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30 Folks Online Share The Red Flags In Applicants That They Missed Or Ignored During Job Interviews That Eventually Led To Trouble
It goes without saying that a resume and an interview often say little about a candidate.
Sure, it does foolproof the system to some extent. After all, a recruiter can see how much effort the applicant is putting into getting the job, and they can also identify some potential red flags this way.
But it’s not until this person is hired and already doing their job that you can truly see how well they fit the role. Which is frustrating, but it is what it is.
So, some recruiters take a different, more laissez-faire approach to things. “Yeah, sure, that’s a red flag, but maybe it isn’t?” [Gestures in Jedi]. And then it comes back to bite them on the rump.
Folks on Reddit have been sharing such stories—recruiters, hiring managers, as well as coworkers and friends thereof shared how much trouble ignoring or missing a red flag has cost them in this thread.
Scroll down to see the best of the best responses from the viral Reddit thread, and while you’re at it, smack that upvote button, share stories if you have any, or just tell us a work joke so we could all have a laugh in the comment section below!
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#1
Oh oh oh I got one.
We had two interviews. Our interviews at my workplace were weird. We would have 1 Hiring Manager, 1 Guy from the floor, 1 supervisor, and then 1 female.
I was the female.
The first guy comes in and is very sloppy dressed. His outfit wasn't that impressive and he stuttered a lot. His looks weren't that attractive either. I wouldn't call him ugly and he was teeter-tottering on the line of unattractive. His resume though was holy s**t.
Impressive as f**k work history.
References from all his previous jobs (mostly management)
The skills we need and then some.
This guy could code, animate, fix, design, and you name it he can do it.
We do the interview and despite all awkwardness aside his resume was his one saving grace.
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Enter guy 2. This guy is a knockout. Dressed beautifully, wearing cologne, hair swept back, a smile on his face, and very VERY sociable. Everyone was impressed by him.
His resume, however, was not impressive. He was fresh out of college, only work experience he had was at a best buy and a costco. His references were all family members (which is fine but this is immediate family). His skills were... lackluster at best. He only put "Could Code in Javascript" or something like that.
Everyone else was impressed by him on looks like alone.
We decide to give these two a final test.
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The first guy passes with amazing colors and we ask him if he would like to add anything to his resume for documentation, etc. He gave us a list of volunteer activities and a list of notable achievements. We looked it over and were impressed again. Mostly because he did alot of stuff raising money by playing videogames (one boss was impressed)
Second guy finished the test and just said he has a good feeling about it. Walked out without anything.
I'm sure you know where this is going. We hired the second guy (I lost the vote 3 to 1) and the first guy was told he was put on file.
Two weeks later. Things in the office go missing, people are more stressed as hell, and whats worse is that we all think its this new guy.
Yeah it was. He was a womanizer and we all grew sick of his jokes and attempts to pass off his work onto us because he would say "I'd owe you." By owing us he would take one of us on a date and desperately try to get into our pants.
A sexual harassment suit later and he was canned. We tried calling the first guy, but he already found another job at a better company a job I would later move too.
Anna Tophoney 3 years ago
Disgusting guy. The first one deserved it so so much more. At least he still got a good job.
Jess Baldo 3 years ago
He deserved a better job too that means! And I'm sure he got it. Yeah that company did not deserve him:)
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Rachel Gerstner 3 years ago
Glad the first guy found a better job. This is why you don't hire based on appearances alone, that's just incredibly stupid
Paul Davis 3 years ago
The red flag here is the brutally incompetent staff of this business who only care about looks. That company must be a disaster.
Angela Turrall 3 years ago (edited)
"he was teeter-tottering on the line of unattractive" as unprofessional from the '1 woman' as the 3 who voted against him for that reason. You don't need to point out how unattractive you find someone to highlight how conventionally attractive another person is.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
In this case, that detail is relevant, because it informs the story. It is likely a part of why the other 3 made their decision.
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AnyOtherName 3 years ago
Aaand this is why scoring matrices in interviews need to be used, the first guy would totally have a claim against you if he challenged why the other guy got it
Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago
Unfortunately attractiveness and charisma aren't protected classes (in the US)
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WordWeaver 3 years ago
Reminds of that list about men negating women's opinions regardless of logic.
SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago
Oh I have a WHOLE LIST of instances where I gave management a heads up about an impending problem and was blown off and ignored as if I didn't know what I was talking about and then it blew up in my boss's face. But I can't publish it. 😆
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Id row 3 years ago
Amazingly stupid move by the company. "He's got no actual skills or references, but he's attractive. Let's hire him instead of the awesome skills guy." Ted Bundy was handsome and charming, how did that work out?
Apollo Starbuck 3 years ago
Especially since it's not a customer facing job...it's a back office den of geeks.
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#2
Ran a grooming shop with my ex-wife. We hired this lady who seemed a little high-strung (tweaky, actually), but we needed the help. Some customers swore that they recognized her from a while back at another shop, but she denied ever working there, and seemed oddly defensive about it.
One night, we found reviews on our Yelp page from one of her neighbors who she was fighting with. The neighbor specifically called her out in the reviews and spilled about how she was responsible for the death of a customer's dog: she walked away from the table for a break, the dog fell with the harness around it's neck and hung. We fired her immediately for lying to us and bringing her drama to our business.
Good Chicken 3 years ago
The same thing happened to my mother's dog years ago. I don't think my mother has ever truly gotten over it.
Load More Replies... Anna Tophoney 3 years ago
Oh my gosh that made me so sad! You can’t leave pets unattended. Poor doggy 😞
Carol Emory 3 years ago
Happened at the groom shop I worked at. Guy applied and was hired. Then the owner found out that he didn't quit his last job (which he never put down as an employment reference on his application,) he was fired for injuring a dog by handing it from the neck because the dog wasn't cooperating. It was a yorkie. The dog owner noticed the dog coughing when she picked it up, took it to the vets and found out the dog had neck and throat trauma. The guy tried to deny it, but the previous employers had cameras that caught the whole thing on tape. He was not only fired from our shop, he was also being brought up on animal cruelty charges.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
I gasped loudly when I read what happened to the dog. What a horrible story!
james81693 3 years ago
Wow anytime I'm dogsitting I get really anxious if they are out of my sight. Can't believe she just walked away while in the middle of grooming.
Whitney Raye Dunn 3 years ago
That IS pretty bad, but it's my belief that everyone deserves a chance to reform. If this woman had come forward about her mistake, maybe the outcome would have been different. I'd also like to wonder aloud why she chose the same profession- unless the incident brought her no sadness, in which case, it's my opinion she should be executed immediately where she stand, but that's just me. Speaking from experience, extensive interviews and background checks are a necessity. No matter the cost or time lost.
#3
"He has family in upper management".
Laziest person I've ever hired. His dad was an exec.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Rarely yes but surprisingly at my old job the president hired his son and made him work his åss off. Wasn't even a top position either but definitely made that kid earn that job. He was qualified too and suffered the normal abuses that came with the position. He was a good guy though
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Rebecca Trinkner 3 years ago
But - does this company spy on all their employees? Cameras in offices? Doesn't bother anyone else?
