Hermann M.
Google
Email sent, no reply. Phone call made, at least someone picked up — but instead of giving a clear answer, I was told to send my CV. I didn’t, because by then it already felt like a gesture without sincerity. And from them, nothing further ever came back.
That kind of behaviour feels less like professionalism and more like theatre. Asking for documents when you have no intention of responding is not just inefficient — it’s disrespectful. For someone genuinely looking for work, it creates the impression that the request was never serious in the first place. Many of us who arrived in the Netherlands — including Ukrainians rebuilding their lives from zero — know how much effort it takes to reach out, write applications, and follow up. To be met with silence after being invited to send a CV doesn’t just waste time, it erodes trust. Two stars, because a phone was at least answered. But if your idea of courtesy is to ask for paperwork you’ll never read, then the joke is on the applicant, not on you.