Sounds like your friend dodged a bullet.

the horror

I agree with @1 and I hope your friend finds a different job soon with less of the ninja unicorn bullshit.

Ugh. So condescending. Could they the rejectee offer the dignity of keeping it professional?

Funny, the more overproduced that letter is, the less personal it seems.

I hate douche bag job postings that are looking for "ninjas" or "rockstars." Grow the fuck up.

Was this friend actually applying for a position at a ninja company?
Because they do require ninja skills, I hear.

Anyway, life's just a game and you either get a unicorn ride or a stale cookie.
Best regards.

Beware ninjas in the workplace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlh1hVOSz…

@7,

Pick your poison. There are a lot of douchebaggy job postings these days. My favorite is when they're clearly saying "you're going to be expected to eat shit and like it". Hey, sign me up!

@1 Or a throwing star.

@10 That's kind of how I read the letter. When they are looking for a "ninja" they are looking for somebody who will devote their life to the company in exclusion of everything else.

Any rejection letter is better than silence, which is what most companies provide in my experience.

@13, maybe I'm jaded enough that rejection letters and silence were equivalent to me as far as I'm concerned.

What I really didn't like is when an employer would call you to tell you that you weren't hired or you're not on the list of finalists---at least give me a time frame before hand as far as when you're going to make a decision and when the time comes and I'm not going to get gig nor remain a candidate in the running, leave me the f*ck alone.

"Ninja" or "rockstar" means young wealthy white guys only need apply.

I'm definitely in the Your Friend Dodged a Bullet camp. If their rejection letters are that flippant and frankly disrespectful, then imagine what working for those whackadoodles must be like.

A friend and I were recently lamenting that the only places that seem to be hiring are the ones that have high turnover because the managers are completely fucking crazy.

@15 - To be fair, that's what most job listings secretly mean.

I think it's worth publicizing the name of the company, as a warning to other jobseekers.

@17, or pretty white females.

The LW should be beaten into unconsciousness with a large fish.

I thought it was funny. None of you are ninja-team material.

Your friend wasn't left hanging like so many other people. What is it you're complaining about again?

@13 I was going to ask, people get rejection letters?

By the way, the letter is very real. i know who wrote it and for which company.

@27 Then why are you keeping it secret? Embarass these assholes.

Well I guess "socialist pseudo-intellectual that pals around with half baked retarded racist like Charles Mudede" does not look good on a resume. Nor does a degree in Workers History, Women’s Studies or some other Liberal Arts BS.

@28
Embarass them for what? Having a sense of humor?

Someone else was a better fit for the postiion, so it goes.

The letter was not just a letter to say the person didn't get the job it was a put down. He was told someone had way better skills than he did and it was rubbed in. Being told someone has better skills is ok but how about giving some insight into what skills this person might need or improve. Basically a rejection letter should just be that and end there but if there is some other information that would be helpful for the applicant to upgrade there skills then make a suggestion, professionally.

The skills that are really lacking are tact on behalf of this so called human resource person.
But I have noticed that Human Resource culture in businesses has become a place littered with people that have learned to sudo help and usually there is one nutcase that can't be fired that rules the roost.
So lets just say this letter is from a HR nutcase that likes to demean people to feel empowered and not really be a RESOURCE to any human.