Work: Today, I checked my email after a week of no cell reception or...

By Humbug - 27/12/2009 00:34 - United States

Today, I checked my email after a week of no cell reception or internet while I was stuck at a family holiday cottage. There was an email offering me the RA job I've been trying to get for almost a year, telling me congratulations and to reply by Friday if I accepted. Last Friday. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/10/2016 19:01 - United States - Tallahassee

Today, while checking my voicemail, I noticed I had received one from a job that I've been trying to get in for months. Too bad they called two weeks ago. FML

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By TheLibrarian - 27/10/2018 05:00

Today, after being jobless for 2 years, I got a call back for an interview. I was ecstatic until I saw the date. It's the same day I leave for a weeklong, nonrefundable vacation. I applied for the job 6 weeks ago, and since not hearing anything bought the vacation 2 weeks ago. FML

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By Farah - 26/09/2016 14:42 - Bangladesh

Today, I e-mailed an employer to ask about a job I had applied for earlier. The employer in question was on vacation. The person who replied had the position which I had applied for mentioned in their signature. FML

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By level6 - 23/10/2010 22:11 - United States

Today, after constantly checking my email for a week, I finally got a letter saying that I was accepted to take a test for a job position. The only problem is I was scheduled to test today, eight hours ago. FML

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By AgentKoos_99 - 11/10/2016 07:52 - South Africa - Johannesburg

Today, after waiting 3 months to see if I got the job I had applied for, I was told that they never received my application. Turns out that the email address that they told me to send it to was not being checked anymore and that they would be happy to consider me for the following year. FML

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Backstabbers

By Anonymous - 23/07/2021 12:01 - United States

Today, after I applied for an IT position at work, and a coworker I’ve worked with for 3 years, who said she had no intention on applying, wished me luck and told me, "I hope you get it!" it's now a week later and it turns out she applied the next day, got the offer and accepted. I had to find out a week later from a different coworker. FML

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Close, but no cigar

By Anonymous - 08/12/2022 10:00

Today, after months of tests, I was the only candidate left for my dream job. Then, only a few days before the last meeting before signing the contract, I get a call from HR informing me their co-worker unexpectedly came back from unpaid leave and that they are obliged to give him the job. FML

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Thanks mom

By Anonymous - 27/01/2017 00:00

Today, I checked my inbox and realized I got an email from a potential employer, saying they were having trouble getting a hold of me by phone. They called while my mom was using my phone to look up directions to a place, and she answered, kindly hanging up when they asked for me. FML

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By badtiming - 03/03/2015 17:18 - Brazil - Rio De Janeiro

Today, I received a rejection letter from a job I desperately wanted. Yesterday, the job offer I'd been stalling on in while waiting for news about this one expired. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/12/2015 10:41 - South Africa - Johannesburg

Today, after working my ass off for months trying to prove myself, I received an email from my boss regarding the end-year function. Excited to be invited, I opened the email just to see I'm the only one being left behind to answer the phones. FML

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NatzSwifey 0

Sunday 27 December 2009 9:10

call them and explain the situation to them and tell them you've been out of town, it might work...

XxDarkSatoshixX 0

Sunday 27 December 2009 9:46

@#4 do you read??? it says no internet or cell phone reception.

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octi1026 0

Sunday 27 December 2009 15:38

that's how people start to appreciate the "auto-reply" option of their email accounts....

hulagurl2008 0

Monday 28 December 2009 8:43

That's exactly what I thought. If you can't answer your email for a period of time you should turn on your vacation settings, especially if you are waiting to hear about a job! I'm sure if they got the auto-response they would have held the job for a few more days.

marc_with_a_c 3

Sunday 27 December 2009 16:19

Reply anyway and explain about how you had no internet access the whole week, if they were really interested in having you, they'll understand and still hire you

letitbe56 0

Monday 28 December 2009 0:10

If they had other candidates, they probably contacted whoever was next on the list after the deadline passed and the OP didn't respond. Your solution only works if the position is still open.

letitbe56 0

Monday 28 December 2009 0:08

If you were expecting to hear about a job, you should have called them and told them where you could be reached, or at least put up an automatic reply message saying where you could be reached for urgent matters--or that you could not be reached at all if that's the case. However, I find it strange that they gave you Christmas as the deadline. The only other way this FML makes sense is if the OP was away for more than a week. Or "today" doesn't really refer to today.

fegd 0

Monday 28 December 2009 7:03

Call them and ask them if they received your message accepting the job.

SHORTstopp99 5

Monday 28 December 2009 7:27

YDI for choosing a bad cell service

blastvortex 3

Tuesday 29 December 2009 4:07

Perhaps they purposefully called at a time when they knew you might not get back to them? ... (It's just a thought.) Anyway, it looks like it's time to get some better coverage.

miserableRA 0

Wednesday 30 December 2009 1:02

Hi OP. Honestly, being an RA is not the best job. You've dodged a bullet. I should know: I've been an RA for the past 2 and a half years.

AmbrosiaFan 18

Wednesday 30 December 2009 19:37

I highly doubt they would want you to respond by Friday... however if they did, then I'd just explain to them that during the HOLIDAYS you were out of town and had no internet or cell phone service and ask if the opening is still available.