The article actually acknowledges this: > Where once it was companies ignoring job applicants or snubbing candidates after interviews, the world has flipped.

The article actually acknowledges this: > Where once it was companies ignoring job applicants or snubbing candidates after interviews, the world has flipped. A few years ago the article would have been "Companies are ghosting people and driving them crazy". It would seem, on the surface, that if companies ghosting candidates is acceptable and "professional" then candidates ghosting companies is acceptable and "professional"