Have you ever "ghosted" a company?

I’d characterize ghosting as job seeker rudeness mixed with a fear of confrontation (not wanting to tell a company they found a better offer), and rationalized by companies' similar behavior toward job seekers for years.
That said, people seem to forget how connected everyone is today, and don't consider that word of their actions will likely spread and negatively affect their future employment opportunities.

I agree, it doesn't seem like a very professional practice.

I see it working a bit both ways. If I can make time to drop a quick email, it would be nice if they could too. I won't practice the act of ghosting myself just because employers are doing it, but many of them kind of deserve it.

I once had a small company, less than 100 employees, reach out to me through email to set up an interview time. I responded with a very open calendar (I had just been laid off, my calendar was way open). I never heard back from them after that. No email telling me they didn't want to interview me anymore.

Thinking the email got lost, I sent it again. They reached out and made contact the first time, surely they actually wanted to interview me. But nothing the second time. I got the hint and made a note of that company. I won't be dealing with them again (unless I am really really desperate and need to eat).

Joshua -

When a candidate does this, it is often a sign of a sellor's market but is unprofessional regardless.

I'm never surprised when recruiters go silent - you have to remember that most mid-large sized recruiting firms are handling hundreds if not thousands of candidates so unless there is something meaningful to share with a candidate, they have to manage their time efficiently.

The smaller boutique type recruiting firms can afford to spend more time on candidate relationship management but they also won't have access to as many opportunities.

Kiron

The article mentioned that they kept the names of people doing this and refused to interview them again in the future. They said some people came back months later to interview again and were upset at being denied a new interview.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/people-ghos...zy-chip-cutter/

I’ve had similar experiences. Actually, just recently happened. Same company twice now, though spread by 5 years :)

The second time one of their execs referred me personally. Their recruiter reached out,but I was traveling for work at the time. I responded but never heard back. Not a strong effort and less of an impression.