Steven Blake 3 years ago
The company's directors son worked through the summer in a warehouse that I was a supervisor, he would constantly turn up late and try to sneak to his work area. I pulled him on it and told him to get to work on time. He said to me " you can't talk to me like that, I'll tell my Dad ". I said feel free to use the office phone and mention my name.
Seabeast 3 years ago
Ha, encountered one of those in one place I worked. Daddy was a shareholder, so he felt free to yammer on for hours and hours and hours about his stupid hockey card collection. Once in a while he deigned to do a little work, then he'd start yapping again.
ljbeanfield 3 years ago
Im a leftist. Stop making everything political. This is not a war.
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Not a hiring manager, but I recently worked under a supervisor who had been out of the industry for several years but was trying to make a move back in. During his interviews, he apparently directed his answers only to the men in the room, even if the question was asked by a woman. They hired him anyway, and once he started, he refused to work with the women on the team - even though they knew more of the industry, since it had changed quite a bit since this guy had left. Thankfully he was let go about a year after he was hired.
begging for ham 3 years ago
if he acted that way with coworkers, imagine being his wife or daugther?
Sleepy_Child 3 years ago
Oh that must be absolutely terrible. I feel sorry for them if he has any
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Nikole 3 years ago
SERIOUSLY! They waited a year to fire him?? Women don't really count though, remember?
Load More Replies... Anna Tophoney 3 years ago
Thank god he was let go. Yes it’s sexist which is terrible but on top of that it’s selfish! You’re only causing issues for everyone else sir!
Rebecca Trinkner 3 years ago
Wow, it took a whole YEAR of disrespecting female employees before he was "let go"? That's sad.
#5
I actually hired someone who was late for the interview. Her apology was totally reasonable and I looked past it because she seemed like a good fit. A few weeks into the job it came out that she didn’t know what time zone we were in. That’s not the reason she was late, but it did turn out that her understanding of time and clocks was insufficient for a job where scheduling things across time zone was a primary responsibility.
BadCat 3 years ago (edited)
Sounds like severe dyscalculia (math dyslexia) which does affect sense of time and time management. (js. It's a real learning disability.)
Kitsune Nocturne 3 years ago
I have dyscalculia, and I was surprised to find it mentioned here not because I disagree but because most people don't know about dyscalculia. I will say, however, that dyscalculia does affect people differently, depending on the person. Some people struggle more with maps and comprehending distances, others with number comprehension, abstract concepts like time, or, if you're like me, all of it - and more! For anyone reading this who may have a new diagnosis, please take it from someone who has a pretty severe case (me): it does get easier, so long as you create and stick to coping skills that work for you. I'm not saying you'll ever be a mathematician, or that you'll be able to suddenly read maps with ease - but you may be able to memorize some numbers, balance finances, and have a tendency for being way too early to things instead of late if you work on the skills and utilize the tools you need in order to achieve those things. It will never be easy - but it will be *easier*.
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Quicksilver40 3 years ago
Wouldn't that show up in the interview easily? The ability for you or her to recognize multiple time zone planning is involved?
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I grew up on the border of 2 time zones. Some docs in one, some the other. I went to school in one, parents worked in the other. Not very difficult...
Keley Babs 3 years ago
In all fairness, I didn't realize for six months after working across multiple time zones that the calendar on your iPhone will change an event time if you cross a time zone. It really messed with some meetings and work times for me. So I started scheduling things with the time in the title
Tyler Schommer 3 years ago
I was hired even though my phone number was incorrect on my resume. In fairness, it was correct on the left side but not the right side so for some reason I didn't copy and paste?
Katarina Johnson 3 years ago
Maybe cause it is an actual thing that was discovered and people just suffered with it without answers for a long time?? Just a thought
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#6
One applicant had this weird, sort of arrogant body language during the interview. But, because they looked great on paper and otherwise interviewed okay, I wrote it off as anxiety or something. Joke's on me, because that person ended up being the whiniest, snottiest, bi**hiest, most vile individual. Thank God they found another job before I had to let them go.
Jing Yi Xu 3 years ago
I wish you gave them the firing they deserved still, it'll bring their ego down a bit
Mtg Wolfie 3 years ago
Unless it was true narcissism. I'm which case it'd be more of a "I wasn't fired for my own faults. I was fired because they couldn't handle my awesomeness"
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
I find it really awesome that they gave them the benefit of doubt, even though it didn't turn out fine. People with social anxiety might, indeed, try to fake "confident body language" or something and thus come across weird, then actually turn out to be decent people...Not the case here of course.
Amber Rolfes 3 years ago
We actually had a guy come in for an interview at a place I used to work with and he was so arrogant is was disgusting. He was on such a high horse saying things like "Well you'll hire me cause you need people." and "Come on you need me." and my favorite "I don't need this job but you guys need me." Needless to say we didn't need him.
Ronald Reed 3 years ago
They? Really, there's nothing wrong with using gender specific pronouns.
Melanie Friese 3 years ago
I had to work with many like this in one career job. So bad the entire place was shut down. I still have PTSD from the hostile, sexist unprofessional place
#7
A couple of seventeen-year-old boys were dropped off by their father [in a compact, red Porsche convertible, not that it's relevant] with frozen yogurt cups in their hands. The older one walked up to the desk, and, with f*****g froyo *in his mouth,* asked "Can I get an application?"
The brothers spent almost half an hour eating frozen yogurt, laughing and joking with each other, and filling out that application in our lobby. It was maybe a five-minute application.
When they handed their applications to me, I took them [the applications, not the applicants] back to our brand new HR lady and, laughing, told her about these kids who were obviously only looking for jobs because daddy made them do it. I pointed out a sticky thumbprint on one of the applications. It was funny to me and she laughed along with me.
She hired both of them on the spot. Before that point, applicants were required to have a minimum of three years' experience in whatever field they were applying for. Neither of these kids had ever had a job before. That place went downhill rapidly under that HR manager, because she would just hire anybody she liked--which meant she only hired attractive, highly extroverted teenagers.
Those two boys and just about everyone else that woman hired were terrible.
cat? 3 years ago
not only is that really inconvenient and annoying, but that HR lady is kinda f*****g weird..
- 3 years ago
That HR persons' requirements are discrimination. Must be male, young, attractive, outgoing.
JB 3 years ago
Wondering where or what kind of company this is? My experience in companies ranging from a 15-person to a global corporation with tens of thousands is that HR may sort through resumes and conduct initial interviews, sometimes, but there’s always an interview with the person (e.g. manager, supervisor, department head) who is hiring. What am I missing here?
Jess Baldo 3 years ago
I know that's what I thought at first too like they didn't actually want to work and it was more just to see if they would show up
Load More Replies... Melanie Friese 3 years ago
Bad hiring takes down a department, a section and an entire center.
