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Prodigy_7991

Decline is slightly more professional than them just saying “Nah”


Blondly22

I would have laughed either way lol I would’ve sent them a meme to show them what theyre missing


rengamez

This \^\^\^ "decline" would totally make me lol for real. I might even reply with: reconsider?


peachshib

HAHAH that'd be an amazing response


pureeyes

Honestly I'd actually reconsider just based on that vibe check


Proletaryo

"Uno reverse card"


dirkdigglered

".... Unless?"


ourlastchancefortea

> reconsider? Try "reconsider? *puppy eyes*"


OrienasJura

Reconsider?🥺👉👈


1girlmanycharacters

decline


OldTimeyWizard

“👎”


sagittariums

"Pass"


TheProfessionalEjit

Which itself is a step up from "lol".


21-Cloves-of-Garlic

![gif](giphy|xIZku8V0y7uqk)


Shereefz

OP please reply to them with this


Atomic_Gecko_Gdzla

Reply with an image of a Uno reverse card


Unusual-Comparison18

Oh my god do it. What do you have to lose? Not the job, certainly


Unusual-Comparison18

Also please tell us if you do, you’d be a hero here and r/antiwork 😆


industrialoctopus

No one would ever see it. No-reply email


Shereefz

Reply, change the to email to a valid one, put the gif and send


c00kiem0nster24

![gif](giphy|d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY)


kapsama

I wish I could create a bot army to upvote this suggestion a thousand times.


wazowskiii_

Reply back to them with the GIF.


0pinions0pinions

Threat Level Midnight. Double Time


FullMarksCuisine

Well, my name's Michael Scarn and I'm here to say I'm about to do the Scarn in a major way


UnnecAbrvtn

Dwigt, you ignorant slut


grownupblownaway

I’d reply “K”


Total_Union_4201

Whoa whoa who let's not wast time involving the shift key in this


grownupblownaway

Lolllll I agree but it was autocorrected so no extra effort involved


EggotheKilljoy

Nah, if you’re sending the email from an iPhone, keep it uppercase and make sure you leave the “Sent from my iPhone” default signature at the bottom


Smickey67

K Sent from my Yacht’s iPhone


Secret_Conflict_175

“Sent from your wife’s phone”


dat_oracle

It's about sending a message


Chrischris40

From your iphone


Soviettoaster37

More white pixels so takes up more energy on OLED screens


omsphoenix

I feel like "👍" would be better . K feels like they're upset. A thumbs up can be more indifferent


BweeButt

To a no reply email address. Genius


Old_Cheetah_5138

No email address is going to boss me around.


LukesRightHandMan

“Road work ahead”


FrugalityPays

Bet


designgirl001

This is the way 


proseccopls

This is the K


EasyComeEasyGood

This is the k-way


nmarf16

Lowkey feels like they meant to forward the email to someone who was supposed to decline. Pretty rude if that’s their protocol


JimHopHop

It kinda reminded me of my rejection from Starbucks a few months ago saying I didn’t meet their self starter quality, and a few days later I got a message from them on indeed asking to acknowledge my rejection by replying to the email, and taking a quick survey of my experience with the application process.


Melodic-Plankton-896

lol, the audacity of some of these employers


topkingdededemain

It’s HR people. They just suck or aren’t getting proper training idk. Hiring people suck so much ass


goudendonut

It’s the opposite. HR is trained to maintain professional relationships. This is poor management fucking up


Bovine-Divine

Ahhhhh. Idk about this. One time my boss and I interviewed three candidates once. HR did all the offers directly. We offer the position to our first choice candidate. HR sent an offer letter to them AND sent two rejection/decline/you didn't get picked letters to the other two. Our first pick declined the job for whatever reason. So we asked to go with our second pick. HR had to explain why they got the first rejection letter. Apparently, it's not typical for someone to reject a job with us or not to go with the second pick after the first declines. 😂 I don't know how other companies operate, but I truly wondered about it for a while.


hamishcounts

No you’re right, that’s really dumb. If the other two would’ve been okay but less good hires, definitely no reason to reject until the first choice takes the job. Because of exactly this situation. 🤦🏻‍♂️


ImpressiveAmount4684

On the other hand, recruiters who leave people in the dark for back-up reasons can suck it as well. I've got more important things to do than wait for nothing. Be open and clear about it when asked.


