I have no idea what the situation is at Stripe, but there are some trends that explain this experience in the larger environment right now.
Recruiters are extremely hard to find. Comp has soared. Many have left old jobs to go to new jobs.
Generally, people rely on recruiters to manage the communication with candidates. Very high turnover leads to very high rate of things being dropped.
Compounding this, hiring great engineers is extremely difficult right now. So recruiters have a list of 10,000 things to do. It’s not ok that recruiters might be less effective in candidate management for no-hires, but it makes sense.
Finally, add on top of this that candidates are being less respectful of company time as well. Candidates are ghosting and not responding like never before. The market and the remoteness of the experience are turning hiring from a human activity into a transaction, on all sides.
> Finally, add on top of this that candidates are being less respectful of company time as well. Candidates are ghosting and not responding like never before.
Managers started this trend so I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for those who suddenly find themselves on the wrong end of it. Even kindergarteners understand you should treat others how you would like to be treated. All of these “busy” managers who don’t like being ghosted better have also ceased ghosting candidates before complaining about the practice.
Recruiters are extremely hard to find. Comp has soared. Many have left old jobs to go to new jobs.
Generally, people rely on recruiters to manage the communication with candidates. Very high turnover leads to very high rate of things being dropped.
Compounding this, hiring great engineers is extremely difficult right now. So recruiters have a list of 10,000 things to do. It’s not ok that recruiters might be less effective in candidate management for no-hires, but it makes sense.
Finally, add on top of this that candidates are being less respectful of company time as well. Candidates are ghosting and not responding like never before. The market and the remoteness of the experience are turning hiring from a human activity into a transaction, on all sides.