Woman left ‘crying’ over VERY detailed job rejection email listing famous people who suffered setbacks before their success – but Twitter users claim it’s ‘motivational’
- Kiran, who is a writer in London, shared a screenshot of the rejection email
- Posting to Twitter, Kiran said she was ‘crying’ over the detailed contents
- She admitted: ‘I am crying at this job rejection email. Like I didn’t need all this?’
A woman revealed she was left ‘crying’ after a potential employer sent her a very detailed rejection letter, which included a list of famous people who had suffered setbacks before being successful.
Kiran, who is a writer in London, shared a screenshot of the email from the unidentified company to Twitter and said she was shocked by the exhaustive contents.
She captioned the photo: ‘I am crying at this job rejection email. Like I didn’t need all this? I just saw a role posting and applied?’
The letter noted celebrities who had been rejected before finally finding success as the writer encouraged Kiran to ‘keep trying and applying’.
While some said the email was ‘unprofessional and condescending’, many others suggested it was ‘motivational’ and just what was needed in the current climate.
Kiran (above), who is a writer in London, shared a screenshot of the email from the unidentified company to Twitter and said she was shocked by the exhaustive contents
The letter read: Keep trying and applying. No one remembers the rejections; it only takes one ‘yes’ to change it all. But don’t just take it from us, take it from these folks…’
It then included several well-known people who had suffered rejections before finding triumphing.
The email said: ‘The Beatles were turned down by Decca Records, Dick Rowe, who believes that “guitar groups were on the way out” and that “they have no future in show business”. We wonder how he feels now.
‘After Harrison Ford’s first small movie role, an executive took him into his office and told him he’d never succeed in the movie business.
The letter (pictured) noted celebrities who had been rejected before finally finding success as the writer encouraged Kiran to ‘keep trying and applying’
The letter continued: ‘Michael Jordan was actually cut from his high school basketball team. Lady Gaga got dropped by her record label, Island Def Jam, after three months.
‘James Dyson had 5,126 failed prototypes of his “bagless vacuum cleaner” before the next one worked. After just one performance, Elvis Presley was fired by Jimmy Denny, the manager at the Grand Ole Opry.’
The note ended with: ‘May this rejection be a tiny and forgotten set on the road to your next big “yes” – the one that really matters.’
Nearly 4,000 people retweeted Kiran’s post, with it receiving more than 1,000 comments.
While some said the email was ‘unprofessional and condescending’, many others suggested it was ‘motivational’ and just what was needed in the current climate (pictured)
However, not everyone was impressed (above), with one person writing: ‘This email is worse than the rejection.’
One Twitter user said: ‘Is this sweet or horrifying? I can’t decide,’ while another added: ‘Personally, hearing about James Dyson’s hoover failures would make me feel much better!’
‘I don’t know if this is better than getting no reply at all or not,’ another added, as a fourth wrote: ‘In this current climate, we all need rejection emails like this. Throw in a meditation and yoga flow too or perhaps a rejection hamper of self-care goodies.’
However, not everyone was impressed, with one person writing: ‘This email is worse than the rejection.’
‘Doesn’t this make them lack of foresight? Like they could have created a superstar but they decided to become one of the many to pass a great talent?,’ another questioned.