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However, I feel that informing your boss that you're quitting is a reasonably easy thing to do which could help real people at that company and seems like commo
by stcredzero 8y ago
However, I feel that informing your boss that you're quitting is a reasonably easy thing to do which could help real people at that company and seems like common decency to me
There is indeed a common decency regression in the current tech workforce. It used to be, that not making an appointment, not making a phone call appointment, and the like were simply not done when it came to job interviews and the hiring process. Lots of tech professionals (as corroborated by people saying so here on HN) seem to think it's okay...stuff happens...maybe they just got busy.
Hiring and job interviews are serious business. People's livelihoods are an important issue. It's not the kind of place where it's okay...stuff happens...maybe they just got busy. An attitude like that just strikes me as lacking empathy and awareness of how one is affecting other people. That's not how I think good people behave.
(EDIT: I'm not talking about interviewees blowing off the call. I'm talking about interviewers! With great power comes great responsibility.)
- michaelt 8y agoAs an interviewer, I try to apply the robustness principle: Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. After all, if I was scheduled to interview someone and they don't turn up, that just means I get a free hour to work on something more interesting!
- stcredzero 8y agoAs an interviewer, I try to apply the robustness principle: Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. As an interviewer, you are in a position of power. You have more responsibility for the treatment of the other party. My experience in the Bay Area is of interviewers blowing off phone appointments off.