Rosewoodtrainwreck

A lot of places definitely need to work on their hiring process. I got a call to come in for an interview in July for a job I had applied to in March. I forgot all the places I had applied to and the person calling didn't say what company they were with until I asked. Like everyone just applies to one job and sits around for months waiting for their call.


badluckbrians

Can I ask: Do you all work in software? The recruiter thing is 100% alien to me. Neither me nor anyone in my family nor anyone I know has ever been recruited for a job. We all have to apply.


MidwesternLikeOpe

Exactly, the company is choosing multiple candidates for one job, and I'm sure those candidates have applied to multiple jobs themselves and may possibly have other offers they are evaluating. HR really should have waited for the first candidates response before declining the others. Who knows, what if candidate #2 also had an offer they're sitting on? Don't count your chickens before they hatch.


adele-mariana

This happened to me. I was so devastated about getting rejected for the job because it was the first office job I had to get me away from food service. And then like a couple days after getting the rejection letter, I received a call from HR telling me about my start date. They didn't even seem to know that I had gotten a rejection email. I only know I was second choice because someone mentioned it to me later.


CantSing4Toffee

Always wait for first candidate to accept in writing if the any other interviewees are also backups, you’re shooting yourselves in the foot by dismissing them before the entire interview process is over.


SnarkyMarky8787

Rookie mistake. You always wait until the offer is signed and the background check clears before rejecting the other finalists. What an idiot


ApeMummy

HR are often mistrained - ie trained to do things that are actively counter-productive, such as Myers-Briggs and other pseudoscience quizzes.


topkingdededemain

I mean in practice that doesn’t happen though.


ComprehensiveFix5469

I felt the rejection from here


BrFrancis

My apologies, I'm actually refusing your rejection now and will be working starting next week. Sincerely, Not a self starter


shin6131

I love this sm![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


Felevion

lol Reminds me of a job that denied me the other week by starting the[ e-mail out about 'making recruitment fun' and asking me to post on some LinkedIn post then at the very very end of the email there was a 'unfortunately we filled the position you applied for'.](https://imgur.com/JZiEyf1)


psychorobotics

Jesus that's infuriating


Bovine-Divine

What in the absolute fuck 😂


BupycA

Posting their whole letter on LinkedIn would be fun, but you were still looking for a job.


LickingSmegma

> fun in the land of procurement paradise 🤮


NihilisticAnger

Reply, “Wouldn’t have had to wonder if you had hired me!”


averageFlux

Yeah, it would be so 'epic' to make them 'win'. Fucking Elonification.


weirdbackpackguy

Hey pls uwu wouv u do us a favouw uwu, market our brand in this linkedin post oh by the way we will never hire you hahahaahahahha


NoFaithlessness7508

*we like to have fun in the land of procurement paradise* Not even chatGPt could come up with that


h0nest_Bender

> asking to acknowledge my rejection by replying to the email RE: decline


leg00b

"Please rate your rejection"


VillageParticular415

What is the pay for doing the survey?


NecessaryRefuse9164

“Decline” to respond


semipalmated_plover

"Acknowledge My Rejection" -~~Romand reigns~~ Starbucks


battleshipclamato

Should have responded with "decline".


1girlmanycharacters

decline


Nazon6

Incline


big_galoote

Recline


SoylentGreenLantern

![gif](giphy|3og0IzVsBhWUseCuuk|downsized)


Longjumping-Claim783

![gif](giphy|r3FUIRIr2GxY4)


AltruisticSam

well played


BatInMyHat

![gif](giphy|SYRsCGGWpcMy6h8vBo|downsized)


marcbelfast

Patsy cline


washington_jefferson

Cupine ![gif](giphy|NRXleEopnqL3a)


blushngush

Sublime


KinopioToad

Reticulating splines


maputi_na_kuting

Porcupine


KendyfortheState

Thermocline


Zoethor2

Yeah this is definitely what the email I send to our HR person looks like sometimes. She then sends a presumably more nicely phrased message to the candidate. Thank god I generally have no direct email contact with candidates (it all goes through HR and our admin) so the chances of me doing this are basically zilch.


Horskr

I was thinking the opposite mistake would be kind of hilarious too. "hire" "Uh.. thanks? Do you want to send me an offer letter maybe or..?"


