Stood up at an interview? Oh, yes.
This particular instance happened about 2 months ago. Since it was a different department than the one I had trouble in the first time, I was making an attempt to go back to <former employer> as a systems analyst. People know that I know my stuff when it comes to technology, and I was told I was one of the "top candidates".
I called literally every day to check up on the app and even got up multiple mornings to go to <former employer> to discuss the app with the person who was hiring for the position. On my final visit, the woman in charge told me that she would be willing to give me an interview after she got back from vacation a week later. That sounds great, right? Imagine my disappointment and completely hidden anger when I found out a week later that that the woman in charge had filled the position the day before I had went in to talk to her, and she couldn't even be bothered to tell me she had filled the position. Instead, on that very day, she still told me she was going to give me an interview a week later!
Maybe I wouldn't have been too ultra-pissed, but I turned down two sure-thing job offers in the week I was waiting on the interview that would never happen.
I'm still livid over the experience. Unlike an SC who gets pissed at their cashier and tells them they're "never coming back to this store ever again!" and returns a week later, I will really never set foot in <former employer> again. They have screwed me over way too much. I've already let my friends know that they are not the reason I won't be returning to visit. They feel my reasons are justified.
Now <former employer> is even telling other potential employers when they call in for application references that the cause of my firing was my fault when they know it wasn't. The EEOC will do nothing since it has been more than 180 days since my termination--even though the defamation is happening now. How I will ever get another job with this going on is anyone's guess...
This particular instance happened about 2 months ago. Since it was a different department than the one I had trouble in the first time, I was making an attempt to go back to <former employer> as a systems analyst. People know that I know my stuff when it comes to technology, and I was told I was one of the "top candidates".
I called literally every day to check up on the app and even got up multiple mornings to go to <former employer> to discuss the app with the person who was hiring for the position. On my final visit, the woman in charge told me that she would be willing to give me an interview after she got back from vacation a week later. That sounds great, right? Imagine my disappointment and completely hidden anger when I found out a week later that that the woman in charge had filled the position the day before I had went in to talk to her, and she couldn't even be bothered to tell me she had filled the position. Instead, on that very day, she still told me she was going to give me an interview a week later!
Maybe I wouldn't have been too ultra-pissed, but I turned down two sure-thing job offers in the week I was waiting on the interview that would never happen.
I'm still livid over the experience. Unlike an SC who gets pissed at their cashier and tells them they're "never coming back to this store ever again!" and returns a week later, I will really never set foot in <former employer> again. They have screwed me over way too much. I've already let my friends know that they are not the reason I won't be returning to visit. They feel my reasons are justified.
Now <former employer> is even telling other potential employers when they call in for application references that the cause of my firing was my fault when they know it wasn't. The EEOC will do nothing since it has been more than 180 days since my termination--even though the defamation is happening now. How I will ever get another job with this going on is anyone's guess...
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