Melanie Crissey

Please avoid doing this -- trust me, it just kills your reputation. Recently, my friend was expecting to go to work and train her new employee. Then this happened we were both shocked! The person never showed up! Okay, some quick backstory: My friend hired someone to fill a general administrative role in her office. From what she told me after, the person seemed like a good fit, got through the interviews, and seemed like a good candidate. Here s the problem: When they failed to show up, it wasn t even possible to contact them! I asked my friend: Did you try texting them? Sometimes there are emergencies, people get into car accidents, etc. She then shocks me by saying: I tried they blocked my number and email! I was flabbergasted. To walk away from a job is one thing to each their own. But to simply fail to show up on the first day? And go even further to block the phone number & email of your new company?? This is how you can absolutely decimate your reputation. And what does one gain from this?? If you don t want a job, don t take it but don t kill your reputation in the process over nothing. Always think about your network because people remember things like this and it gets around. Call up even last minute and say you had an emergency or you had to focus on a different priority. Just anything to keep from leaving someone in the lurch. Why close future doors on yourself if you don t have to?? Great networking is all about preserving opportunities not burning bridges when you don t have to. Has anyone else experienced something like this too??