Job hunting is so fucking demoralizing.
At least they tell you you didn’t pass. The norm is not answering.
Had it not been for the second part of the message, I think they wouldn’t have bothered.
Actually to me this doesn’t sound so bad. Yes OP is rejected and that sucks. Beyond that they ask you to fill out a survey which they hope will improve their future hiring process. I am sceptical that they will get anything useful out of the survey, but I really do not see the problem tbh.
Had a friend’s dead parent receive a text from the ambulance service asking how they did.
KPM surveys need to go away forever.
On one hand, its nice that they actually responded, because even that can’t be taken for granted nowadays.
On the other hand, they spent more text on telling you they’re holding onto your data (and trying to milk you for more) than they did telling you the thing the email was about!!
I’m only surprised that all these other companies aren’t sending me messages that they’re holding on to my data. That seems like a GDPR violation. Might be okay for companies that only operate inside the UK, but I know a lot of the ones I have applied for aren’t like that.
The UK has a domestic law identical to the GDPR (usually referred to as UK GDPR if the distinction is needed). It was implemented before we actually left the EU
This is probably an unpopular take, and it should be noted that I’m just totally disregarding the whole personal data aspect of this, but… I kinda appreciate it when I’m given some kind of way to provide feedback on stuff like this. If there was one part of the process that was more absurd than even I expected, or if just the whole thing is shit, I prefer to be able to express that. Maybe it just makes me feel better I guess. Sometimes it’s cathartic to chew out a survey form over something that was so egregious that it’s made me angry.
I’m also a huge advocate for exit interviews though. Somebody quits, ask them why, what was good, what was bad. Fire someone, ask them just the same. A lot of my work experience has been yearly contracts where termination is scheduled, expected, and common, but I do think other types of employers would benefit from actually proactively seeking feedback.
This example probably isn’t that and the employer is probably shit, but I just wanted to put that out there.
I agree but I feel like you’ll almost never get honest feedback, and companies never seem to do anything with the feedback they get. I mean if you’re firing someone, you’ll probably get a list of grievances that are exaggerated because they’re upset. If someone is quitting, they might hold back to not burn the bridge so to speak. The only time I had an exit interview was also the worst job I ever had, and I doubt they did anything as a result of me telling them, “Hey, when you tell someone they can’t take their legally mandated break, and then write them up for not taking that break, it’s kind of a demoralizing dick move.”
“I’m not going to date you, but can you give me your opinion on my hair?”
