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Canada has banned employers from ghosting job candidates
- aurareturn 6mo agoMost definitely good law, and I'm generally against too much regulation. I can see why some employers do it. They want to avoid any feelings, confrontation, feedback, or they want to wait for a better candidate while keeping a decent one as an option. Some of them are just pure lazy and unprofessional. When I was in college, I interviewed for an intern position at Cisco. I had 3 rounds of interviews. Then nothing for weeks/months. I only found out I didn't get a job when one of my classmates changed her Linkedin profile that shows she got it. I was professional, sending thank you letters to everyone after the interviews and addressing everyone as Mr./Ms. Cisco was the unprofessional party. It was a total waste of my time waiting, anticipating. I swore I would never work for them in my life. Being ghosted affects the livelihood of the candidate much more so than the employer. It's a good law.
- DerArzt 6mo agoI love that there are industry folks pushing back saying that it will add additional burden and extra administrative processes as if they aren't going to end up sending a legally inoffensive templated rejection letter.