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  1. People are so hung up on the "disturb my peace" part - it was just a sarcastic comment. It's not that deep really. My reaction is not "big" at all. I'm suspecting it is a drunk text since he hasn't answered hence the question about blocking him potentially. I've been through a lot lately so trust me, I'm not super hung up on this. I've bigger things going on.
  2. I'm suspecting he was indeed drunk. He wasn't an alcoholic, but he certainly liked to drink.
  3. We shared a flat for 4 years sharp, so "barely" know is a huge stretch. I get your point though.
  4. 1. I mentioned "male" because from experience men text differently than women. 2. There was never any romantic inclination on my end or his. 100% there will never be one. We were just "friendly" flatmates who got along. We never fought or had arguments during the 4 years we shared that flat. 3. I simply find it rude to text someone then ghost once you get an answer regardless of who it is. He did not forget he texted me since he read my message. It's happened to me with a few people before and it honestly is one of my biggest pet peeves. If you're not going to continue the conversation or have no real purpose in texting me then don't text. It's even more rude when it comes from people you never hear from. It's just bad etiquette and always annoys me regardless of who does it. 4. We shared a flat for 4 years sharp. It's quite a long time. It doesn't have much relevance to this thread, but just to say he's not a random.
  5. My former flatmate (male) suddenly wrote me on Friday night saying they were thinking of me and wanted to drop a line. I moved out two years ago and hadn’t heard from them since. I responded politely and they’ve remained radio silent. I’m now suspecting it was a drunk text and they just realized what they’d done when they sobered up. Why disturb my peace if you can’t be bothered to respond. Should I just block him?
  6. Not really. It's a large company of 210,000 employees worldwide and I was applying for a role overseas. The HR coordinator is also located overseas and doesn't know me. All the feedbacks I have documented have been positive, including my manager's. I don't have a "reputation" at all. The only reputation I have is being a pleasant "yes yes" person. Me stating on a forum that a process (not a person) is unprofessional does not mean I go around the office calling out who is professional and who is not. I think people need to distinguish that feelings or expressions of emotions posted on a forum obviously do not reflect one's behaviour at work. This is an anonymous forum, hence me being forward about my feelings is all. So we are clear, I am criticizing a process as being "unprofessional", not the HR contact person. If my reputation was "preceding" me, I am pretty sure I wouldn't have been invited to an interview in the first place. I can appreciate sometimes it is an employee's fault, but I find it a bit of stretch to assume I have a negative reputation simply because I'm expressing my thoughts on a forum. Your post is quite offensive (though I know it's not what you meant).
  7. Yeah, it could have been an automated message mistake, but I went into the status of the application in Workday and it was changed from application received to "under consideration". While I may assume an email can be triggered accidentally, I don't think a change in status is accidental. It could very well be HR was not aware the hiring manager had candidates shortlisted already. It is disappointing, especially for an internal role where you would think you would be treated with a bit more courtesy than an external applicant. It is what it is. It is my 3rd internal application that got rejected within 3 / 4 days meanwhile everyone else in my team seems to be moving internally (upwards) pretty easily. I don't understand.
  8. I think you're misunderstanding my statement. I said they should have just left it at the stage where the acknowledged the application (a first email before the one mentioned in the OP) instead of sending a second email regarding an interview that eventually never took place. I just think it is unprofessional.
  9. The job seemed interesting and it is a more senior role. The location wasn't really to my liking though. It is not the end of the world, certainly, but I am a bit disappointed as to how this was handled. They should have just acknowledged the application and left it until they were sure they wanted to interview me before sending an email on this step that never happened in the end.
  10. After receiving that email I mentioned above, I got an email yesterday stating that they will not be moving forward with my application. I haven't even had the chance to interview. I find this highly unprofessional to be honest.
  11. Thank you! I still haven't heard anything since that email, but I will update if something comes up.
  12. It was an automated email via Workday. There was no option to respond as the email stated they will reach out in due course for this next step.
  13. Hi all, On Friday, I applied for an internal job posting in a different location (not highly sought after location). I received an email today stating their would like to look at my application more closely and schedule an interview. I then went onto the internal portal to access the job posting and it appears they just took it down. It was posted less than a month ago. I am assuming they probably have had some applications coming in but it is not really a sought after location either, so I'm not sure as to whether they've had a surplus. Do I still stand a chance? Thanks.
  14. Yeah, I have. I've had interviews, but nothing definite yet.
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