Wilko Pebesma 3 years ago
Where are the complaints about sexism that would be posted if the hr lady was a man who was hitting teenage girls?
#8
We were swamped. I needed bodies and I needed them quickly. At the time I was mostly in need of FOH engineers. Most of my hires are by referral, but I got a cold email from a girl with a resume. It seemed too good to be true. Degree from a music school, history of engineering and design. Musical background. I didn’t even check references. We had a couple good emails back and forth, and she seemed clever enough. I told her we’d hire her, and to come into the office and fill out paperwork.
The girl who shows up is incredibly timid. This isn’t unusual for me? I’m a pretty huge, intimidating white guy. I look like someone who’s going to pull out a confederate flag and a tiki torch. I’m not, but people often feel uncomfortable when meeting me for the first time. So I give her the benefit of the doubt. We make awkward small talk. Real awkward. She fills out her paperwork, and leaves.
So her first day comes. I pair her with one of my assistants. My assistant used to work for a theatre where part of her job was doing community outreach. Backstage tours for kids, elderly, and special ed classes. She was real good at it, so she’s on the job for ten minutes with the new girl before she comes up and tells me that the engineer I hired was a barely functioning autistic girl. I instantly felt stupid, but I wasn’t sure how to proceed. I asked her to stay close to her, do her best, and I’d pick up the slack when I could. My assistant became the new girls best friend in the next hour, and found out that the whole thing was her mom. Her mom wanted her to have a normal job, so she made her daughter a fake resume, and corresponded with me by email, while doing really stellar research on the field to appear knowledgeable.
Once we knew all this, we moved the new girl out of the position we had picked her up for. She worked on our general labor crew for awhile, and did really well, till she eventually ghosted us.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
As the mom of three autistic kids , something about this post leaves me a little icky feeling . Something for future reference people with autism are generally at their worst functioning in a new situation. They need time to become comfortable with the environment and people . Then they can be as competent as anyone else. Communication on applications and during interviews is set up for typical people , and qualified autistic people can be looked over for a job that they'd be brilliant at because of communication issues during the hiring process
Ashley Hanisko 3 years ago
My son is autistic, and although I believe he deserves a chance like everyone else (with some accommodations and considerations), I would never misrepresent him to an employer of his, by doing all the prep work for him. I could coach him through it, but there is no guarantee he would be a good fit, neurotypical or not if I spoke on his behalf and lying and saying I was him. I felt icky at "barely functioning autistic girl", bc you're right... give it some time and accommodate within reason... but to lie on your kid's behalf to put them in a situation that is bad for them and the employer is super irresponsible and not doing the kid any favors.
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
I helped a friend with an autistic teen-aged son get a summer job at the Exploratorium (an S.F. interactive science museum) but I made sure that they knew ahead of time. He's highly functional, just sometimes gets overwhelmed and needs a place to hide out for a while (10-15 min.) to restore himself. It turns out they have protocols in place and regularly hire these sorts of special needs kids. It's been about a month and so far he's very happy there. I'm only posting this because this post is kind of saddening and I'm hoping it will help all you Pandas out there feel better.
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
Wow. I don't even know where to begin. First, let me say that I think you did the best you could with how and when the information was presented to you. That may ruffle some feathers, but people are at different levels on the spectrum. Not making someone aware ahead of time does not give them the opportunity to make a safe and comfortable environment for the employee with autism. Some triggers can end up causing unsafe situations for other employees. Did I say wow? What is the best answer for this?🤷♀️
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
Do tiki torches mean something I'm unaware of? If I buy a tiki torch, are people going to think I'm a bigot or something?
SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago
I think it's only if you carry it while marching down the street holding a flag.
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Jennifer Sheppard 3 years ago
As an autistic person, I can tell you that's a mother in denial.
Alana Voeks 3 years ago (edited)
It probably wasn't her that ghosted but her mother forcing her to. This sounds like a classic case of "BuT i WaNtEd A nOrMaL cHiLd" and thus wanting her to be a CEO or some s**t. When she found out, she just yanked her out.
FailBunny17 3 years ago
Lol *Sees child is anxious and awkward around people... "I know let's put her in acting school!" (real story)
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If someone tells you they are a "free spirit" during the interview you're going to have some problems
Most of the free spirits I have dealt with aren't free spirits at all. They're just immature stoners who brand themselves a particular way to make it look like they're living such a carefree life maaaan. They all have phones, do the same petty social media s**t, think smoking weed before work is OK because they don't consider it a drug, lack some basic hygiene, etc...
Guess what?? I smoke weed too and am probably more of a "free spirit" in the traditional sense than any of them; however there is a reason I am hiring them and not the other way around. Get your s**t together you damned fake hippies!
SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago (edited)
Lol, I've worked with plenty of these folks. I wish they'd realize that smoking pot doesn't have to be their ENTIRE personality. And not being lazy/helping others is way more in line with their supposed philosophy. They are absolutely fake hippies.
Chris D'Asta 3 years ago
I am lucky that my smoke shop is staffed by competent, intelligent, kind, caring and mindful individuals. We serve our community and we are appreciated for our service. Unity for positivity!
SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago
I love it. It's not enough to drop out of a toxic culture, you have to be prepared to build a better one.
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D. Pitbull 3 years ago
Hmm... sounds like so much of the 'red flag language' used to make themselves sound really good - buuuut... the truth.. well... often not as flattering - like someone saying "I have a strong, forceful personality" - really... ? No... no, you are just an arrogant jerk who talks over people and tries to enforce circular arguments.
Pepe Silvia 3 years ago
I don't think there's any bigger red flag than someone describing themselves as "forceful"
Load More Replies... Melanie Friese 3 years ago
I agree. We dont need whatever....we need people trained in their field, professional and can do all the work in their job description.
#10
I didn't miss it! My boss did, and it's something I pointed out multiple times during the process. This was maybe five years ago.
So, for context...my boss was not a very good manager, and yet he was the director of our team. He had a good work ethic, a good head on his shoulders, and always got things done not only well but on time; he was rightfully rewarded for it all. That said, he possibly has the social EQ of a fish.
In my industry, you need a thick skin and the ability to kind of bulldoze through s**t, people, whatever. It's heavily rampant with scumbags, fraud, etc., and it's why we get paid well -- we're capable of navigating through that s**t and saving/making our companies a lot of money in the process. This guy that we were interviewing just didn't feel like a personality fit during the phone screen. Immediately after the call, I tell my boss that I'm a no. The guy isn't just going to get run over by our industry, but our own f*****g team. He sounds like a great guy, but just not a fit. I get told to give him a chance.
Then comes the in-person interview. It's basically all confirmed. Super nice dude, I would love to manage him in any other scenario, but not here. He just doesn't have the personality traits to succeed in our environment -- which was admittedly not a good one. Boss tells me "Don't worry, macabruh. We can fix him." The f**k? First of all, there's nothing to fix. His personality isn't s**t, it's just not right for our job. Two, you're not the one managing him...I am?
