No-Show. No Apology. No Second Chance.

A senior tech professional applied for a leadership role. The recruiter scheduled a noon call and simply did not show. After seventeen minutes, the candidate messaged. The recruiter blamed a calendar mix-up and they rescheduled for the next day — same time, a twenty-minute window. The recruiter joined eight minutes late, citing an overrun. When asked if they had a hard stop, the candidate replied: "I don't want to continue because you clearly don't respect my time," and hung up. Reddit backed the move overwhelmingly, noting that if this is how a company treats candidates for a leadership role, imagine the daily reality inside.