Disclosure: None of my negative experiences were with a Planned Parenthood employee.
This review is for the outside recruiter, hired by PP, who contacted me the day of our interview to reschedule. She asked for alternate availabilities from me. I responded within an hour... then she never responded. After a few days, I followed up and she locked in a new time.
The interview was fairly normal but was punctuated by a few odd moments. Namely, she made a few bizarre assumptions and errors in terminology that telegraphed that she might not be experienced with this particular skill set.
At the end of the call, I was told I'd be moving ahead to the next round. She mentioned that they had been interviewing for this role for some time and hadn't found the right candidate. I'd only recently applied, so this felt like positive body language.
However, a week went by without any subsequent correspondence. I followed up politely to renew my interest. The recruiter still never responded. I waited another week and sent another light, polite note. I was fully ghosted.
This felt crummy from an experience perspective. It makes me think the PP team was pretty far down the road with another candidate, but a recruiter was just trying to fill the pipeline opportunistically.
Here's the problem: We're human beings, not widgets on a factory conveyer belt. That practice feels really questionable in this labor moment in history.
Double callout: This review is not for a PP employee. PP - you're great but I'd reconsider how your outside recruiters are representing you.
Wishing you extreme luck - you're incredible!