The dude ends up accepting our offer. Honestly, I love the guy. He's so friendly, earnest, and worked really hard because he saw the gaps in his skill sets from where he was an where he needed to be. But it took a giant toll on him, and eventually me. The guy ended up being diagnosed as clinically depressed, he hated the f*****g job, and I was nowhere *near* experienced enough as a manager to handle something like that. When he was at his wit's end, I just told him to take a break (start with a vacation so that he's paid, and then decide whether or not he wants to leave afterwards), take care of himself, and to utilize me in any way he could for future prospects outside of our work.
TL;DR: My boss' inability to judge personalities literally sent someone over the edge into depression.
King Joffrey 3 years ago
I work in an industry like that and we have had two people going through full blast mental breakdown in my time here... The people who do well are almost always narcissistic heartless bastards. The only reason I've stayed is because we get paid well (paid off my mortgage at 41) but I am now considering a change of career as still have 20 years to retirement and just can't see myself doing it for that long...
AndThenICommented 3 years ago (edited)
Ugh, I feel this one. I’ve worked in a few places that have had that ethos. It’s sad and so often unnecessary (as in not relevant to the actual work) but the industry just attracts shitty personalities. Like ZERO professionalism to test your boundaries and gos forbid if you’re a woman. But it does pay ridiculously well most of the time.
Midoribird Aoi 3 years ago
I do feel sorry for the guy. Different from a lot of these as he did try hard and was able to recognize where he needed to improve, but it broke him in the process. I am glad you were kind to him, and I hope he was able to get back on his feet. You both sound like great people.
Alana Voeks 3 years ago (edited)
Remember people, if you think someone won't be a good fit for a job, never make it about the person. Management rarely gives a damn about the people. Make it about the money. She should have said his personality would make them lose money, or at least not gain it as quickly.
Whitney Raye Dunn 3 years ago
Good for you for working with that person to the best of your ability. Thank you. Really. You're an angel.
WordWeaver 3 years ago
That was me, thirty years ago. I get what OP meant about "fit". Hope that guy found somewhere he belonged.
MY 3 years ago
I don't think that has anything to do with personality...it sounds like a toxic workplace. Not sure if the manager was aware of it or perpetrating it but you and your team definately sounds like they did. Nice one for being his friend though. Sometimes a breath of fresh air is needed in a workplace (everyone gets jaded after a while) but not fitting in because he is "too nice" is straight out bullying and illegal in some countries. I think you and your team need to take take good look at yourselves and I hope he's found a better job and received the help he needs for his depression. Rant over
Rachel Gerstner 3 years ago
Maybe don't hire shitty people that create toxic environments so you have to find people that are capable of dealing with abuse.
#11
Oh man, a couple of years ago I hired this girl who seemed very sweet, but when you looked at her she almost had angry eyes. Something felt off but i couldn’t place it. She said the right things and was nice enough in the interview so I hired her. Even after the interview I had this feeling like I had made a mistake but again, couldn’t place it. The job is basically some light cleaning, greeting people and honestly just socializing. It’s easy, pays OK and fun for most people. Well, almost immediately it’s apparent she isn’t cleaning s**t. I bring it up with her and she swears she did it. I just reminded her that it needs to be done, didn’t really argue with her, just said it doesn’t look like it’s been done. She snorts and stands up and starts cleaning what she clearly hadn’t earlier. The next day, a customer tells me she was incredibly rude to her. I ask her if she knows what happened and she says she hadn’t spoken to anyone on the phone yet. Confused I walk back to my office to pull up our phone records. Not only did she take that call she had been making international calls before I got to work that lasted hours. While I was reviewing this, one of her coworkers walks in and told me she was concerned about the new girls behavior and recites to me exactly what the customer had told me she said. Well, I fired her, told her this wasn’t a good fit so she gave us a negative review on google I think. Well her husband was a client of ours as well so we cancelled all our business with him and when i did, he calls me and says “Please don’t do this, I’ll make her take it down - she’s just f*****g crazy.” We decided to keep him on, felt bad for the guy. This was all within 3 DAYS OF BEING HIRED.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago (edited)
I felt this hard when they mentioned ‘the crazy eyes’. I have dealt with this, it’s not empirical but damn, trust your gut. Edit: autocorrect typo
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
Crazy eyes are a thing. I’ve yet to meet someone who has them and doesn’t do something crazy.
Load More Replies... Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
Wait, "her husband"? You started the story with "this girl", so up until the part about the husband, I was picturing a teenager.
btaglln 3 years ago
I was thinking the same, it is very rude and not professional
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Not a hiring manager but everytime someone brought up in an interview "what's the fastest anyones been promoted here? I want to break that record!" They end up being duds
T D 3 years ago
The most efficient workers I've seen are the ones who don't brag or try to assert themselves as the "star worker". They let their work speak for them
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Alana Voeks 3 years ago
Great question for interviewees right now is "how did your company handle the COVID outbreak"
Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago
If you're so great, why aren't you applying for that job instead of this one?
#13
Not a hiring manager but a dev. teamlead. Had to hire new people for the team. This guy came along with a ton of experience, pretty much spot on, there were some differences in code styles but that was that. Only thing was, the guy was around 15 years older than me and had 10 years of experience more. I specifically asked him how he would be around someone much younger maybe making decisions that he might not like (I’m all up for democracy in projects, but sometimes there is more at play then specifics, as a dev I know what those are like). He told me he was and that we could just talk about it when it came up. Turned out I was arguing over every little thing in a ‘his way or the highway’ kind of deal. Should have seen that one coming in hindsight
A. 3 years ago
15 years older is dinosaur aged in tech years, but hardly that big a deal in human years. He should have learned from you rather than discounting your more current knowledge.
Carol Emory 3 years ago
My husband was in on hiring new developers for his company. First hire was an older man (60ish) who'd been coding for a while. He was nice, but very slow. Projects that should have taken 2 days tops were taking two weeks...they let him go. Second hire was a guy with lots of experience, fast, but short employment history. After a year of this guy working for the company...my husband (who was this guys boss and had been there for 7 years as well as their fastest developer) found out that the new hire was going behind his back and bad mouthing my husband to the owner. Problem was that the office was a small office and very tight knit and didn't put up with office politics/drama. The owner knew the new guy was full of BS. So when the new guy approached the owner about wanting him to outbid another offer he'd had from another company, the owner said "Have fun in your new job...we will miss you." The company the guy went to folded after 2 years.
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censorshipsucks 3 years ago
ALL programmers are like this. I've never met one who was not "my way or highway". Not one.
begging for ham 3 years ago
well sometimes someone think that if they're older, means that they 're smarter and have more experience
JB 3 years ago
They may not be smarter but they definitely have more experience!
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She was swearing in the interview. I brought it up, 'Do you always swear this often?' This was a cashiering gig. She said it was because she was pissed that she'd been rejected for an administrative position at another company because the hiring manager didn't like her attitude. I could sense where they were coming from.
