I still have a headhunting agency who refers to me as "B42857". Apparently some bug is getting emails to me addressed to their internal reference number.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That really tells you what they think of you.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That's why they filter directly into spam.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

In fairness they probably send the same emails over and over each day, and best case automating them could save a lot of time and let them send longer more comprehensive emails without having to type the entire message every time. But you gotta be careful and check your work.

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Your time card says that your name's Joe But we'll call you 6-3-0 - Dead Kennedies

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 26 points 1 week ago

I got an email like this a few weeks ago, and then about 2 minutes later I got a new email with the corrected replacements.

I replied with a screenshot zoomed in on the "candidate name" bit and left it at that. Didn't even get a half-assed "lol sorry Bruh"

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Curious about that nested object.

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 week ago

The “nested” typo is likely why it didn’t do the token replacement.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So many job applications suck...i tried to fill out one with a required "social media link" but didn't have any place to enter one. It had "LinkedIn url" and the next line was a text box, it had "github url" and the next line was a text box, it had "social media link" and the next line was just a submit button... There was literally no box to enter a social media url. I tried chrome, Firefox and Vivaldi because the job seemed good with good pay but literally impossible to apply to.

Nevermind I don't know why you need LinkedIn, github, and social media links to evaluate me as an employee but atleast give me a way to enter the data you want.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depending on the position I could see any of them, but I can't imagine why you'd need all three for one application. Social Media Director of Programming Middle Management?

[–] vrek@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

Nope, junior software developer of an insurance firm...

[–] A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they figure if you can't fix the form to make it submit, you wouldn't be up to their standard :-)

[–] vrek@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

Oh I didn't even think of that... That's evil but I kinda like the idea. That said there a notice that there are issues would be nice. Imagine applying for webdev role and on the first page it says "there are several issues with this application, being able to find the errors and correct them is considered a part of the interview process"