A kind word for HR departments out there who are using Indeed.com to offer jobs and Indeed Messaging to communicate with applicants: Offering a job to an applicant thru Indeed Messaging is terrible protocol and shouldnt be done. Yes, I just lost a job due to Indeed Messaging. Indeed.com no longer has any message boards of use to leave feedback for the company, thus why I'm here to implore to employers: Please do not use Indeed Messaging to offer someone a job. My recent experience went like this: I was contacted by an employer to conduct a phone interview, which took place on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. After a 15 min interview, apparently I had gotten the job, except the employer never had the sense to call me directly or email me directly to offer me the job. Instead, they spammed me thru Indeed Messaging until they took the job away a week later since I never saw or responded to the requests. I'm flabbergasted as to how this happened and now even suspect the HR dept of this 'company' (EMD Sales in Baltimore, MD) thought this was the correct way to approach a job seeker. Indeed Messaging is notorious for simply being spam by dubious companies or entities not offering real, tangible jobs. I only get spam thru Indeed Messaging... except for this one case.. in which HR simply couldnt be bothered to dial my phone number or email me directly (both pieces of info are clearly on my resume). So, I guess, I was simply completely out of luck, but to HR depts out there--Contact your candidate directly if you're offering a legit job. Ive been unemployed for over 6 months, suffering from the typical burnout which chronic unemployment causes, and this trick from this 'employer' only adds to the woe of not feeling like I'm being of use. Of course, I suspect the company wasn't legit.. but yes, please do not offer a job thru Indeed Messaging. Thank you.