I told the Ops Manager not to hire her but she was hot (9/10) and he was stupid. She lasted two days. One day of orientation and one day of cashier training which she refused to even try because it was below her.
mind yours 3 years ago
honestly! i love expressive language but in a job interview??? no
Load More Replies... Kieran Bushey 3 years ago
I used to have the nickname “Potty-Mouthed Princess” when I was a Veterans peer advocate (provided it wasn’t around our civilian grant managers, nobody gave a f**k because all of us were Veterans). However I can control it and do not swear in interviews or around children. There’s a time and place for sentence enhancers - an interview and most public-facing jobs are not it.
Rachel Gerstner 3 years ago
I can't believe there are so many people that just hire based on looks, just really stupid
Chris D'Asta 3 years ago
I swear constantly but find restraint with my guests in my shop. You can guage whether saying f**k is acceptable or not in a second. Let's address the elephant. Why did the OP find it necessary to reveal that the applicant was a 9/10?
Kathleen R. 3 years ago
Emphasizing how hot she was, meaning she was hot enough (to the hiring manager) to compensate for her swearing.
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mind yours 3 years ago
no accounting for taste ig, but yours is questionable here
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Not hiring manager but counseling co-worker. I said the lady we were to hire complained a bit too much about her current job and that I would let her go.
They hired her.
Guess who's a complaining c**t that everyone's actively trying to avoid?
begging for ham 3 years ago
maybe bcoz there's lack of drama in the office and it's not challenging enough so the company hired someone like that. isn't it nice that we have common enemy in the office? (its a joke okay, please dont downvote me, or else my cat's gonna cry)
Melanie Friese 3 years ago
Wow would have loved working in a professional, no gossip, or complaining and laziness place.
Fiona Parky 3 years ago
Perhaps you could explain a bit more? At the moment it’s looks a bit like you didn’t want ladies next to your work space. You might want to rethink the words you used because they don’t put you in a good light
Daniel R 3 years ago
I think you're implying that the only thing all women do is gossip and he's sexist beacuse he doesn't like gossip at work. I hope you're not that silly
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Not a hiring manager, but was evaluating applications for a position. One candidate gave some very thoughtful, insightful criticisms of his current workplace. We appreciated his candor, and the content of the critiques were perceptive.
When we hired him, we realized that while he spoke well and appeared intelligent, all he could is criticize everything... even when his criticisms made no sense. We started to see him complaining about the same things with us that he complained about in his letter, even things that were objectively false (like our vacation policy being use-it-or-lose-it, which it literally wasn't).
Moral: a good candidate will find ways to frame criticisms in a positive, forward-looking way in a cover letter, not complain about their current employer.
Alana Voeks 3 years ago
Soooo, how do I call out my job that never gave me breaks and had me working on my feet literally all day for 8 to 10 hours a day?
#17
I manage a restaurant kitchen. I'm not the only one involved in hiring decisions. Our GM, owner, exec, my AKM, and our FOH manager are all involved as well, but I have the final say on anyone hired into the kitchen. The biggest mistake I've made so far was hiring a guy who got irrationally defensive and had issues controlling his anger during the interview. Ultimately, his extensive experience in kitchens won out over my instincts. He started a fight that put two of my other cooks in the hospital one night after we closed. Also managed to break about $1300 of equipment in the process. The funniest mistake was hiring our owner's nephew. Guy comes in for the interview clearly coked out. Second night I turn around and he's snorting a line of cocaine off one of the cutting boards right next to food being prepared to be sent out
Flash Henry 3 years ago
I bartended in a few places during my 20s and I lost count of the number of chefs with anger management issues.
#18
I used to do hiring for a small store and the biggest red flags were "too good to be true." Candidates who claimed they loved the public, never had any problems with coworkers, and were never late or absent invariably caused the biggest problems because they were lying through their teeth.
- 3 years ago (edited)
If conflicting timelines, discussions, and the occasional tough client was part of the job, I'd be interested in how a candidate handles that. I'd be a bit suspicious if I asked, "Have you ever had a conflict at work and if so, how did you try to solve it?" and got a cheery, "I've NEVER had a conflict!" My next question might be, "If you did, how would you solve it?" If the person works alone, the question is less useful. An example: a man with autism who's a brilliant programmer, but might grumble hello if prodded to be sociable; no fun at Christmas parties, but does great work.
Midoribird Aoi 3 years ago
I have had to learn the fine shades of social mimicry to mask my problems with being around other people. It is odd to say that for someone who hates being around others due to stress, and has had issues with social blindness, ends up working a highly public job like mine. I have learned, very gradually, over time, to read the finer shades of things. There is a big reason I get along so well with the elderly and with very small children. Children are pure and easy to amuse, and the elderly are very restrained in nature while being incredibly sweet. And I do like most of my coworkers and I enjoy my job for the most part, but once I'm gone, I want nothing to do with anyone. Keeping up the mask is exhausting. There is more to it, but that's the start of the matter.
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I averted it and managed to avert the owner of the companies choice for a position (with support from co workers). Said business was therapeutic massage. We tried to never oversell the benefits of bodywork. No "This will cure x y or z talk." We were skilled at what we did but the boss.... just didn't hire based on licensing and skill sets. Now I know that in a perfect world anyone can do any job, but massage in the South? You better be female and skilled mightily. This is what we lacked. We had two male therapists and business was way down. Owner decides lets specifically look for females to hire. This is a problem of course. Not only does the business look extremely sexist for doing this, you are taking a small talent pool and shrinking it even farther. But ok, thats what he wants. We interview and hire two female therapists, both flake because of personal reasons VERY quickly. Try it again on the reccomendation of a client who says he knows someone extremely skilled, licensed and female. Hooray, as long a she isn't a whirling dervish of oddity shes got the job.
She comes in for the interview barefoot. in a see thru summer dress sans undergarments. Wearing a circlet of semiprecious stones, one of which is tapping her on the forehead as she speaks. She speaks at a whisper, often trails off to nowhere. Begins to regale us with a story about how her techniques could make the lame walk essentially....well as long as she had her healing crystals with her and incense burnin We finish the interview, give her a friendly wave, and then the other male therapist turns to the owner and promises to burn our business down if he has to "Work with that Austin hippie *begins yelling in Norweigian*"..
Betty Echols 3 years ago
Comes to the interview barefooted and see through dress? I would have sent her back out the door within a minute
Benita Valdez 3 years ago (edited)
That has to be rough trying to hire like that. And I definitely get it; alot of people, male and femal, seem to feel more comfortable with female masseuse. Personally I don't give a cråp who massages me as long as you don't make things worse but if you start talking snake oil to me then no way. Your patchouli and amethyst aren't going to do shìt for the giant spasm that is my back
Lillukka79 3 years ago
Personally, I prefer a male masseuser. Just from experience, they have always been better at finding the kinks in my sholder blades.
