If I were the office manager I would have given direct and to the point email as well. They don't have time to coddle someone who clearly doesn't fit the description of what they are looking for in an employee. If your BF needs someone to coddle him for his failure to follow directions, I wouldn't want him as an employee either.

AHAAAHHHH!!!! I just got a call from the DNR! They want me to come in for an interview! The job isn't even posted on the state website--I found out about it from a faculty advisory board meeting and a professor from another university knew the DNR person in charge of the position, so she gave me her email and told me to ask about the job. So she called me today and asked me to interview for it!! I would be doing wastewater permits and compliance---and if I find any non-compliance issues, I get to give out tickets! Man, how awesome would this be???

Here's overboard (no pun intended) for ya. I was in the Navy. There were people who actually failed boot camp and got discharged for simply not being able to fold their clothes the exact way we were supposed to. The reason was, if you can't follow instructions well enough to fold a shirt, how will you be able to learn how to wire a ship? Land an incoming plane? Load ordinance? Follow the battle plan? Et. al. Attention to detail to the max. (Though I once had a boss who asked if I thought being in the military was why I couldn't think outside the box. Yes, it was. You tell me to do something, I do it - no more, no less. It took a while to get out of the "our lives are on the line" mentality and improvise if need be.)

Have you ever been showing someone the right way to do something, after they've screwed it up? Then they tell you, "Oh, I was doing it this way instead of that way." Have you ever wanted to look at them in that moment and say, "Well that was stupid." .... Yeah, me neither. *eyeroll*

Why does the company's policy seem overboard? Your bf didn't follow the directions, I'm sure plenty of other candidates would. They shouldn't have been rude to your bf, but if he can't follow instructions now then whose to say he would be any better if he was hired?

I used to hire people for a living. Overlooking a set of instructions would automatically take someone out of the running for me too. People are usually most careful on applications and resumes, so if they miss something on that, then it's a huge red flag for me that they will miss details on work tasks too. Same goes with typos. Attention to detail is crucial, especially when it involves clients or potential clients. I used to get 100+ resumes for every job I posted - 300+ for tech jobs. There were plenty of other people qualified for the jobs. I know your BF is disappointed, but don't get upset with the office manager. Learn from it and move on. The right job is out there.

BF met every qualification for this potential job and was deeply excited for a chance to speak abt his qualifications, but did not follow the directions in scheduling a phone call interview. He accidentally overlooked a set of instructions. They immediately canceled the scheduled call (at the time it was scheduled) and when he apologized via email, they said something like policy was that if they didn't follow instructions, they weren't given another opportunity. The office mgr was extremely curt in the email and borderline rude. I feel disappointed for BF and by company's harsh policy. Kinda interesting given they are a mental health start-up. I get first impressions are important well before the interview, but this policy seems overboard.

Ugh, man. Nestle offered me a third interview for this job. It's 2 hours long and I meet with 5 people. I have a feeling they'll offer me the job. Which would be fine, I guess. It pays well and the hours are okay, but I'd really prefer to not work for them based on their ethics. I guess I can at least do my part to make sure they aren't doing anything worse than they are already.

My coworker and I always have deep, spiritual conversations from the moment we met. He says that we've met before in our past lives. Well, in this life I totally feel this intense connection. I feel like I can look at him and not want to break eye contact, things he says resonates with my soul, and I think I'm developing a crush on him (although I have a bf). I was really sad to learn today that he's moving out of state this summer.

Weird! I have a new coworker who just can't seem to get it together. He's been with us for nearly 6 months. Yesterday morning (Sunday), I went to pick up breakfast for my family. When I got back into the car, I saw that he had texted me, asking for a password that he should freaking know by now. I was a little annoyed. I called him back and went on my way. Not far from home, I was coming up to a stop sign with a blind corner. I was about 100 feet from the stop when someone came from the left, making a right turn onto the road I was on. Because of the trees they couldn't see me, and they were going so fast that they swung into my lane. If I hadn't taken that 30 seconds to call my CW back, I would have been hit head-on.