3 weeks ago
Company Can't Hire After Ex-Employees Leave Negative Reviews Online
A company needed to hire new workers.
For one whole month, people kept agreeing to work there.
But right before they were supposed to start, they changed their minds.
More than ten people did this.
The company asked them why.
They said former workers wrote bad reviews about the company online.
The reviews said one boss was mean and rude.
That boss made workers so unhappy that they quit and wrote honest reviews.
Now the company has too much work and not enough people.
Many people online said this is fair and called it karma.
A company has been unable to recruit new hires after negative reviews left online by former employees scared off candidates.
More than 10 applicants backed out at the last moment in the past month, often on the day of joining.
Candidates said the company had bad reviews on recruitment websites and that previous employees gave negative feedback.
The reviews blamed a toxic, egoistic manager; employees left because of him and then left reviews.
With no new hires, projects are getting delayed and the manager's team is completely overworked.
- Who
- An unnamed company's HR team and a manager described by ex-employees as toxic and egoistic; the story was shared in a viral social media post.
- What
- The company could not hire new workers because negative online reviews left by former employees caused candidates to back out before joining.
- Where
- Not specified in the article.
- When
- In the past month, with more than 10 applicants backing out at the last moment.
- Why
- Candidates saw bad reviews on recruitment websites citing a toxic manager, and former employees had left negative feedback after quitting because of him.
Key facts
- Applicants backing out
- More than 10 in the past month
- Common pattern
- Candidates backed out at the last moment, often on the day of joining
- Reason cited by candidates
- Bad reviews on recruitment websites
- Root cause
- A toxic, egoistic manager who drove employees to leave
- Review platforms
- Glassdoor and LinkedIn
- Impact
- Project delays and an overworked team
- Source
- Viral social media post, 'Drama at office because employees dropped bad reviews'
Quotes
Former colleague
A former employee who shared the hiring challenges
“"Main reason? One of the egoistic, sh***y managers was quite toxic to their employees, and some of the employees left because of him and then left a review."”
NDTV
“"HRs sourced some candidates, and at the very last moment most of the candidates are backing out, especially on the day of joining."”
NDTV
Sources
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