The year was 2017, and a senior developer at a Philly startup was mulling a power move.

“I had one recruiter I was working with for a bit, applying for a job that I was already unsure about taking but I was going to give it a try anyway because I wanted to find a new job,” said the developer, who asked not to be named, in a Slack DM. “The communication was fine from the start and I received an offer, but I then decided I did not want to take the offer.”

That’s when it all went downhill. The recruiter began calling and sending several emails a day. Although the decision was final, they wouldn’t let up.

“A few months later they contacted me again for a similar role,” said the engineer, who now works at an AI-focused startup. “I again said I didn’t want [it] because it wasn’t what I was looking for at the time. It just felt like they were more trying to push me to fill a role rather than trying to help me find something that was right for me.”

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