Sure - there’s no need to reply to 90% of recruiter emails (I don’t), but that doesn’t mean people need to talk so dismissively and condescendingly of them “recruiter spam” and such.
Just don’t reply and be happy we don’t need to.
Just don’t reply and be happy we don’t need to.
I increasingly don't reply, but I'm also aware that greeting outreach with silence is a far cry from kindness. I have trouble believing that this is really the best option. I'm really not sure what to tell my juniors - nobody really wants to hear that being bothered frequently by self-interested parties is just part of the burden of privilege.
What else would you call an unsolicited, undesired, insincere, largely irrelevant, automated message if not "spam"?