Just to make sure they're clear about it...

[shirenomad]

I got lazy regarding job applications during July, due to City of Heroes, that final project, and general sloth. But over the past two weeks I've applied to about ten positions. My first response from this wave arrived with a note on the door, saying the post office had a certified letter from one of the companies, but needed me to sign for it and I hadn't been there when they arrived, so could I come and pick it up?

Certified letter? That sounds like a good sign, right? Well, it turns out they spent $4.42 to make absolutely sure I received... their rejection. >_<

Yeesh, my email address was right on my resume; that would have been free. It's admittedly a step up from companies that never get back to me at all, but still, if they're wasting money like that, I'm almost glad they didn't consider me.

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[shirenomad]

I heard about a two-week free trial they were offering -- didn't even need to buy the game -- so I said what the hell and tried it out. Rather addicting, CoH, but frankly that was all the more reason to quit while I could; I was spending WAY too much time on it.

[scribe-of-stars.livejournal.com]

Sounds like sadism is alive and well in the corporate world.

That, or their Human Resources department is trying to waste their excess budget money before the fiscal year ends. "We were forty percent under budget!" "Good work, Thompson. I'm cutting your budget by forty percent." That sort of thing.

Bah!

Ah well. Good luck with your continued job search efforts.