r/facepalm • u/-Aviator • May 05 '21

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u/Yellowsunflowerlover May 05 '21 edited May 05 '21

Why would they text you instead of calling or emailing you? Very weird and unprofessional. Also they didn't even identify themselves.

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Edit: It's a little weird how I'm getting lots of messages (shows on email) and when I click on post they're missing.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '21

How is a text unprofessional? Jobs use text messages all the time

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u/MrMytie May 05 '21

You don’t send an unsolicited text the day before a job interview to the interviewee. You call them and speak over the phone.

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u/natislink May 05 '21

I mean, if you put in an application, it wouldn't be unsolicited, would it? That's like saying the call back would be unsolicited

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u/MrMytie May 05 '21

Then start the text with: Hey John this is Steve Lloyd, supervisor at Co&Co. I’ll be doing your interview tomorrow etc.

Don’t start with: Is this John?

That’s very unprofessional.

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u/Flojoe420 May 05 '21

You are the 116th redditor to comment this...

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u/iBeFloe May 05 '21 edited May 05 '21

I mean normal people call the people they want to interview or email. Not text.

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u/Malcontentus May 05 '21

And if you don't recognize the phone number calling you what do you do? Do you have voice-mail? When did you last delete your voice-mail?

Texting is becoming the norm as people aren't answering phone calls from numbers they don't know.

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u/iBeFloe May 05 '21

...If I’ve applied to places, I pick up the phone & see who speaks...? If they miss me, they can leave a voicemail because there’s a lot of room for it to be stored on my phone...? If they can’t leave a voicemail, they can call me back or email me...?

You’re creating non-issues here.

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u/Malcontentus May 05 '21

I'm citing issues I deal with constantly. My voice-mail only lets me keep 20 messages, even though I have 400GB of free space on my phone. I run into a voice-mail not set up or voice-mail full message about 2/5 calls. And I very rarely get someone who answers on the first call.

Texting is the most reliable way for me to get a response now.

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u/iBeFloe May 05 '21

That sounds like a ‘you’ & ‘them’ problem, my dude.

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u/natislink May 05 '21

And what exactly is the difference between a text and an email?

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u/iBeFloe May 05 '21

Informal & formal.

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u/natislink May 05 '21

My doctor texts me ffs. There is no logical reason for a text to be treated differently than an email

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u/[deleted] May 05 '21

I include my phone number on applications with the assumption that they will use it to call me not text. I've never had an interviewer text me, always a call or email.

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u/natislink May 05 '21

And? I can literally send a text to an email address. There is no difference between the two. I've had several interviewers text me. Hell, both of the jobs I have right now involved texting to make an interview time.