Load More Replies... Betty Echols 3 years ago
Any hiring manager in Massage Therapy should always get a test massage as part of the interview. I taught Massage for years and it's amazing how many people can spend a year in school actually doing massages and still don't know what they are doing
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
Sounds like she was a hippie chick. She had expressed some hubris but doesn’t sound like they actually tested her skill as a massage therapist, just didn’t like her.
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#20
I asked what teamwork meant to her
She said it made the dreamwork
I hired her
Turned out dreams do not in fact work
Detail: repeatedly late or rang in sick. Invited to probation review meeting with her understanding it could lead to her dismissal. She arrived as it was meant to finish. Looked shocked when I fired her
Paul Davis 3 years ago
What a stupid interview. Again the red flags are that the people hiring are incompetent.
Alana Voeks 3 years ago
It's more like running a ship. If you have a few people who slack off, sure, it might not go down, but when that inevitable storm hits, you'll see just how screwed you are because someone didn't do their job right
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 3 years ago
I guess your the idiot for hiring her for the dreamwork comment. That was a red flag for me.
aj B 3 years ago
Hopefully the lesson of "If they speak in corporate buzz lingo, they will act like the managers who speak in corporate buzz lingo" wasn't lost. "Remember people, Synergize because teamwork makes the dream work, and you all need to keep our core competencies in alignment." if anyone knows what I typed feel free to tell me because I have NO IDEA.
Melanie Friese 3 years ago
They teach people now to say key phrases and how to embellish on a resume. I was taught facts and professionalism.
#21
If they have another job.
Last summer I landscaped with this guy who would consistently oversleep and show up hours later (we had to be at the work site at 7 AM SHARP) and when he didn't, he was clearly very drowsy and unproductive. My boss said that in the interview the guy said he had a small part time job but it wouldnt be a problem. Well it turns out he was working as a bartender almost every night until 2 AM. My boss had to fire him because he was clearly prioritizing his other job over ours. I would feel bad for the guy if he didn't f**k us over so many times (it was just the boss and 3 workers including me so just one person missing was a big problem)
begging for ham 3 years ago
it's not healty at all. without proper rest, he will end up in the hospital
Gaming Elementalist 3 years ago
Sadly that's what a lot of people have to do just to get by these days. People end up killing themselves just to survive.
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Bob Cakin 3 years ago
Conflicted about this. For many people in America, you simply can't get by without working 2 or 3 jobs. Especially if yoy are working min wage or close to min wage. It sucks and it shouldn't be that way (every job should pay a living wage) but that is the way our society is currently set up.
SirDigbyChickenCaesar 3 years ago
As a bartender, I can not imagine why anyone would do this to themselves. But also sounds like he should find another place to bartend because it's the best job I've had and actually pays the bills and then some so I don't have to have 3 jobs.
#22
Candidate for supervisor position was asked about a time when they had trouble completing a task (I hate corporate interviews!). Candidate mentions something they struggled with but the answer was that they found a way of completing the task that worked for them and did that going forward.
So we kind of take that to be a big positive for thinking outside the box and being able to solve problems independently using the tools available to them. Now this was a preferred candidate so we didn’t do a lot of deep digging questions around the standard questions we were required to ask by corporate.
Fast-forward and Candidate is now Supervisor. We have a team of about 12. There is an opening checklist and a closing checklist. Supervisor struggles with learning tasks on checklist. No other team member has issue with tasks on checklist as it literally writes out what buttons you need to press. Supervisor concludes that checklist is poorly done since they cannot understand it. Proceeds to make changes to checklist master document to the way they feel it should be done and chaos ensues.
Now we have Supervisor that understands checklist, about 3-4 that just press the buttons, and the rest of the team is now lost. On top of this, Manager checklists have tasks that can only be done once staff has done their tasks. As a result of some of these tasks being removed from the checklist, manager tasks are no longer being done on time and everything is thrown off.
When coached on this incident, Supervisor did not ask trainer, teammate, or manager about how to understand the checklist and just made changes without communicating this to rest of the team. We did thank Supervisor for being proactive but then worked as a team to make any necessary changes but used the original as a template. We also did some extra coaching on what they didn’t understand. It took a few weeks to get everything back on track though and our scores took a hit as a result.
Supervisor was up for Manager position at another location. Supervisor puts on their resume “revamped morning/evening checklists for improved team performance.” Couldn’t help but chuckle at that one.
Ronald Reed 3 years ago
Why do you use "they" instead of "he" or "she"? Really, there's nothing wrong with gender specific pronouns.
juice 3 years ago (edited)
for further anonymity, maybe? i do that sometimes when i'm talking to people i don't know well ("my friend did x, they did y, etc.”)
Load More Replies... Sue User 3 years ago
Worked with someone like that. He thought we were being overcharged for a QA task from a supplier. So he had them stop. Claimed credit for saving many. One year later he hires another supplier to write software ( for free ) to fix said issue. Turns out the software was free, but they charged fees to do the work using the software. Fees that were higher than the original QA work. He claimed credit for the QA savings and for the "free" software.
#23
Company hired an arrogant individual who had issues everywhere he worked both with co workers, product and policies, supervisors, and customers. When I brought the issues up with him he seemed ok and when I left he called upper management crying . He said I had offended him and was a racist. This was relayed to me and we had a meeting with upper management. I begged my manager to get HR involved and either look at me and see if I was racist or if he was full of it. They did not get HR involved and told me to try my best to train him up. I gave it a try and failed to get any buy in or progress. I ended up leaving the company via headhunter for greener pastures and after I left they transferred him to another location because they put a more inexperienced person then myself. He is now at another location doing the same thing. I have a friend with the old company and that dud of a worker has called 4 different people racist who have brought up his performance. I don't know how folks like that keep jobs. Disruptive and zero effort in any tasks. The hiring manager apologized to me when I was leaving.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
The worst thing about people abusing the race card is it makes hiring managers even more likely to discriminate against new hires.
Lillukka79 3 years ago
A random guy walked up to me on the street and asked me out to coffee right then. I was on my way home after a long day, so tired and pissed of to beguin with, so told him thanks, but no thanks. He started screaming I'm being rasist for not agreeing to go. Hell no dude, it's not about skin colour, it's your timing and the entiteled attitude, p**s of twat.