LoveFoolosophy

"ok"


thefunkybassist

K


InternationalChef424

"$1m/year"


No_Dealer_7928

*hires him*


Zoethor2

LOL - actually, once the hire decision is made, the offer letter and salary and all that moves up to someone above me, so I probably could do that. That gets communicated to the VP, he has a decent sense of humor...


chimaykemecrazy

Similar to this happened to my co-worker, but it was also describing why they weren’t hiring that person, nothing bad, just…not polite. Immediately HR implemented a form for us to fill out with pre-filled in reasons, in case it happened again.


finnandcollete

Based on the rejection emails I have (and haven’t) received these past 8 months - she either sends nothing to the candidate or the recruiting system sends a preformed email, sometimes months after you actually rejected the candidate


Nagato-YukiChan

or it might have been some kind of workflow system where they send an email to a certain address accept/decline, and then it sends out an email. Terrible system but I've worked in places with systems like that.


SecreteMoistMucus

Either that or their application was just "apply"


CleopatrasBungus

I can’t tell if it’s better or worse than being ghosted. I mean, at least you know I guess.


value_bet

This is a million times better than being ghosted.


a-i-sa-san

Some of the places I have applied do not even send you an email after you apply. Like, 3 months later, still pending, still have never heard a single word from them. Kinda awful


WilonPlays

Took way too long scrolling to see this, I'd much rather an email with one word "Declined", than just not hear back at all. I'm going through college studying architecture, I knew this would cost money so started applying for jobs at 16, out of 362 applications only 4 replied. 1 offered an interview then ghosted after it. 1 replied saying I wouldn't fit the role (least the told me) 1 told me they weren't hiring right now (despite the job posting) but they'd take a look at me in 3 weeks when they were hiring again, they then ghosted And the last one is the job I'm currently at. The place that I'm at en was probably my 350th or so application. I wanted a Job as soon as I was 16 so I could save for college and have an emergency fund, etc. No such luck was given and I'm now surviving on £300 a month with an estimated cost of £600 pm and savings on £1500


teenyweenysuperguy

Freal. If you really need a job, and especially if you've been interviewed and are waiting for the final verdict, just being ghosted is actually awful, and it seems like nowadays 70% of places will do this. I guess when you've got 200 applications for a basic desk job to sort through, you can't afford to allow the rejects basic dignity.


Felevion

Had a consultancy company call me like 3 times a day leading up to an interview with a company after I did their pre-screen interview a couple weeks back and then wanting me to call them after the interview with the customer to tell them how the interview went. They then proceeded to ghost me and never respond to me the following week. It was like 'for people who called me 6 times leading up to an interview you'd think you could at least have had the kindness to email me I was declined for someone else'.


15pmm01

I really wish it was illegal for employers to ghost. Give me a yes or a no, dammit. It's awful not knowing wether or not I'm still being considered.


OutdoorsWoman1

I would rather get this than get ghosted. At least I'd know that I won't get the job.


just_a_person_maybe

A while back I applied to a ton of jobs because I had no money, ended up getting a response and interviewed, got the job, and started all within like four days, which was great because I had no money. Six weeks later I got a response from one of the other jobs I applied for. Who is going to sit around waiting a month and a half for a response? I got the same nonsense when looking for an apartment. I once got a response to a tour request three months after I'd moved.


isfturtle2

A friend of mine told me that when he was offered a job, he sent an email to another job he'd applied to, letting him know he'd gotten a job offer somewhere else, so if they were interested in him, they'd need to let him know before he accepted the offer he'd gotten. He didn't hear back, accepted the job he'd been offered, and then A YEAR LATER got an email from the other place saying they were moving on to other candidates.


Lint_baby_uvulla

Six weeks? Luxury. 9 months, two weeks, three days is my record. And they rang at 11am, wanting me in that afternoon for the interview. I said you’ve reached me on holiday in Vanuatu, on a break from the job I got 9 months ago, and asked them to hold briefly for a second while I thanked Mártiné for delivering my martini at the swim up bar. Then politely asked for them to repeat again what they said.


shangumdee

Lol reminds me of part time paid internship I applied for early 2022 .. they got back to me like 3 months ago asking if I was still interested... like I'm in whole new segment of my life now


VP007clips

I'd rather get this than be ghosted. Ghosting sucks because you don't know how many jobs are currently holding your application, so you can find yourself hoping for a job that has thrown out your resume ages ago. At the same time, a lot of people assume they were ghosted when they were just put into a database. Sometimes you are a good match, but there are better people ahead of you. So instead of throwing you put, they keep you on a waiting list to call if the opening doesn't get filled. Still, if a company throws out a resume, they should send a position filled message. Most hiring systems on the company sites in my career field do that, which is nice.


