Comment by inigyou

2 days ago

It's probably because they don't want to be liable for giving a reason.

Well, then they might just respond: Thank you, but no thank you… No liability, but at least they wouldn’t leave the person hanging…

Which should be illegal. You should be able to formulate why you prefer someone.

And it would prevent companies from ghosting people.

  • Making this "illegal" does not solve the problem at all. People really need to stop providing this knee jerk outlawing reaction to things they don't like. I assume you'd also make it illegal for a person to turn down a company without a reason, right? How about we make that 6 months in prison.

    • >People really need to stop providing this knee jerk outlawing reaction to things they don't like.

      No, we need way more regulation on jobs in the US. This country is sacking millions in real time but reporting record profits. That isn't right nor healthy.

      >I assume you'd also make it illegal for a person to turn down a company without a reason, right?

      Who holds the cards in the relationship, again? It's illegal to distriminate against hirees, but a person can choose any reason to take an offer over another.

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    • > Making this "illegal" does not solve the problem at all.

      Sure it does. You send an email politely reminding them they need to write out a basic reason, and then you get the reason. If they're crazy stubborn and absolutely refuse, small claims court is probably next.

      I'm pretty skeptical about the idea of making this a law, but a law could solve the problem.

      > I assume you'd also make it illegal for a person to turn down a company without a reason, right?

      There's a huge power imbalance here, but okay sure why not? Not many people are turning down job offers after interviewing, but if they do they can spend two minutes writing why.

      > How about we make that 6 months in prison.

      This strawman is a good way to indicate you didn't spend a single second thinking through the actual implications.

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