I’m using Proton right now. Someone suggest I should get a Gmail instead for higher chance of success. Is that true? How risky is it for Google sanning those mails in terms of privacy?
It’s all good, especially now that they have proton.me when it was protonmail.com I had some issues saying it over the phone as some people didn’t understand and it is long to spell.
if your domain is like cock.li or smth then maybe, but protonmail.com sounds pretty professional
@cocaine.ninja
I don’t see any reason why it would affect your application(s) in the slightest. A good CV is a good CV. You could have @goatfondler.com for all I care.
Great! I can finally relax about my @ryongnamsan.edu.kp email.
Proton leaked a user’s IP address to law enforcement, you should seek alternatives. source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/
Protonmail is a widely used and common email provider. There is no reason why an employer would be prejudiced against your application based on you having a Protonmail address. I think a far more common thing employers think about when seeing applicants’ email addresses are things like “haha, they’re still using their email address from when they were 8 of alexdaboss at gmail dot com”, but I highly doubt they care about what domain it’s on unless you’ve got like a pornhub.com address or something.
I don’t think it should matter and if it did matter, do you really want to work for such small-minded judgmental people? The people who would care about an uncommon email domain would probably also see it as a “red flag” if you say that you don’t use certain social media sites. Don’t waste your time playing pointless image games.
It will not hurt your chances.
I use public@mydomain. Hasn’t negatively affected me. I created a burner Gmail account for a Google Meet interview and then tossed it aside after. I’ve been hired for two jobs in eight years using the public@ address.
Unfortunately, I have seen some CEO’s that will refuse employees using anything other than major services, like Google, Apple, etc.
I did see one specifically mention he will not interview anyone with a Proton email address because it wasn’t considered “professional”.
It’s certainly ridiculous, but big business is ridiculous.
You Def don’t want to work there then. Problem solved. Ceo is a fuck-face.
No job/recruiter/interviewer will ever care about what email provider you use.
It depends.
I judge people harshly for still using yahoo email. You disgusting fucks know who you are. Just look at yourselves. Ugh. /s
i still have the yahoo account i created back in the 90’s and i can’t rid of it because of the nostalgia it inspires, so i mostly use it for spam whenever some random site wants me to sign up.
What do you think they think when they see an AOL email
I work in HR. No one cares.
A lot of companies use Google mail anyways so your emails will be scanned regardless.
When places look at resumes, they’re looking at communication skills, education, experience, and work history. They’re looking for lies and exaggerations. The poor bastards have probably been through 60 resumes a day and they’re just hoping to find a keyword here or there that isn’t like the other 60 resumes.
If they’re unscrupulous they’re also looking at your name and trying to figure out your race/gender.
As long as the email address and content you provide exudes professionalism, and the email works, They don’t care at all.
As far as privacy, forget it. The business you are working with is already certainly using Microsoft or Google, they’re vetting your email address and content through a spam filter. In most cases you are private email has no longer private the second it gets to any company.
I thought Google Workspace mailboxes aren’t scanned?
They do say that. And I can’t say they’d tell us if they started. But for the moment let’s assume they still don’t. I also can’t say that they’d tell us if the government asked them to. But let’s put a pin in that too.
They do not claim not to scan the SMTP and mail transport. We know that they do scan it try to discern spam.
Do you trust them not to sell that juicy email they just scanned from an external email address?
Google Workspaces still have spam filtering in place, it’d be unusable if not. Admins can create rules for additional scanning if needed. You could also check the MX record to see if you’re actually sending to Google first, or a third party scanner who then forwards to Google Workspace.
If someone legitimately cares what email provider you use and uses that against you in the hiring process, chances are it’s not a place you’d want to work anyway.
What if the email is
@aol.com?Nope 0 fucks given. Or would have to be @ashleymadison or @pornhub or something. and even then it may just net you an interview.
They likely have too much experience.
Or a
hotmail.comoneHey, I still got one.
This is my exact feeling.
My boss never cared about my disroot email. He just asked what is was
