Ok so I'm actually expecting to get a little hate for this cause you know, just cause some people treat you like a dick in the career world doesn't mean you should stoop to their level.
THAT BEING SAID, I did it anyway. Whoops.
I got 3 interview requests at the same time last month. It was crazy, in this market? Holy moly.
So, I go through the first interview with the first company, get through the process pretty quickly because let me be clear, it could literally have not been a better fit for me. Not to sound too braggy cause I'm really not that cool, but I'm in a niche field and to find someone with my level of experience for their opening must have been an easy day for that recruiter.
Go through the whole process, I'm even transparent on what about I make now for salary. From the beginning, all the cards were on the table and not one nay was geard.
Eventually, they send me an offer letter a few days after my third interview. An offer that THEY KNOW, by the way, is at least 15k less a year than I make now. AND I would have to go back to an office.
I was not pleased as I'd been dragged along this long in the process, being as unnecessarily upfront as I was just to avoid wasting my time with this situation.
Read the offer letter, was irritated and a little bit offended. I did try and counter at a reasonable amount, but they came back with another tiny increase and acted like they were doing something so special and unique just for me by offering more that I should feel lucky.
So, I did the mature, rational thing and just ghosted them. Really, it was because I didn't want to waste any more time than I already had.
They could not comprehend it. The recruiter called me every day for more than a week. Texts, emails. Eventually just blocked him. Then he has people start to try and call me from the office instead of his cell. Lucky for me caller ID exists.
Oh well, onto the next one.