You can’t ghost someone and then get mad when they move on.

This is just as true in business relationships as it is in personal ones. The job interview process can be long and frustrating, and there often isn’t room to ask for what you want. So many people apply to the same jobs that you feel like you have to take the crumbs that you can get. So when they take weeks, sometimes months, to get back to you about an application, you’re just supposed to pretend like that’s normal. But there’s nothing wrong with giving them a taste of their own medicine. You have just as much power as they do, and you’re allowed to exercise it. That’s what the person did in this story, which they shared to the r/OfficePolitics subreddit. They were going along in the process of being hired somewhere, but you can’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched. Until they’ve given you an offer and you sign it, you are free to pursue other opportunities. Heck, you’re even allowed to pursue other opportunities after you sign an offer. You have free will as an employee, and nobody can make you feel bad about that. The company in this story tried to, though, and ended up burning a bridge with a potential employee in the process.