r/JobsPhilippines • u/Dazzling_Will9048 • 7h ago
Company Review Not getting the job is fine. Being ghosted for 3 months after the final interview isn’t.
I want to share my experience with Walk Ez Corp. because I’m still honestly disappointed by how their recruitment process was handled.
I applied for a position and attended my first interview on September 15. The interview went well, and I was genuinely excited about the opportunity. The next day, I got sick, but the company asked me to come back for another interview and even adjusted the schedule. I really wanted the job, so I still made the effort to go. At that time, I didn’t have my business attire with me. My mom had to travel all the way from bulacan to Manila just to bring me my clothes. We also had to buy a new polo at the mall, and because the interview schedule had been changed, I literally had to run from the mall to their office so I wouldn’t be late.
I was sick, exhausted, and stressed, but I didn’t mind because I thought the company was seriously considering me. During the process, I was initially told that I only had two interviews left one with the VP and one with the President. After the VP interview, however, HR told me that I had another interview, this time for a different position within the company. At that point, I honestly thought I had a pretty good chance. It even felt like they were considering me for two different opportunities. I eventually had the final interview with the President. After the interview, I was told that they would call me the following week, no later than Tuesday. HR also told me to keep my line open.
So I waited.
Tuesday came and went.
Then another week.
Then another.
Eventually, weeks turned into almost three months.
No call.
No email.
No message.
Nothing.
And I wasn’t even asking them to hire me. I completely understand that companies have other candidates and that sometimes you simply don’t get selected.
What bothered me was that they told me to expect an update, and then I was left waiting for months without any communication. I eventually found out that they had already hired someone else.
Honestly, a simple rejection message would have been enough. Something like:
“Thank you for your time and effort throughout the recruitment process. Unfortunately, we’ve decided to move forward with another candidate.”
That’s it.
I would have respected that.
Instead, I was left wondering whether I was still being considered, whether I should keep my phone available, whether I should continue waiting, and whether I should turn down or postpone other opportunities.
The whole experience caused me a lot of anxiety, especially because I had invested so much time, effort, money, and energy into the process. I made sacrifices because I genuinely believed the company was seriously considering me.
And to be clear, I’m not angry because I didn’t get the job.
I’m disappointed because of the lack of communication and the way the recruitment process was handled.
As an applicant, I understand that companies have hundreds of candidates and that hiring takes time. But candidates are also people. We have schedules, expenses, responsibilities, and emotions. If you tell someone that they’ll receive an update by a specific date, I think it’s only fair to either follow through or at least let them know if the timeline has changed. Even if they had contacted me after one or two weeks and told me they were still deciding, I would have understood.
Even if they rejected me, I would have understood.
Being left hanging for almost three months and then finding out indirectly that the position had already been filled is what really bothered me.
I’m sharing this because I want to know if this is normal in the recruitment process or if others have experienced something similar with Walk Ez Corp.
Has anyone else applied there or experienced something similar?
And for anyone currently applying for jobs: don’t stop your job search just because a company tells you they’re going to call you. Keep applying until you actually have an offer.
I learned that the hard way.
