I received a LinkedIn message from a Verkada recruiter asking me if I’d like to attend a Yankees/Dodgers game from a box suite o have a meet and greet with the sales leadership. As someone who has followed Verkada’s fundraising rounds closely, actively looking for a new sales role, and a huge Dodger fan I was incredibly excited to go. I signed up immediately. The next day I got a confirmation email with instructions on how to access the ticket, but the ticket was not available to me. I followed up with Verkada’s point person named on the email and got no reply. I had an intro call scheduled with the recruiter the next day so I figured I’d just ask him about it. About an hour prior to the call, the recruiter emails me asking me if I was comfortable with the role being in San Mateo, being that I was in LA. I told him that I am very open to relocating to the Bay Area for the right opportunity, and that I looked forward to our call. The time for our meeting came and went. I followed up with him to see if he was running late and got no reply. The morning of the game, I emailed the recruiter and the point person again and received no reply. Not A few hours later I emailed the VP of Sales, who I knew was going to be at the game and he got back to me right away. His EA called me and told me she could see my ticket, but it hadn’t been transferred yet. She said that she would take care of it and I’d see it shortly. About an hour later I got a lengthly email from the recruiter, essentially shifting all accountability onto the Dodgers ticketing department. He said they didn’t have enough tickets and they were uninviting me. If the candidate experience is anything remotely similar to the employee experience I guess it's for the best.