‘Thank you for your application for my labor’: Dude gives hiring managers a taste of their own medicine, drafts mass emails rejecting offers

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 28, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

Sometimes, giving someone a taste of their own medicine is the only way to deliver your message. In this instance, we're dealing with a restless job applicant who is clearly at his wit's end. After applying to countless positions and coming across red flag after red flag during the interview process, he decided to flip the script, so to speak, by drafting a mass email used to reject these subpar offers. 

 

Now, is this enjoyable from an objective perspective? Yes. However, as some folks in the comments have pointed out, it's not exactly the wisest decision. I mean, it's certainly not the most professional choice either. But for those of us who have no stake whatsoever in this guy's job application process, it's an enjoyable treat, and here's hoping that one of these recruiters actually responds to this email. Keep scrolling below for the full email draft and comments. For more stories like this, here's one about some gardening revenge!

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    Font - How I'm going to reply to every job offer I get that I don't want going forward To | Thank you for your application for my labor We appreciate the time and energy you invested in the recruitment process. After careful consideration, we will not be moving forward with your application for my labor I have had a tremendous amount of response to my resume and while we appreciate the time and consideration you extended to us, we are moving forward with other candidates at this time. We will ho
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    Font - saucemaking 23 hr. ago. edited 23 hr. ago LMAO I totally did something similar to a place where the HR person told me I could not even bring my phone not even to leave in my car. I said that's okay I'm no longer interested, she lost her mind and began lecturing me. I hung up and found a recent rejection email from a different job and tweaked it so it was pretty similar to this! Felt great.
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    Font - EDIT, found it, subtle but sweet especially right after her freak out: "Thank you for expressing interest in my application materials and a potential interview. Unfortunately, I have received a high number of interview requests and have decided to move forward with businesses that are a better match in terms of qualifications and more closely meet my needs. Thank you again for your interest."
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    Font - newenglandredshirt. 23 hr. ago every job offer I get that I don't want going forward You guys are getting offers?
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    Font - Tallguy71 22 hr. ago You use "we" and "I"... who's we and was it your intention to use plural? If so, maybe use one or the other, not both.
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    Font - Worth-Canary-9189. 19 hr. ago Have to represent the voices in my head. We work as a team.
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    Font - Independent_Thing964. 18 hr. ago I get a lot of emails and texts from recruiters. I've defaulted to asking the salary range immediately, and then "please let your client know that the salary range is [60%] of appropriate starting pay for this position. Obviously I am not interested in working for less than I am worth"
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    Font - Salfia 11 hr. ago Keep them on hold, like they do yo you. How long does it take for them to answer to an applicant? Tell them "thanks for your offer. I received many and need my time to process them, but I assure you yours is in the closer selection" (i'm not a native English speaker, sorry)
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    Font - LJski 8 hr. ago Ooh-kay. Seems like a waste of your time, really. What do you expect people who get this response to do, really? Laugh? Cry?
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    Font - JUSTICE_SALTIE. 23 hr. ago idle How do you get job offers that you don't want? By applying to jobs that you don't want? This is confusing.
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    Font - KnightOfThirteen 23 hr. ago Places post misleading job descriptions or there are huge red flags during the interview process. Lots of reasons to turn down job offers.
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    Font - . AggressivelyGary - 16 hr. ago Oh man, I'm going to start applying to jobs that don't pay a living wage and pull this on them lol
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    Rectangle - Overall Resolve 8 hr. ago . Completely petty and a waste of time. What's the point? What are you trying to say?
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    Smile - Bigloove 21 hr. ago Sooo, your job is to fill out all job offers?
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    Font - PawCrusader 4 hr. ago I love this! I have one that I copy and paste anytime a job listing comes without info like salary or company name. I list out all the info I need in order to apply and say that if they don't provide it, I won't respond. They are missing out on me, I'm not missing out on them.
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