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.
"Here is the feedback you requested, blah blah blah blah …
As you have contracted my expertise for improving your HR process, and we both acknowledge that my time is valuable, my invoice is attached below for (x) hours charged at (y/hr), payable upon receipt of this feedback. Failure to respond in a timely manner to the negative constitutes legally-binding agreement of payment. Payment in full is due within 30 business days."
Yeah I know it wouldn’t stick, but might be fun to make them at least waste some time to respond or refute.
That’s literally Sovereign Citizen rhetoric and will earn you a spot on !insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world.
Isn’t that Mike Ashley’s clownshow? Sounds like you dodged a bullet.
That said, I suppose depending on where you are in your career, it’s good experience and portfolio work.
Reminds me of the police service in Scotland inviting people to complete a survey… about their stay in police custody. I’m not entirely sure what results they’re expecting there. Probably the brainchild of some “management consultant” who has probably never set foot in a public building before.
Dodged a bullet in the sense that I’m sure it’s a shit company, but right now, I just need a job that pays more than £29,000 a year so I can get a family visa for my wife and daughter. Any job. I will worry about a good job later. I even held my nose and applied for a job at Phillip-Morris.
I have what I have been told multiple times is a very impressive CV, but so far, no luck. I have about two months’ worth of savings to find a job.
Good luck.
When I joined the workforce full time a good number of years ago. I was chuffed to fuck to be earning £20k a year at the time. In the intervening years, the cost of living has gotten ludicrous.
In metropolitan areas, I’m not quite sure how anyone but the DINKys can cope with the financial pressures of city living.
The only advise I can give you is make a people network for yourself. Make connections everywhere since life is more about who you know than what you know.
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
Smells like a dodged bullet, tho
I’ve worked for Fraser Group (in a very different capacity) and you absolutely have dodged a bullet; they’re an absolute shit show and are responsible for a large amount of the enshittification of the UK’s high street.
The owners are shitbags and the rest of the hierarchy takes notes and shit downstream.
I’m sure it’s an awful place to work, but I could have looked for another job right away, I just need to get established.
