I recently applied to a job opportunity not far from my house.

It had not much promise, a relatively old, crusty and run down manufacturing plant I'm assuming is one of the last dinosaur industrires left in existance.  It was a job opportunity I had the misfortune of assuming was legitimate.  I applied online, like I normally do.  I got a timely response via e-mail.    I got a timely offer for an inteview.   The interview went better than expected,  almost to the point I thought I was sure hire. 

But of course, as I expected, nothing has yet happened. 

I'll be talking to other people for the job advertised, but I'd like to consider you for something else using the skills on your resume' .   I've heard that before,  as part of a blow off routine.  But I seriously took this one as genuine, because unlike the last time that was said to me,  they canceled the interview before I even got there.

Call me next week.   Ok,  so yesterday I did, and as expected, I didn't get a call back, not then when I called around the afternoon time, or in any of the later hours up until 6pm, 7pm, or 8pm when I know that plant closes.  ( being is that I live in the same area to know )

Now this employer was a guy I had somewhat of a sour feeling from the get go.  In initial e-mail contacts, he didn't or seemed as if he flat out wouldn't call me by phone.  I even went so much as to walk down to the plant for the interview and saw the office empty - presumably for some sort of lunch hour.

I grabbed a piece of paper on someone's desk and wrote a missed you note again leaving my phone number.  All later that day into the night, I got no phone call back,  the next morning, the response again came only by e-mail for a let's try meeting again set up which I did eventually do.

Something smells fishy here, and I don't like it.

I gave this guy all the opportunity in the world to do the right thing and hire me,  I've mentioned in past threads about this situation as an employer who finally did all that I ask for, and still I feel I'm getting shafted.

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So where do I go from here?  

I'm deciding it's a done deal, this is just another idiot employer who has his head up his butt cheeks, and for some reason doesn't have the guts, or the integrity to place one simple phone call back to tell me I'm not hired. 

A real lack of professionalism,  regardless of any excuses they might think up.

If you guess as I do,  no,  I doubt he'll even e-mail.    I get the feeling most employers are fast becomming a society of chicken sh*ts.  Too wimpy to tell someone they've hired someone else.  They just leave a person hanging.

How often have I read this same scenario play out with other members who post on here?   Too often.

And it's happened to me,  so for all you screwball cocounut heads that like to defend the generic employer through the eyes of your own wonderful employer,   I say shut your mouth, because you have no idea what's going on and in all liklihood never will.

 - Thanks very much.