The most common ghosting behavior among professionals is not returning emails or calls. Anecdotal research shows 3 motives behind this behavior:
- Hedging their bets
- Avoiding saying no and transferring the burden of proof on you
- [most popular] “I didn’t think it was a big deal!” – they genuinely don’t know they’ve acted in bad faith when it comes to professional communication maxims.
Social media has made this an extra-incendiary behavior because you can see them go on business as usual while ghosting you in real life. Here’s what to do when you’re being ghosted.
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