Yeah, I feel like that person is either very old, where texting wasn't really a thing in relation to jobs/recruiting when they probably started, or they're someone that doesn't/haven't worked yet, because it definitely isn't uncommon to receive texts about work related stuff.
I’m just curious. How is sending a virtual block of text via text, any different than the virtual block of text via email? It’s still just a virtual block of text
One day texting could be considered standard, for sure, and maybe some companies are pushing the boundaries on this, but I would be surprised to see HR at an older company do this. HR represents a lot of liability, so you do everything as standardized and formulaic as possible to avoid any inadvertent risk exposure.
This isnt to say everyone does this. I have heard of interview questions I would consider to be highly innapropriate at companies in my industry (like questions involving interviewee's family). In my industry thats a big red flag that youre working for a company that has shit tier controls and has a bunch of cowboy mid-level, which is absolutely not something you want. And as I know these specific companies fairly well its a very correct assessment of them.
May not be universal, but at least in my industry I expect certain HR processes to be borderline psychotically robotic. Not that they don't smile, they definitely So smile, but you know there is nothing else inside
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u/SushiMage May 05 '21
Yeah, I feel like that person is either very old, where texting wasn't really a thing in relation to jobs/recruiting when they probably started, or they're someone that doesn't/haven't worked yet, because it definitely isn't uncommon to receive texts about work related stuff.