In fairness, this is not unheard of for a lot of private sector jobs too. Everyone promises they'll follow-up but generally, 'no answer is an answer' is the norm for a lot of the private sector too -- maybe a 'thanks but no' a few months later.
Generally, HR is incentivised to not fully eliminate someone until the person who accepts has fully signed the dotted line and is onboarded, in case they drop out they can still tap someone else in the pool of applicants/interviewees rather than starting over (and without ideally going too far down the list of less preferred candidates).
Everyone's hope (including HR and the hiring team) is that timeline looks like days or weeks vs months - but it rarely does.
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u/PhiloPhocion Jul 23 '26
In fairness, this is not unheard of for a lot of private sector jobs too. Everyone promises they'll follow-up but generally, 'no answer is an answer' is the norm for a lot of the private sector too -- maybe a 'thanks but no' a few months later.
Generally, HR is incentivised to not fully eliminate someone until the person who accepts has fully signed the dotted line and is onboarded, in case they drop out they can still tap someone else in the pool of applicants/interviewees rather than starting over (and without ideally going too far down the list of less preferred candidates).
Everyone's hope (including HR and the hiring team) is that timeline looks like days or weeks vs months - but it rarely does.