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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There is a lack of trust and it's unfortunate. [/quote]

This.  Does your company send rejection letters to all rejected applicants?[/quote]

If we bring them in for an interview and don't move forward with them, yes.[/quote]

But you don't otherwise. So you are ghosting most people.[/quote]

I suppose. I think that's totally different than ghosting a job offer though.[/quote]

How so? There are two parties: one needs someone to perform a job and the other party wants to be paid to perform said job. You are not superior to the job seeker.[/quote]

OP isn't talking about people she's cold calling to see if they want a job. She's talking about people where there's been enough back and forth that an offer has been made. Basic social skills dictate that you acknowledge each other at the decision point, in that situation.

I think a lot of people saying this is fine don't understand that the world is based on relationships. You might not want this job today but you might be job hunting again in a year, or five years - and don't you think that being able to reach back out to someone like OP at that point, having left things in a friendly way, would be better than just burning that bridge?

Think beyond today. That is my best piece of advice, as an old person.[/quote]

I have 20 years of experience and this situation never happened to me or my friends.[/quote]

+1. Over 25 years of experience. We aren't the middle of nowhere and for someone to remember someone who, years back, ghosted them, is a bit odd (as someone else previously noted).[/quote]

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