'Your interview was not satisfactory': Interviewer sends wildly insensitive rejection email after candidate had a death in the family

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Apr 26, 2023 11:00 PM EDT

This guy definitely dodged a bullet. On the same day he learned about a death in the family, this candidate attempted to be professional and follow through with a scheduled job interview. After hearing nothing following the interview and reaching out again via email, the person with whom he met sent a nasty, heartless message knowing full well what the candidate had been through.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/emimagique. Not only was the email completely insensitive, but also it contained dumb spelling errors. Talk about unprofessional behavior. Unfortunately, this kind of treatment is not uncommon. I once was ghosted for an interview twice despite numerous emails from the recruiter detailing how "excited" they were to meet with me. We've all experienced some form of this, and it's upsetting, particularly in this day and age when employees want to feel more respected and supported by their employers. The silver lining here is that at least the Redditor was able to see this interviewer's true colors before potentially joining the company.

Keep scrolling below to see what people had to say in the comments. For more, check out this post about a company's BS vacation day policy.

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