Ace Harding
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Yeah and here I am, now posting more than the OP has.
I really want to know what that fucking letter said.
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I lost a job on a thank you note
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I really want to know what that fucking letter said.
Carnby
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lol. I realized how funny it was when typed it out. I don't think I've shared that story with anyone before due to embarrassment. But that happened six years ago.
GoldenEye 007
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its supposed to be everything and nothing
andthebeatgoeson
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I figured it out after reading only one page of this thread.
He signed it then wrote, 'ps your cunt is in the sink.'
He signed it then wrote, 'ps your cunt is in the sink.'
I don't understand why a thank you note wouldn't be common. A well written custom (referring back to the company and the interview) thank you note is a signal to employers, "yes I would probably take this job if offered". An an employer, you don't want to offer a candidate who you have to give a week to accept/decline and have them end up declining. Not only is that a lot of work in preparing the employment package and appropriate compensation and so on, you still haven't hired anyone and you have to go and offer the next candidate a week late. This gives candidate #2 them a bad impression and they may have already accepted another offer.
Rest of the world, you're being inefficient.
Rest of the world, you're being inefficient.
Who spends 4 hours grocery shopping?
BomberMouse
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The whole concept of a thank you note is so fucked up. Why not end each interview with a happy ending courtesy of the interviewee.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Some people can't follow up at an exact time table. It's only been 5 hours.
Thank you. I make plenty of posts where I can't reply for hours or days. Not that I intend to but he is a professional. I can see plenty of reasons that he wouldn't reply. It's just a weird precedent.Wow. Ok, damn. Now I feel like a jerk.
Ultimatum called off.
Sye d'Burns
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Someone composing personalized thank you notes to the baker, the butcher, the clerk who cleaned up a spill on isle 5, the person at checkout and the sacker.
Spring-Loaded
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I would hope for a Sunhi gif with Bane reading his letter, but he's already used that scene for something else.
EDIT: Oh shit, he could use the scene where Gordon refuses to read it in the first place.
EDIT: Oh shit, he could use the scene where Gordon refuses to read it in the first place.
ok, bad example. whatever he is doing.
Necromanti
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If it's standard to send a thank-you note and everyone else does it...would you eventually have to not send one to stand out?
Jazzy Network
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How many pages until we get a response from OP?
ahahahaha
Whoa. So I wasn't being lazy by reading just the OP, skimming the first page and then skipping to the last?
LOL!
Sye d'Burns
Member
WritingGAF should start a thread for compositions in which people attempt to write a thank you letter in the style of the OP.
Brilliant. It'd make a perfect "fuck you op" with benefits.
Randolph Freelander
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It's certainly not universally a thing to send a thank you note in the US. Maybe at law firms or white collar banking jobs or whatever, I wouldn't know, although oddly I do work for a large bank. I know in college, the career counselors acted like it was universally expected, but when's the last time everything you heard in college actually translated to the real world?
You're not the only one. lol I thought this thread wasn't so long until I saw the count and just skipped to hear.
I guess the OP hasn't been around since he made the thread.
This is brilliant!
Im interested to know what the OP put in the note, GAF has been amusing as always with some of the comments!
AdventureRacing
Member
Exactly. I would feel like giving them a note on top of that would be insulting them in a way. I just don't understand it.
ConradCervantes
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The replies in this thread probably drove OP to suicide. Good job, guys.
It's generally expected in the legal profession and taught by every career services office in law schools. Itsgoofy and awkward, but it can make a difference.
ItAintEasy
Member
Can't believe I just went through 11 pages of thread to get nothing. Now I have the forum equivalent of blue balls.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
This is the worst thread in the history of threads.
Honestly, if such a thing made him change his mind about his whole carrier and what he got a degree for, then that doesn't sound far fetched....
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Liberty4all
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I went back and read all 11 pages of the thread. Some horrific advice given by several posters.
If you live in Canada or the States, Thank You letters are a an expected part of the interview process at most professional workplaces. As some smarter posters have mentioned, employers often receive hundreds of resumes and only interview the top candidates who have similar qualifications. In a competitive job market you need every edge you can get.
The guy who went on about cover letters not being read was only partly correct. Recruiters go through resumes first and eliminate unqualified candidates. The cover letters of those who actually make that first cut are read, and often a second cut is made based on the cover letter contents.
Presentation is everything nowadays.
If you live in Canada or the States, Thank You letters are a an expected part of the interview process at most professional workplaces. As some smarter posters have mentioned, employers often receive hundreds of resumes and only interview the top candidates who have similar qualifications. In a competitive job market you need every edge you can get.
The guy who went on about cover letters not being read was only partly correct. Recruiters go through resumes first and eliminate unqualified candidates. The cover letters of those who actually make that first cut are read, and often a second cut is made based on the cover letter contents.
Presentation is everything nowadays.
The thank you note has nothing to do with the job loss. And just based on this topic, you're way too nice to be a lawyer. On second thought, your thank you note is exactly why you lost the job, in a way. You want to be a lawyer and you think your thank you note was the loss? Why are you trying to be a lawyer if you're so nice? 
It has nothing to do with 'being nice'. Read the post just right above you. :/
TheChewyWaffles
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100 posts per page...won't have to read as many pages.
I just read this thread, damn what a cliffhanger ending, I hope he comes back, now I'm curious what was on the note now. I hope he's ok, I think you can see his 'anxiety' reflected in the vague first post :|
My older brother is kinda like that, he always has way too much stress about everything, so much that it annoys everyone around him and ending up negatively affecting his life & work, I kinda don't want to be around him as a result, makes me anxious too and I'm usually super relaxed...
My older brother is kinda like that, he always has way too much stress about everything, so much that it annoys everyone around him and ending up negatively affecting his life & work, I kinda don't want to be around him as a result, makes me anxious too and I'm usually super relaxed...
WonkyPanda
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This is true. It's customary (at least in the legal profession) to send thank you letters after a round of callback interviews. Contrived? Maybe. But, as someone already said (I think it was Snakes), you're not special and you're competing with people who look just like you on paper and will do anything to get this job. Doing things that make you negatively stand out of the pack (e.g. not sending out a letter or sending out a poorly written letter) might be enough to knock you off.
EDIT: Also, WE WANT TO SEE THE LETTER!
EDIT: With all that being said, I think OP's mistake must be pretty egregious and/or the pool of applicants was VERY TIGHT and this was enough to bump him.
EDIT: Also, WE WANT TO SEE THE LETTER!
EDIT: With all that being said, I think OP's mistake must be pretty egregious and/or the pool of applicants was VERY TIGHT and this was enough to bump him.
I read the first page, noted the OP doing the quiet act, skipped to the last page and was much less disappointed. I can't imagine reading all 11 pages for no payoff.
SteveWinwood
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Oh my god I can't believe I read the whole thing.
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