A rejection email has gone viral on social media for its needlessly rude and aggressive tone. US-based IT
company Elite Software Automation sent the email to an applicant who had given a test for the position of
Frontend Software Engineer. A screenshot of the mail was shared on the Reddit forum “antiwork”, where
it left thousands of users shocked. The post, shared on Thursday, has accumulated over 900 Upvotes
and hundreds of comments.
The email begins by thanking the candidate for applying for the position of Frontend Software Engineer. It
informs them that their application has been rejected due to their failure to clear the automated online
test. The email then goes on to state that the candidate will be blacklisted permanently if they try to apply
for the same position before the end of the year or if they write to the company for a second chance.
“Any repeated attempts to apply for this position again before this time, or any attempts to retake the test
will lead to an automated decline of your application, as well as blacklisting of your profile from any
further applications,” the email read.