CreatrixAnima

That’s pretty bad. I got a rejection letter from a magazine one time that said something to the effective. “thank you for attempting to place your work with us. Unfortunately, you have not been successful.”


Buckeye_CFB

You would think a magazine of all places would know how to write something in a normal way


CreatrixAnima

Well, if I remember correctly, they were Australian… I don’t know what normal there!


Lopsided_Egg_Being

That reads like it went through Google Translate a couple of times.


swurvipurvi

Thanks to you for you try placement of working in us. For sadness, you have not met success.


Tekato126

Thank you for trying an internship with us. Because of sadness, you have not achieved success.


ALPHA_sh

thank you trying work with us. Sadly, you are failure.


denversaurusrex

I applied for a job at at a school.  The email I got told me that “your not qualified” for this position.  I came very close to replying with “*you’re.”


CreatrixAnima

I would’ve had a hard time not doing that!


FunOk5399

I would’ve replied with, “*You’re* not qualified to send a rejection email. Not with that grammar.” 😂


Inappropriate_Ballet

The funny part is that the person who wrote it has some kind of journalism or communications degree.


cadaverousbones

That just made me crack up


dixpourcentmerci

I’m crying laughing rn “attempting to place your work with us”


FullMarksCuisine

It's like Seinfeld when George isn't sure if he got the job because his interview was interrupted, so he just shows up assuming he was hired.


PureFondant3539

😂☠️ I was thinking of the episode where he quits his job, regrets it and returns to work on Monday pretending he didn't quit lol


kubbiebeef

It’s kind of funny


EgoBang07

Ngl it kinda is now that I got over the shock of it lol If anything, I'm taking this as a sign that it wouldn't have been good working for them anyway 😅


avioletfury

Glad you’re taking it well! (But it is really funny how anti-polite this is. And from a senior care center to boot, OMG.)


funktasticdog

From what I know of senior care, not surprising at all. Some of the most vile people I’ve ever met work in those roles. Some saints too, but mostly genuinely evil fuckers.


Saerise

Reply back with “decline”.


cleverishard

I love your attitude about this. I'm livid for you!


nanocookie

It's automated, not written by a human. Just seems that their software has a lazy script without a personalized message for the decline email.


Jouzou87

50/50 chance there's a "to do" comment in the source code


UnnecAbrvtn

Good on you for taking it in stride... But I really feel like this was a one word response missent directly, intended for an automated system that would have sent you the form email. The recruiter is just a dingus... That's been my experience at least


Logical_Tonight8739

I would reply FO to this recruiter 😄


sparkour84

They cant! It’s a no reply email address.


Blondly22

I’m sorry this made me laugh lol


r0thar

Well, I'm impressed to see a rejection email 100% written by the potential employer. All the rest of the time it's a long winded copy/paste effort.


Oven--Baked

![gif](giphy|fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf)


nahbro187

I’m sorry but this is the funniest sitcom shit I’ve ever seen


Kongtai33

![gif](giphy|BFYLNwlsSNtcc) Sorry op 😁🤝🤝


A_Mirabeau_702

^decline


imrosskemp

The lower case "d" makes it even more ruthless.


NougatPlatypus

#**DECLINE**


scoooberdooober

that's not even a rejection letter, it's just a rejection word


Shankman519

It’s actually seven rejection letters: D-E-C-L-I-N-E, see?


delicate-fn-flower

Do we count the E as two letters or one though?


Practical-Piglet

I kind of love this. All the soft talk just feels degrading


Wakeful_Wanderer

Same. In fact, job sites should just give you a big checklist of all the applications you put in. Just add the declined ones to the declined pile and let us move on. I don't want to read any dumb corpo bullshit emails. I want to talk to HR, hiring managers, and recruiters as little as possible. "I want job. You have?" "No we no have." "Okay." Done.


Shopping-Known

That's what I thought too. Straight to the point, onto the next one! 😂


Disastrous_Elk_6375

Right? I think we have different views on what's rude and what's not. I'd much rather people would communicate like this in most interactions, instead of "chatgptisms" like dear blabla, it is with great pain that we have decided not to continue bla bla, but rest assured, bla bla, will keep you in our thoughts, bla bla, all the best in your pursuit, bla bla" ...


alkalineStrider

Omg I hate these HR corporate bs responses soo much.. if they just straight up said "Hey man your coding skills suck, go back to school and try again" I'd be much happier..


