“The Call Should Have Ended There”: Guy Tries To Impress Company With His Cover Letter, A Lawyer Calls Him Instead
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Who knew that a cover letter can make a company you applied to investigate you?
Well, this person on the job hunt “submitted an application for an R&D role at a big company in Europe” and was recently taken aback by a call from the company’s lawyer.
Just two hours after submitting his cover letter, a lawyer and the department’s head were on the phone asking whether someone was giving the author info illegally. Read on below to find out how this peculiar situation unfolded.
A job seeker is taken aback by a call from a lawyer after submitting a cover letter for a job in their company
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Bored Panda reached out to the person behind this story who told us that their utmost priority is to bring some attention to the effect of climate change on forests. “Climate change’s impacts on forests and the forest-based value chain have reached a critical point,” they said.
The author’s main message reads as follows: “We need cooperation between science, business and policy to develop appropriate response measures to ensure the longevity of diverse forests which sustainably provide products, ecosystem services and carbon capture.”
We also asked whether the Redditor could have ever expected a call from the company’s lawyer when writing that cover letter. “Never,” they assured us. “It seemed like a standard job application. Wait 6 weeks and maybe get an interview.”
The author later clarified a couple of details about the whole situation
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“I think I earn a decent salary, which is why I asked for the same in the job application”
What shocked people online in particular was the fact that the company was not willing to pay the Redditor despite the fact that they identified serious issues and showed that they can solve them.
“It made me feel trapped in my current role. I think I earn a decent salary, which is why I asked for the same in the job application.”
Since this incident, the Redditor hasn’t applied for anything else. “There are no other positions like this available (yet),” they explained.
In a second follow-up, the Redditor spilled even more details
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We also wondered how this company they applied to and received a lawyer’s call from is doing at the moment.
“They are doing well, as are their competitors. That job description means they are working on the right things to survive the upcoming turmoil. I guess it’s down to whether or not they get the right people with the salary they’re offering,” the Redditor concluded.
And this is what people commented
As for the 'more intense forest management' the OP suggested could be a solution: the spruce tree is not native to many areas in which it is harvested. This alone has caused a bunch of ecological problems down the line. Plus the effects climate change that he mentioned that weakens the trees, they won't hold soil as well any more, erosion happens etc...
LoL There is no way a lawyer would be involved at this point in Europe. That’s just not how business is done, not the culture to lawyer up. That’s a us (a bit uk) thing, deemed incredibly aggressive (and useless) in the eyes of a European. Lawyers are for formal procedures almost exclusively. Hard to believe story. As for the part where the head of R&D answers in a few hours to an application… well… lol.
Big companies employ their own lawyers. So if they get paid anyway they might as well join the phone call.
Load More Replies... I wonder if they could solve the issue by using that Japanese daisugi technique. (I have to confess that I did not understood the problem though).
As for the 'more intense forest management' the OP suggested could be a solution: the spruce tree is not native to many areas in which it is harvested. This alone has caused a bunch of ecological problems down the line. Plus the effects climate change that he mentioned that weakens the trees, they won't hold soil as well any more, erosion happens etc...
LoL There is no way a lawyer would be involved at this point in Europe. That’s just not how business is done, not the culture to lawyer up. That’s a us (a bit uk) thing, deemed incredibly aggressive (and useless) in the eyes of a European. Lawyers are for formal procedures almost exclusively. Hard to believe story. As for the part where the head of R&D answers in a few hours to an application… well… lol.
Big companies employ their own lawyers. So if they get paid anyway they might as well join the phone call.
Load More Replies... I wonder if they could solve the issue by using that Japanese daisugi technique. (I have to confess that I did not understood the problem though).
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