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One of the things I do to get Amazon recruiters to leave me the hell alone is to respond to their emails with a link to the most recent public AMZN snafu and ur

by twalla 5y ago

One of the things I do to get Amazon recruiters to leave me the hell alone is to respond to their emails with a link to the most recent public AMZN snafu and urge them to quit - it's funny/sad how each time I respond I can quickly find 3-5 new links no more than a few months old.

radicalbyte 5y ago
I just tell them how much it would cost to get me to up and move to Canada or the US to work for them, just to be equal to my situation here in Europe. That usually stops them pretty quickly :)
- xtracto 5y ago
  Haha, this is the way. Over the last 2 years I started to receive a lot of unwanted recruit spam both in my email and through Linkedin. I used to ignore them and get angry. Now my response is quite straightforward: Sure, I am happy to talk if you can offer me $250,000 USD, Work from Home (I live in Mexico) and X, Y, Z benefits that I currently have. This also applies for the ones that want to have a call to you for a "mysterious client" ( particularly for exec positions), usually just wasting your time. You are the one that contacted me, if you want to get my time better be for something good. It usually isn't.
mabbo 5y ago
A thought: be nice to recruiters. They're generally nice people who are underpaid for the work they do (usually). They're in a really tough business. And if you want a selfish take: Maybe today they're working for Amazon, but tomorrow they may be doing the same job at your dream company. They have too many people to try reaching out to, and they may remember your name.
- erikerikson 5y ago
  +1 For years I asked them to put me on their do not contact list. I eventually asked someone with authority. Whenever I am still contacted by managers, I simply forward that email with a polite note to that stakeholder. I get apologies and they get a lesson in their responsibilities from someone to which they are liable.
- sjtindell 5y ago
  Thoughts on responding at all? Does anyone expect it? It's not some humble brag but simple fact that I feel inundated and incapable of responding to all the messages I get. I leave every recruiter on read until I'm looking for a new job. Bad etiquette?
  - disgruntledphd2 5y ago
    It'll be fine now, but when the next downturn hits you'll probably regret it. I've gotten a bunch of interesting opportunities over the years by virtue of being nice to recruiters, even when I'm not looking.
- oliyoung 5y ago
  "Hey, thanks for reaching out, I'm not interested in new opportunities right now" There. Copy. Paste. Done

by twalla 5y ago

radicalbyte 5y ago

I just tell them how much it would cost to get me to up and move to Canada or the US to work for them, just to be equal to my situation here in Europe. That usually stops them pretty quickly :)

xtracto 5y ago
Haha, this is the way. Over the last 2 years I started to receive a lot of unwanted recruit spam both in my email and through Linkedin. I used to ignore them and get angry. Now my response is quite straightforward: Sure, I am happy to talk if you can offer me $250,000 USD, Work from Home (I live in Mexico) and X, Y, Z benefits that I currently have. This also applies for the ones that want to have a call to you for a "mysterious client" ( particularly for exec positions), usually just wasting your time. You are the one that contacted me, if you want to get my time better be for something good. It usually isn't.

mabbo 5y ago

A thought: be nice to recruiters. They're generally nice people who are underpaid for the work they do (usually). They're in a really tough business. And if you want a selfish take: Maybe today they're working for Amazon, but tomorrow they may be doing the same job at your dream company. They have too many people to try reaching out to, and they may remember your name.

erikerikson 5y ago
+1 For years I asked them to put me on their do not contact list. I eventually asked someone with authority. Whenever I am still contacted by managers, I simply forward that email with a polite note to that stakeholder. I get apologies and they get a lesson in their responsibilities from someone to which they are liable.
sjtindell 5y ago
Thoughts on responding at all? Does anyone expect it? It's not some humble brag but simple fact that I feel inundated and incapable of responding to all the messages I get. I leave every recruiter on read until I'm looking for a new job. Bad etiquette?
- disgruntledphd2 5y ago
  It'll be fine now, but when the next downturn hits you'll probably regret it. I've gotten a bunch of interesting opportunities over the years by virtue of being nice to recruiters, even when I'm not looking.
oliyoung 5y ago
"Hey, thanks for reaching out, I'm not interested in new opportunities right now" There. Copy. Paste. Done