A website created by Toronto-based marketing consultant Gary Meyer is giving job seekers a place to report employers that stop communicating late in the hiring process. Did They Ghost You has received 2,888 anonymous reports, which it uses to track and rank companies accused of ghosting candidates, including some major S&P 500 firms.
Meyer, 42, launched the site in June after hearing friends describe going through interviews and then receiving no response. He intended it as a small side project, but reports began arriving in large numbers after he shared it on LinkedIn. Meyer said the website drew more than two million visitors in its first few days and, during its busiest period over the summer, he received five or six submissions a minute.
Meyer reads and approves every report. The site does not collect personal information, and it generally does not publish the reports themselves; each submission adds to the overall count of alleged ghosting incidents. The site focuses on candidates who have progressed through several hiring steps and then hear nothing, rather than people who apply and do not receive a reply.
The problem is common, according to a Greenhouse report based on a September 2026 survey of 1,200 U.S. job seekers: 45% of respondents who reached the interview stage said an employer ghosted them afterward.
Career coach Phoebe Gavin said candidates may blame themselves when a company goes silent, but described the lack of communication as a failure to show basic hiring etiquette. Candidates contribute substantial unpaid work during recruitment and can reasonably expect an update, she said.
Gavin noted that hiring managers at smaller companies may be balancing recruitment with their regular responsibilities, leaving candidates overlooked. Budget cuts, hiring freezes or leadership changes may also affect a hiring process behind the scenes. Those factors do not remove a company’s responsibility to communicate with candidates, she said.
Meyer says the site is not intended to become another Glassdoor. Its popularity became overwhelming, and he has a backlog of reports to review. He plans to keep running it, but hopes the hiring practice it documents will be addressed so the site is no longer needed.
Sources: CNBC Markets.