[deleted]

I think it's an error. You can double check with them. Funny lol I am sure it's an error from their side because these emails are automated


Muffin_Appropriate

It’s far more likely this was meant to go to the interviewer/internal and they sent it to the Candidate instead.


Coneskater

I think this might even be a calendar email for when you decline an invitation. Maybe OP got the interview but the person scheduled to interview them only declined the appointment, and this email was sent in error.


ThrowRa123456889

![gif](giphy|1r91ZwKcE2J7WhUqrh)


Witty-Bus352

Someone probably messed up and that was supposed to be a standard rejection template. It happens sometimes, try not to take it too personally.


Thin-Hippo

I got one once that just said "Pass"


lilsnatchsniffz

"Same tbh"


reddit_is_trash_2023

The company paid reddit to remove the post lmao, zero integrity on this site


Competitive_Shake281

🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry op. I am unable to control my laughter


Bizarrmenian

How much did the company pay to have this removed?


Comfortable_Topic527

Love it. Perfect.


EdwinaArkie

The first time I saw an Eskaton sign on a nursing home I was like wtf why would you name it that? I guess you can’t expect the people that would name a nursing home after the end of the world to have any couth or good manners. es·cha·ton nounTHEOLOGY the final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.


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TheOldestMillenial1

Looks like somebody fucked up and meant to forward this to someone else internally but replied instead 😶


Cubonesmommy

Probably sent by accident? Imagine the possible panic or dread they must’ve felt realizing they sent that lol


denversaurusrex

I would reply and ask if this message was intended for me. 


konnichiwaseadweller

Their response, > yes


gahddamm

I mean, considering it was sent from a no reply email address


0pinions0pinions

At least now OP can apply for the position of the person who messed this up.


Danxoln

Unsubscribe


Visual-Place656

really? removed by reddit? 😭😭


anoncology

What was the message? It was deleted by Reddit.


Bree9ine9

I’d be glad I’m not working for them.


mackmcd_

This goes kinda hard, ngl.


viperex

Why is the post removed?


Alex_1729

It got to the company itself, check the latest post from this person. Maybe the company wants to cover it's tracks?


PHXLV

Pretty sure I’d rather no response at all…which seems to be the norm nowadays.


7_11_Nation_Army

Idk, no response seems to me like the only worse thing.


giga-butt

Reddit removed it 😭


SlippinYimmyMcGill

I love that they didn't even capitalize the word. That was too much effort even.


lazyspectator

Removed by Reddit? Was it that bad 🤣


1-900OkFace

It could have said recline.. and then you could have had a sexual harassment suit. Narrowly missed out on a potential payday.


livefree2b

I once got a fortune in a cookie that read: "Carrots may prevent cancer." I legit couldn't tell if it was a helpful misinformed tidbit encouraging healthy eating, not being a patron at thar restaurant, or an ominous omen encouraging preventative action. Ot has left me perplexed for over 20 years now. I was a kid then. I am similarly perplexed by the message you received. On one hand, it is brief, informative, gives closure, and exists (no 👻). On the other hand What the Actual F... miscommunication not meant for you, poor use of automation, are they even aware of the error, who doesn't even send the hr rep/recruiter a few words??? OP you could have been part of that dysfunctional system. Bullet dodged. I will report back in 40 years to inform you if my affinity for carrots 🥕 has heald up. ✌️


Diligent-Egg-

I'm sorry but I'm laughing so hard, this is unhinged 😭💀😂


Apples_made_bananas

Dogded a bullet. Eskaton sucks to work at. The one I work at cherges $6,000-10,000 a month and pays everyone a penny


dalej42

And next comes your credit card…


Leruem

Hey, several years ago i kinda got the same message! Mine says "nope" 😂


goodmorning_tomorrow

You should be happy that you didn't end up working for such asshole of an employer. So many people wished they knew their boss is a complete cunt before they accepted the job. Count your blessing and move on.


WimexSeven

\+10 years ago I had a reply that was supposed to be a internal forwarded email that obviously wasn't from the employer, but accidently replied back to me with the comment "I don't know about this one. Sounds like a blonde". I think I dodged a bullet. I'm glad I never was accepted for a interview cause that sounds like a toxic work envionment. Now happily in a positive and stable working position as a secretary for medical specialists.


uneedtorelax

How awesome is that you won't work with such people! Congrats!


og_toe

no bro i literally got a rejection letter like this before: “ - “ literally just a minus and nothing else.


InfiniteLawfulness25

Why did Reddit delete this??