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Look for the common denominator - If an individual has issues "everywhere he worked...with co workers, product and policies, supervisors, and customers" then the issue is him. _____ As to why " folks like that keep jobs" - fear. The company is afraid he'll make an EEOC complaint and they'll get hammered on social media if the fire him
Josh 3 years ago
I get the worries of some folks about racist calls maybe being actually racist. But as someone who worked in a high work load mail order pharmacy, and had not one, not two but the separate people specifically threaten to sue the company based on racial discrimination because they were going to get fired? They absolutely deserved it. Those particular individuals did nothing, left their spots to go talk with each other and over all were just terrible. And because of the lawsuit threat, they had the whole supervisory staff by the hair on where they got to work. But almost every other person there? Whether white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Bangladeshi, Indian? They out performed this three 20 to 1. Sometimes there are just useless a**holes that use the fact there is rampant country wide racism as a shield.
iseefractals 3 years ago
I've said it before, and i'll say it again, identity politics is ruining society. 9 out of 10 stories, articles or blog posts that claim to be highlighting discrimination of some sort (and always in the title) actually come down to "I am _____ and i don't like what was said/done so it's RACISM/SEXISM/HOMOPHOBIA/TRANSPHOBIA, it's everywhere and worse than ever!" The disappointment of this phenomenon is two fold 1) the number of people who don't read past the title, and thus think the claim is valid is staggering 2) anyone that actually takes the time to read/listen to the full story sees it for the disingenuous manipulation it is, meaning that sooner or later, they're going to miss the legitimate instances that deserve attention and outrage because there's just so much "i'm offended so you're discriminating against me" Absolutely no one benefits here, and it's damn near impossible to address because it's met with more claims of discrimination.
#24
Hired a guy because he reminded me of my good friend who was addicted to oxy contin. Turned out the guy was addicted to oxy contin.
Paul Davis 3 years ago (edited)
No part of that statement shows any sort of reasonable judgment by the person hiring. Hiring someone because they remind you of your friend? Not because he had any sort of qualifications for the job? You maybe discriminated against qualified people who differed from your friend group? That workplace must have zero diversity and talent.
#25
We had a resume come in and I told the managing attorney that the girl was totally full of s**t. There’s no way possible she had the certifications she listed. It was complete and utter b******t.
He invited her in for an interview anyway, and except for a couple major red flags for me, she interviewed very well. He hired her on the spot.
She was a disaster from day one. Took 20+ smoke breaks a day, lied constantly, used all her PTO within the first couple weeks, called out when she would post on FB about being at a local version of Comic Con, etc. Fired her within 60 days.
mind yours 3 years ago
i mean tbf, it might be tacky and dumb to take sick time and publically post about what you did instead, but the pto was hers to do with as she wished. the rest is not great and it sounds like she deserved firing but I'm OVER companies thinking they're entitled to know what employees are doing when they're not at work, even on sick leave.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
Maybe it's not the same for all companies, but mine specifically has different types of PTO. If they take vacation days, then yeah, it's none of the company's business what they're doing. But, sick time is specifically for medical stuff.
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#26
People who speak in superlatives rather than answering questions directly.
Turns out the guy while super excited to work for me really didn't understand the role. I ended up firing him the last day of his 90-day probation period despite spending an enormous amount of time with him trying to get him right.
Jessica Strickland 3 years ago
Tell me you didn't read the title or the intro without telling me you didn't read the title or the intro.
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Melanie Friese 3 years ago
Good for you. I worked in a place where there was a 90 and a year probation. Supervisors and managers were afraid to fire. Ended up with so many problems it shut the center down.
#27
My boss hires and I kinda get to give input during their first trial shift which is almost always 2 hours with me. The number of people that my boss say are 'great' that end up being absolutely trash is staggering. My boss has no clue how to read people and even a complete moron is considered great for her.
I suppose that's why we have been trying to fill our main administrative position for 5 months now and have gone through 20+ hires that quit fast or ghost us.
One that stands out is an old lady that didnt have any experience in the field. She couldn't operate a computer which is central to.the job!
GlitterQueen541 3 years ago
I can't count the number of times I've told my boss a candidate wouldn't be a good fit, and he hired them anyways... only for them to be a bad fit. I've stopped trying to tell him at this point.
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 3 years ago
I once told an old boss of mine he was not allowed to doing the hiring anymore.
#28
That one dude had an amazing part of his CV which we got too attracted too and ignored the other jobs which had 3 lines each. He basically never turned up and lied so often about the reasoning why he was never there. Had about 20 different stories, all similar, none coherent.
The other dude was fresh out of college, didn't realize which college and it was one of those c***py we'll teach you everything theoretically but nothing practically ones. He had no skills whatsoever and could talk about of his a*s for 20 mins, not being able to make a sentence which sounded even remotely like what he was aiming for.
Both got employed at the same time, both left at the same time. Not only was there the money there was the pressure on the team to pick up after them all....the...time.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
Seriously none of the people hiring in this list knew how to do any sort of background checks. They seem to have gotten exactly what they deserved.
Melanie Friese 3 years ago
Workers who are.hired need to work. No one should be a nurse maid. However I have encountered one place who hired me that expected constant ongoing on line training while working the cash registers, welcoming and assisting customers, removing old tags facing the store. Change out all tash, clean bathrooms and parking lot and more. Thus was a supervisors job. CVS front store was horrific. Hire more workers if that is what you need.
#29
Too happy and friendly, as strange as that sounds. We all thought she just seemed too jazzed on life but did not want to seem like salty bi**hes so we shrugged it off. A week later I fired her for doing absolutely nothing. Literally nothing. She would complete a task and sit there doing nothing. Day three she brought a book to work, I thought it was because she read at lunch. Nope. Read when she was bored after stopping working.
She was happy as heck the whole time. Deeply oblivious to that this was not the way of things. I did not have the time or grace to rewire her so back to pizza hut she went.
Vira 3 years ago
She completes her tasks, and you're complaining? I'm confused why this is a problem. I hate how vaguely these are written. It reads, "fake," or maybe just too vague to be appreciated.
Mason Dalmau 3 years ago
No, read it again. "She completes a task..." As in like taking out the trash, and instead of moving onto other tasks that she is aware of, or seeking out a supervisor for further instruction, she would waste company time by intentionally pursuing personal interests that were of no benefit to the company while she is being paid to work. When you are paid to work, you work. You don't wait around every time you finish a task until a manager walks by and gives you your next direction. The fact that you can't grasp this indicates you are probably a similar poor employee.
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Jennifer Piard 3 years ago (edited)
So nobody knows the difference between completed A task and the difference between completing THE task? She completed one task and stopped. Smh. Reading is fundamental.
Debrutsid Wiggler 3 years ago
Sounds like she completed ONE task then slacked Have seen enough of these. If the queue completed all ALLLLLLLL. mind you her tasks i am sure there wouldn't be s problem. But what job ever gives one task per day. Unless u think this was a virtuoso why completed a one week task in a few hours
aj B 3 years ago
I've met a few micro managers who will only give you One task at a time and Require you come find them for the next one Only after the prior is completed, and usually b***h if you interrupt what they're doing to boot. If you make me hunt you down for Every Single Task, eventually I'd do exactly as this girl did. I doubt that's the case here, but it does happen. I would guess at least 75% of the type of manager I'm describing are the ones demanding return to office too
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Amy 3 years ago (edited)
What exactly was she supposed to do when she was done with her work, then? If the boss had a problem with it, they could have given her more to do instead of firing her. Sounds more like a crappy boss than a crappy employee.
Jennifer B. awesome 3 years ago
It says she completed "a task," not she completed "all her tasks." Seriously, how are people not understanding this huge difference??
