Candidate gets offered $15K less than what he's worth, ghosts recruiter, recruiter throws tantrum: 'They lost their minds that I didn't respond to them'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 8, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Let this story serve as a friendly reminder to all you job seekers out there to know your worth. No matter how tempting it may be to settle for less, especially in this market, don't let recruiters make you feel unreasonable for demanding a higher salary based on your experience and knowledge of your field. 

This candidate clearly has dealt with this kind of shady behavior from recruiters more than once, so when he discovered after three rounds of interviews that he was being offered $15K less than what he was promised, he had enough of this time-wasting endeavor. Instead of engaging in a pointless back-and-forth with the recruiter, he just ghosted them. Based on their subsequent panic, they knew exactly what they did.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more stories like this, check out this post about a manager who revoked an employee's previously approved PTO.

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  • 01
    m magnet. "I ghosted a bad job offer"
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  • 02
    I ghosted a bad job offer and they lost their minds that I didn't respond to them.
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  • 03
    Ok so I'm actually expecting to get a little hate for this cause you know, just cause some people treat you like a in the career world doesn't mean you should stoop to their level. THAT BEING SAID, I did it anyway. Whoops.
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  • 04
    I got 3 interview requests at the same time last month. It was crazy, in this market? Holy moly.
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  • 05
    So, I go through the first interview with the first company, get through the process pretty quickly because let me be clear, it could literally have not been a better fit for me. Not to sound too braggy
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  • 06
    cause I'm really not that cool, but I'm in a niche field and to find someone with my level of experience for their opening must have been an easy day for that recruiter.
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  • 07
    Go through the whole process, I'm even transparent on what about I make now for salary. From the beginning, all the cards were on the table and not one nay was geard.
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  • 08
    Eventually, they send me an offer letter a few days after my third interview. An offer that THEY KNOW, by the way, is at least 15k less a year than I make now. AND I would have to go back to an office.
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  • 09
    I was not pleased as I'd been dragged along this long in the process, being as unnecessarily upfront as I was just to avoid wasting my time with this situation.
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  • 10
    Read the offer letter, was irritated and a little bit offended. I did try and counter at a reasonable amount, but they came back with another tiny increase and acted
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  • 11
    like they were doing something so special and unique just for me by offering more that I should feel lucky.
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  • 12
    So, I did the mature, rational thing and just ghosted them. Really, it was because I didn't want to waste any more time than I already had.
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  • 13
    They could not comprehend it. The recruiter called me every day for more than a week. Texts, emails.
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  • 14
    Eventually just blocked him. Then he has people start to try and call me from the office instead of his cell. Lucky for me caller ID exists. Oh well, onto the next one.
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    grated_t.7 hr. ago edited 7 hr. ago How stupid are these people? How stupid do they expect you to be? You explained that you currently have a job that pays 15k more and is wfh. did they expect you to do? Take their offer?
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    kx___. 6 hr. ago edited 5 hr. ago In the case of most companies, the people that run them are absolute morons.
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  • 17
    They want you to not prioritize income amount (because that's too materialistic) while they only care about every dollar down to the penny. them through and through.
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  • 18
    tinyavian 9 hr. ago No hate here. It obvious that they are around. They're just upset they are now finding out.
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    SmartyMcPants4Life. 10 hr. ago I think you did the exact right thing. They were so disrespectful. They did not deserve a professional response since they were unprofessional from the beginning and wasted your time with their ○
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    Vocem_Interiorem 6 hr. ago "Why are you calling, I still have not received a realistic offer letter from your company, all I got was an insult."
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  • 21
    Salcha_00 7 hr. ago Since they didn't accept your counter offer, they should not expect a response. You did nothing wrong.
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  • 22
    Ok_Independence_4431 10 hr. ago They don't lose their mind. It is just part of their job. You ghosted them, they ghosted other people.
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