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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm hoping its an automation accident but its still a strange one. They should have thought about things more because reference checks start to take up other people's time as well

[–] indisin@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear this has happened to you, that all sounds very unprofessional from them.

Have you asked your references when/if they were called?

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was an online form they were emailed. I got emails myself when they were completed.

And I know they were done because I coordinated with them what to say when they filled the form out

[–] indisin@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's really odd. At the references stage it's as you'd expect - you've got the role barring

  • The references being terrible (like "I worked with this person and have nothing further to comment"). If you're suspicious of that being the cause you can request a full copy of your references and the detailed interviewer notes/feedback under GDPR, to which they must comply.

  • The role has been removed and doesn't exist any more. It happens sometimes and sucks for everyone on both sides of the fence. But you'd typically be told that was the reason why.

  • Stretching here: but it was a scam role to gather PII 🤷??

Again, really sorry that you're going through this!

[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

It's an established place so it's not a scam role, and I had too much of a hand in the reference checks for those to turn out negative. It could be the place is too big to properly know what's going on, and this time of year a bunch of people are on leave, stretching out the process