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Vickie Kesler Lowell 3 years ago
Had the poster ever thought that perhaps this person was good at getting the work done and maybe, just maybe, after noticing what was happening needed to meet with the worker and have more assignments for them?
#30
Applicant wasn't looking for this exact position, but rather was running away from her previous career. Was an interesting person with lot of potential, though.
Didn't fit in, was dissatisfied with everything and two years later left.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
OP says 2 years like it’s not a normal amount of time to stay in a role, especially if unhappy.
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
Right. 2 yrs is a pretty long time. My longest job was about 3-4yrs. I can’t see myself staying for more then 5 yrs somewhere unless I owned the business. 🤷🏼♀️ Maybe thats just me.
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I’m not a manager but I used to work at chipotle and I was one of 4 people who worked BOH on grill. My manager hired this guy specifically to learn grill, and tbh, it’s a tough position. You’re constantly moving fast and just going, going, going. It’s stressful when it gets busy during peak. One day during a PM shift, he came into scan his documents and my boss introduced him to me, explaining I was one of the grill people. I said hi, and was like, “ grill is easy,lol.” He tells me, “ that’s what I like to hear, I like easy.” For any of you who have worked for
Chipotle, it’s not an easy job, I t definitely weeds out the weak from the strong, especially if you’re working BOH. In my head, after I heard what he said, I was like , “oh no.” He showed up his first day, which would be made up of only watching videos. keep in mind, he hadn’t even stated the grunt work yet. The next day he was supposed to work he quit. We all thought it was funny.
Mafren 3 years ago (edited)
Back of House. So in this case, the kitchen. FOH (Front of House) would be waitstaff or cashiers, etc.
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#32
I called the guys previous job, who he had written down as a reference. His previous manager (female) explained to me how he was a great employee, but his girlfriend was “f*****g psycho” and how she waited for her after work one night and jumped her, which is why he was fired.
He explained how his manager actually had a crush on him and when he quit she began making up lies. Not only did this not make sense, it was a red flag, on top of the red flag that he put her down as a reference at all.
We were hurting for employees so we hired him. His girlfriend was crazy, and I have many fun stories from the ~5 months he worked with me.
begging for ham 3 years ago
please don't leave me hanging.I want to now the details of that fun stories
What do you think ?
BadCat 3 years ago
I had an interview at a call centre, referred by a neighbour. I managed to get the interview. When I was called into the hiring manager's office he was on the phone. I politely waited for him to finish his call, and then he let me go. Confused, I left thinking there was something about my appearance he didn't like and was unsettled. The neighbour later on told me he didn't go along with the interview because I didn't interrupt his phone call. It was for a high pressured, aggressive telemarketing job. Glad I didn't get that job.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
This whole list is more about "incompetent hiring managers" than anything.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
We hired a guy who was friendly and well-dressed. My boss above me said he saw the guy talking for a long time with a stranger in the street and that it struck him as suspicious. I ignored that red flag (we are in a security-related field). Guy shortly after being formally hired started making fusses. Gossiped a lot. Got caught looking at gay porn on company time. Used vast amounts of data, and when challenged said it was work related. Nope, porn videos. Cosied up to the boss and his PA to ensure he wasn't fired. Always friendly with the powerful. Reported something I said in confidence to one of the bosses which caused a huge drama and disciplinary hearing. Acted innocent. Eventually confessed. Demanded lots of vacation time, got angry when it was denied. Offered a chance to gain new skills on a course or a more senior role, turned it down. Doesn't want to learn anything. Basically a s**t-stirrer deluxe who is using company time to sit gossiping and surfing porn. Not been fired yet!!
Craig Silberman 3 years ago
Red flags are red flags so they get noticed. Whether it's employer/employee, customer/business, boyfriend/girlfriend, or any other relationship, a red flag is a sign you need to cut and run.
Marcus Lynch 3 years ago
The first question you should NEVER ask when you get hired is "Where can I charge my phone"
ryan decker 3 years ago
I was hiring staff for a restaurant and specifically needed a full time employee. I was very specific about that in the interview and this guy tells me he has open availability and can work whenever needed. I hire him and he comes in for his first shift and while doing paperwork he tells me that he forgot to mention that he's a student and needs every night of the week off(we are only open dinner shift) except Thursday and he can't work weekends. I took his paperwork from him and told him he can go
Alana Voeks 3 years ago
All these idiots hiring idiots and I still can't even get an interview lol what a sham.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
I hate these posts aimed at complaining and being negative about people
Kathleen R. 3 years ago
If you hate them why would you bother and read them, much less comment on them. ---- You do realize, don't you, that you're complaining about a 'complaining post'.
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BadCat 3 years ago
I had an interview at a call centre, referred by a neighbour. I managed to get the interview. When I was called into the hiring manager's office he was on the phone. I politely waited for him to finish his call, and then he let me go. Confused, I left thinking there was something about my appearance he didn't like and was unsettled. The neighbour later on told me he didn't go along with the interview because I didn't interrupt his phone call. It was for a high pressured, aggressive telemarketing job. Glad I didn't get that job.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
This whole list is more about "incompetent hiring managers" than anything.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
We hired a guy who was friendly and well-dressed. My boss above me said he saw the guy talking for a long time with a stranger in the street and that it struck him as suspicious. I ignored that red flag (we are in a security-related field). Guy shortly after being formally hired started making fusses. Gossiped a lot. Got caught looking at gay porn on company time. Used vast amounts of data, and when challenged said it was work related. Nope, porn videos. Cosied up to the boss and his PA to ensure he wasn't fired. Always friendly with the powerful. Reported something I said in confidence to one of the bosses which caused a huge drama and disciplinary hearing. Acted innocent. Eventually confessed. Demanded lots of vacation time, got angry when it was denied. Offered a chance to gain new skills on a course or a more senior role, turned it down. Doesn't want to learn anything. Basically a s**t-stirrer deluxe who is using company time to sit gossiping and surfing porn. Not been fired yet!!
Craig Silberman 3 years ago
Red flags are red flags so they get noticed. Whether it's employer/employee, customer/business, boyfriend/girlfriend, or any other relationship, a red flag is a sign you need to cut and run.
Marcus Lynch 3 years ago
The first question you should NEVER ask when you get hired is "Where can I charge my phone"
ryan decker 3 years ago
I was hiring staff for a restaurant and specifically needed a full time employee. I was very specific about that in the interview and this guy tells me he has open availability and can work whenever needed. I hire him and he comes in for his first shift and while doing paperwork he tells me that he forgot to mention that he's a student and needs every night of the week off(we are only open dinner shift) except Thursday and he can't work weekends. I took his paperwork from him and told him he can go
Alana Voeks 3 years ago
All these idiots hiring idiots and I still can't even get an interview lol what a sham.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
I hate these posts aimed at complaining and being negative about people
Kathleen R. 3 years ago
If you hate them why would you bother and read them, much less comment on them. ---- You do realize, don't you, that you're complaining about a 'complaining post'.
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