When Your New Employee Doesn't Show Up!

Please avoid doing this -- trust me, it just kills your reputation. Recently, my friend was expecting to go to work and train her new employee. Then this happened — we were both shocked! 👇😱 The person never showed up! Okay, some quick backstory: My friend hired someone to fill a general administrative role in her office. From what she told me after, the person seemed like a good fit, got through the interviews, and seemed like a good candidate. ✅ Here’s the problem: When they failed to show up, it wasn’t even possible to contact them! I asked my friend: “Did you try texting them? Sometimes there are emergencies, people get into car accidents, etc.” 🤔 She then shocks me by saying: “I tried — they blocked my number and email!” I was flabbergasted. 😱😳 To walk away from a job is one thing — to each their own. But to simply fail to show up on the first day? And go even further to block the phone number & email of your new company?? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ This is how you can absolutely decimate your reputation. 📉 And what does one gain from this?? If you don’t want a job, don’t take it — but don’t kill your reputation in the process over nothing. 🙄 Always think about your network — because people remember things like this and it gets around. Call up — even last minute — and say you had an emergency or you had to focus on a different priority. Just anything to keep from leaving someone in the lurch. ☝️ Why close future doors on yourself if you don’t have to?? 🚪 Great networking is all about preserving opportunities — not burning bridges when you don’t have to. Has anyone else experienced something like this too??