A small rant about potential employers...
Mar. 18th, 2011 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I had an interview this morning with a moving company down the street from where I currently work.
The ad requested that I send my salary requirements along with my resume, and I did so. Once I arrived at the interview, the job application also requested my salary requirements, so I put it down there as well.
One would hope that since they obviously received my resume and called me for an interview they they would be capable of meeting said salary requirements.
Not so.
I went through the interview, which was mostly the business owner answering his cell phone and talking about how his business had been affected by the economic downturn. He asked me ONE question about myself and my job experience. One. When this happens to me, it always sends up red flags. Either the person I'm interviewing with is not actually interested in me for the position, or they just don't fucking know how to hire someone. In the case of the latter, that's probably an indication that they don't know how to treat employees once they have them, either.
Then, he tested my ability to use a typewriter. He was fairly impressed that I had even touched a typewriter before, besides the fact that I was able to line my typing up on the form perfectly.
At the very end of the almost hour long interview, he looked at the salary requirement written on my application, and mentioned that it was, "a bit higher than they were looking to start at."
WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WASTE MY TIME????? I had to take half a sick day for this; did I make a mistake in assuming that you actually READ the information YOU ASKED FOR?
Maybe somebody can clarify this for me, because I do not fucking understand why they would waste my time and their time for this nonsense.
Let's say, hypothetically, that they do offer me the position for less than what I'm asking, and I'm desperate enough to take it. Do they not understand that the instant I get a better offer, I'm out of there? What's the god damn point of even asking me in for an interview if you know you can't afford to hire me?
Relatively speaking, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to running businesses. How come I can figure this shit out when experienced business owners seem to be so clueless?
The ad requested that I send my salary requirements along with my resume, and I did so. Once I arrived at the interview, the job application also requested my salary requirements, so I put it down there as well.
One would hope that since they obviously received my resume and called me for an interview they they would be capable of meeting said salary requirements.
Not so.
I went through the interview, which was mostly the business owner answering his cell phone and talking about how his business had been affected by the economic downturn. He asked me ONE question about myself and my job experience. One. When this happens to me, it always sends up red flags. Either the person I'm interviewing with is not actually interested in me for the position, or they just don't fucking know how to hire someone. In the case of the latter, that's probably an indication that they don't know how to treat employees once they have them, either.
Then, he tested my ability to use a typewriter. He was fairly impressed that I had even touched a typewriter before, besides the fact that I was able to line my typing up on the form perfectly.
At the very end of the almost hour long interview, he looked at the salary requirement written on my application, and mentioned that it was, "a bit higher than they were looking to start at."
WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WASTE MY TIME????? I had to take half a sick day for this; did I make a mistake in assuming that you actually READ the information YOU ASKED FOR?
Maybe somebody can clarify this for me, because I do not fucking understand why they would waste my time and their time for this nonsense.
Let's say, hypothetically, that they do offer me the position for less than what I'm asking, and I'm desperate enough to take it. Do they not understand that the instant I get a better offer, I'm out of there? What's the god damn point of even asking me in for an interview if you know you can't afford to hire me?
Relatively speaking, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to running businesses. How come I can figure this shit out when experienced business owners seem to be so clueless?
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Date: 2011-03-19 06:18 am (UTC)(And yet, there's still weird etiquette things about asking about salary before the interview, etc.)
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Date: 2011-03-19 11:55 am (UTC)When I was interviewing people for the shack, I had several applicants come dressed in street clothes, one even in a tracksuit. One girl came to the interview with her boobs hanging out more than most people at fair. So it's everyone unfortutatly.
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Date: 2011-03-19 09:54 pm (UTC)