Rejected Options

[*Elba*]

So this topic is for all the staff applicants who did not make it. PM an admin or headstaff asking why you were not hired. If you would like to make it public, just post it in here so we can discuss it.

Here is mine:

So, we're supposed to PM someone to tell us why we weren't hired. I'd like to know please and if you could also go ahead and make it public, that'd be nice.

Haha, what do you mean by make it public?
Where?

You can make it public yourself I guess...

Here are some quotes

really don't think Elba always 'being herself' is an asset at the moment. The fact that she's always complaining about Diana is really not helping her since she isn't being positive about it.

Wow. What's all that about? I was actually considering Elba as one of the choices, but nevermind. I don't think she's such a good idea anymore. I'm not sure why so many people that were inactive and just came back for a few weeks or the people who were the troublemakers decide to apply for staff.

f I could choose from the three, I think Elba is most suited to be a moderator if you look past her many "crimes" (member bashing, hacking, spamming and a great interest in Backstage)... But the problem is, who's to say she is really trustworthy?

I'm not going to get into the whole Elba situation, but I do feel that if she can't respect the staff, how will she represent us in a good light? I understand that people say she'd be a breath of fresh air, but aren't there other people who would be a breath of fresh air who don't have such negativity towards the staff? She's gotten into trouble... and I understand that shouldn't bias opinions about her, but I think the fact of how recent it is should.

Basically, the conflicts between you and Diana, and what was assumed to be disrespect towards the staff members. My only issue with that is Spencer did the same thing, yet they hired him. If you want to know why I am saying "they", it's because I didn't agree with a lot of decisions that were made.

I hope that helps.

[*Insurmountable*]

lol

I'm asking someone about it now, if they reply back to me..

Heres the PM's I got back though.

From Kiera:
Hello, Holly! The main reason we decided to wait on you this time around was because you had just came back around (as far as being active) when hiring started. All of us would have like to see you around more in some form or another before then. Nothing was wrong with your application or interview though. =]

From Rebecca:
Hi Holly,

The biggest reason you were not hired was because even though you post a little here and there, you were primarily inactive for quite a while. It truly seemed liked you recently came around. I'm not saying you did so because there was a hiring session, not at all. It was just the timing.

I would like to clear something up, just in case you were wondering. No one has any type of personal negative feelings for you, not at all. This was a very difficult hiring session because there were so many applicants. Seriously, when I saw them all I wasn't sure how were going to go about doing this because there was so many choices and so many honest to goodness excellent applications. At least I thought so.

Essentially, the staff make-up is a mix between a couple of rehires (like Frankie) and new folks. This round (and something I was personally advocating) I wanted to give new people, those who hadn't had much, if any experience on staff a chance.

All of this amounted to the final decision.

I really think that if you wanted to, and if were to stick around, the next round could be something really favorable for you. I also would like to commend you, applaud you (whatever they're calling it these days. I hate being a dorky old lady sometimes xD) for applying for both. I think it was a really different and unique way to apply. Also, your interviews were really great!

I hope you're not angry, I really do. This was sort of a long PM back, I hope that doesn't bug you. I just like to be as frank and as detailed as I can.


----- she never replied back to my reply


and well some of the other staff I think felt like their opinion wouldn't matter in the end no matter how big of fight they brought up. AC just PMed me back...so I'm waiting on his reply

Honestly though....I don't think each one of these people are giving me their personal feelings and what they thought of why i shouldn't have been hired...they just asked some other staff member Hey so and so wants to know why they didn't get hired and then someone else tells them what to say and they go back and say it I can't stand people that can't have opinions of their own and share them.

[*alovesopure*]

Honestly though....I don't think each one of these people are giving me their personal feelings and what they thought of why i shouldn't have been hired...they just asked some other staff member Hey so and so wants to know why they didn't get hired and then someone else tells them what to say and they go back and say it I can't stand people that can't have opinions of their own and share them.

... No, it wasn't like that.
They didn't ask anyone to give them a reason, they knew the general reason (from staff) about you not being hired and used that, instead of getting into personal reasons.
I don't think personal reasons should really be used during a hiring session. Bias = no good.

But yeah, I guess getting direct quotes from the hiring session thread backstage will help you to see that...