they can offer. I told him I was still very much interested in working there and unbothered since I would be gaining new and valuable skills. He then claimed he would be camping without wifi for several days and would need time to think it all through. A disappointing turn, but I held hope.
After not hearing back for a few weeks, the momentum was officially lost. It seemed like I was on the back burner, at best. I mentally made peace with not getting the job(s). But, I followed up anyway to ask if there was any other information I could provide toward a decision.
He replied and directly told me that my past salary had been the reason communications came to a halt--but he was "willing to reconsider." We were back in business, as I saw it. I gave a desired number, which was at the upper end of the wiggle room he stated, and waited to hear my fate, nervous every time I refreshed my email. No email that week. No email the next. Finally, no email for a month.
Since he'd already outright told me that they were iffy about hiring me, the message was loud and clear. They weren't jumping on it and any eagerness on their end had soured. The chance of an actual offer materializing at this point seemed slim to nil, especially since the last interview had been 2 months prior. I just figured I asked for too much. It's like when you don't get turned down for a second date, but you know their feelings based on the lack of interest in setting up another. It's a slow realization and it sucks.
I accepted that it was really time to move on, but I'm an anxious nelly and not having a firm conclusion after so much hope and interview prep did nag at me. To put some closure on it for myself, I left a short, unemotional review on Glassdoor. (I also did this to see reviews of other companies in full.) In this anonymous review, I wrote that I was left hanging after an involved process and that my impression of management is that they're a bit disorganized and disrespectful of candidates' time (more to the story, but I'll stick to the main points here). It was not intended to be a big condemnation--just a mental bookend that would force me to let it go and focus on other opportunities.
A week later, I get a message from the top manager who ghosted me twice! He had obviously seen the review and gave what was at its core a strange defense of his silence, arguing that the woman who oversaw the position has been hospitalized---conveniently for a month---with some unknown illness that is "very serious." It was something of a kiss off too.
Needless to say, I didn't reply. I wish her well if that's the truth, but it came across like a dramatic story to get the last word and make me feel like I'd shot myself in the foot. Hell, maybe I did, I just felt like they'd already burned the bridge with me by not having the courtesy to respond.
Am I crazy to think this was some face-saving BS claim he made only because I can never verify it? What was I to believe, with a month of radio silence that came after the previous 3 weeks of silence--on top of him explicitly telling me they had cooled off on the idea of hiring me. I mean, was I supposed to chase down a job that had already given me the brushoff twice? Just an update would have been nice if they were actually interested.
Lesson learned though! Next time, I will let things keep fading if they're already going in that direction. I will find a new inner grace that doesn't require concrete closure. I will remember that patience is key and I shouldn't make assumptions or fill in the blanks with what someone else is thinking.
TL;DR: Hiring manager went radio silent on me twice after a lengthy interview process. I assumed (maybe prematurely?) that I was ghosted. I left a Glassdoor review to get closure for myself and he audaciously replied via email with what I strongly suspect is a sob story. Lesson learned anyway...next time I will shut up.
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