Here’s what happened:
A few months ago I was on zip recruiter applying for random part time jobs because I wanted a second job for extra money. Now, anyone who’s bulk applied to jobs knows that most employers don’t ever email you back. Normal. I got a couple responses, some rejections, some invites to interviews.
This one job invited me for an interview. I didn’t get a chance to reply to them because I had a bunch of stuff going on, got busy, it just slipped through the cracks. SO TODAY!!!! Literally MONTHS later, I get a message from this hiring manager on ZR that says:
“Want a pro tip? Responding to all hiring manager messages may boost your chance of landing a job”.
Am I crazy or is this wildly rude? I understand that I didn’t respond to them but why message me almost a year later with that? lol. I’m tempted to reply but I probably won’t. It’s just wild to me that employers more often than not don’t contact you back and everyone just accepts that but when I do it it’s not right.