'She knows I'm jobless': Former employee gets rejected from ex-boss, then asked to donate to company fundraising event

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    I applied for a job with an organization I worked for a few years ago and had left on good terms (contract ended, and I moved away).
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    I recently noticed they had an opening, so I put a lot of effort into applying and figured I'd be a top contender. I excelled at the job and have fond memories of working there.
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    The manager had even given me a reference for another job, so it felt like a shoe-in.
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    Almost two weeks go by without an answer. I wrote a follow-up politely asking if they'd looked at my application yet. The
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    manager responded with a copy and pasted email about pursuing another candidate and provided a link to a job search site.
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    I was surprised at how informal it was, and I wrote back to ask if the real manager had written it, or maybe an employee had done the email.
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    I was sure she remembered me, so it just seemed super distant, and didn't even have a, "It's been a long time, nice to hear from you, sorry that we've already filled the role," or anything.
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    She wrote back that yes, she wrote it and admitted that "most of it" was copy and pasted so that I was sure to get the job search information.
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    Then, she added the cherry on top. She wrote, "Stop by sometime to say hi - maybe at our fundraising event," and attached a poster of an event that requires $60 to attend.
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    Um, sorry, but I don't have $60 to attend your fundraising event because I am currently without a job,
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    and you would know that by the fact that I just applied to your job! I couldn't believe the nerve of her. I just left it at that, but I am still upset about it.
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    Oh, and I should add - the job is only 20 hours a week, and she said, "We are looking for someone who won't be seeking other work." So you expect someone to work part-time and not seek other employment?
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    Probably so they can be on- call the other 20 hours. Guess I dodged a bullet, anyway. It's just super disappointing, as now my fond memories are completely washed down the drain.
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    TLDR: The manager I used to work for (and like!) rejected my application with a copy-and-paste email, and then suggested I donate to the organization while she knows I'm jobless.
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    malevolentgrymmlyn 8 hr. ago Ask her if you should no longer use her as a reference, since she'd said previously you could, but now she won't rehire you.
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    ☑Densolo44 10 hr. ago Reminds me of the time the owner of a small business I worked at for 5 years decided to sell it without warning.
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    He took another coworker and me for lunch one day and told us. We had no idea what was going to happen to us and asked him for a written reference. He said
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    he may not have time because he was leaving on a C n mission to deliver bibles to foreign nations via a ship. He then proceeded to ask if
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    we'd be willing to donate to his mission, as he had to pay for it himself. We never got the reference letters.

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