Exactly. I'm usually a proponent of informing candidates why they were rejected, if they went through at least a couple of interview rounds. I think it's the least a company can do after they invested the time and effort to apply and go through the interviews.
But sites like this make this hard to justify. Most of the ones I saw on the front page are standard generic responses. If that's what it takes to get on rejectedagain.lol then you're encouraging companies to just ghost you instead.
Don't tip your hand. First of all, it opens up the possibility of a conversation, and disgruntled rejectees are not something you want to be dealing with. Once they're rejected, that's it. They're out of contention and should have no further contact with your team/division/company. Secondly, it could expose you to liability.
And yes, ghosting is very much on the table and likely to become more popular with time.
There's a reason why the hiring process is enshittified: it helps protect the organization.
Eh, sure. So in that sense, professional courtesy is only important while there's a potential interest in establishing a relationship. I disagree.
A rejection doesn't need to be a reason to burn bridges. The candidate could be rejected for any reason, even when it's out of their control. By not having the decency to inform them of the rejection, you're effectively closing the door on them applying ever again. And word goes around about companies with shitty hiring practices, so it's probably not in the company's best long-term interest to treat rejected candidates unprofessionally.
I don't see anything wrong with going beyond the generic rejection letter and being honest about why they were rejected. This doesn't mean you need to be negative or go into too much detail, but most decent people would appreciate the honesty. Those who don't, and start arguing, or post that kind of rejection on Reddit or a .lol site are just boosting the signal of why they indeed shouldn't have been hired. And the same goes for the people who ridicule such companies.
Being unprofessional and shitty is worthy of ridicule. Not honesty and transparency.
But sites like this make this hard to justify. Most of the ones I saw on the front page are standard generic responses. If that's what it takes to get on rejectedagain.lol then you're encouraging companies to just ghost you instead.