Glassdoor. If you interview with an established company you can write anonymously about your experiences. I'm amazed at companies continue to not care about how they treat people when everything is public these days. And this is not 'getting back' at the company, it is helping people. The first thing I do when an offer to talk shows up in my inbox is scamper off to Glassdoor - it is very revealing and helpful.
Ask HN: What do I do with those employers who stopped replying to me?
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Re: Ask HN: What do I do with those employers who stopped replying to me?
#12I'd say that step 1 is not to take it personally. I don't want to excuse their behavior (I've experienced the same thing), but in general, you've just got to grow a thick skin and learn to move past it.
As someone who has been in this industry awhile, I can assure you: You'll cross paths again and tables often turn. They'll get what they have coming to them, karma will take of it, you don't have to worry about that.
You can't control other peoples' behavior. If I were you, I would focus on you. Try to be your best self, and leave them with a stellar impression of you. Someday, it very well might pay off.
And if they're really being a douchebag (to an extreme or offensive level), you should tell them so. Nobody is above being called-out for their bullshit.
Re: Ask HN: What do I do with those employers who stopped replying to me?
#13I'd say that step 1 is not to take it personally. I don't want to excuse their behavior (I've experienced the same thing), but in general, you've just got to grow a thick skin and learn to move past it. As someone who has been in this industry awhile, I can assure you: You'll cross paths again and tables often turn. They'll get what they have coming to them, karma will take of it, you don't have to worry about that.…
Right now I don't see karma being particularly generous to me, that's what makes me bitter the most I think, more than these guys being unrespectful. I mean in terms of material life I know this freelance guy is making a fortune and constantly on vacation at luxurious places. I don't care much about money and abroad holiday, all I'm looking for is the money to afford a small studio where I wouldn't have to deal with relatives or roommates, and even something as simple as that is too much to ask :\
Re: Ask HN: What do I do with those employers who stopped replying to me?
#14I just finished up a job search and I ran into the same thing. I think everyone does. Hiring is a hard process so it's not terribly surprising that not many places do it right (I do not claim to have the answer on how to do it right but non-responsiveness is certainly something to avoid).
One reason that I suspect for the silence isn't that they're actively snubbing you or ignoring you but that the person doing the hiring might be doing development as well and if they need to spend an hour interviewing or an hour coding a feature they'd rather work on the feature. I feel like this is particularly likely at startups since they don't have excess manpower. Even in larger companies it might be that they want to move forward but it just keeps getting deprioritized from above and they don't want to tell you to move on and lose you since they still hold on to the delusion that they'll successfully reprioritize it.
I wouldn't retaliate (though I understand the desire for vengeance... er justice :), though as RogerL suggested Glassdoor might be a good route. If it starts impacting their applicant pipeline then they'll start being more responsive.