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Interviews as seen by HR and the candidate (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

One thing that infuriates me with job interviews is how they will write you off the second you are late. But they sure as hell can be late by as much as they want. And will treat you like shit if they are in a rush, or if they forgot about your scheduled time slot (had this happen with a phone interview that I even proved to the receptionist that I had in fact followed the instructions). They should be required to pay the person being interviewed for each hour (rounded up even if just 15min) wasted or their own lateness.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago

I absolutely despise these implied "trick question" mentality that HR and job market shills have.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Capitalism would be slightly more bearable if all companies dropped the "we care about you" shtick and just straight up told you their only motive is profit and that they're here to exploit you.

Right now we're literally living under capitalism but you're not allowed to point that out to any of the capitalists. I'm so damn sick of this stupid charade I have to play just for the privilege of being a wage slave.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

No it wouldn't. :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"I'll care about the company if you make me a shareholder, until then, not my problem."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

Last year I was talking with a veteran coworker who was worried about where the company was going to end up in 10 years, but my contract ends in a year and will not be renewed. I told her openly, they're not paying me to think about 10 years from now, they're paying me to make the next year a good year, and I don't really care about the long-term future cuz I won't be here. She was furious, but she wasn't furious enough to go get me a long-term contract. I think she never saw the hypocrisy; even today she still thinks that I'm a bad worker.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Exactly, unless it's a cooperative all I care about is my compensation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a friend who used to work in HR at some point, before he decided to leave and rejoin college. From what he tells me, it seems like many HR people hate this shit as well. But they're simply supposed to work like this. There's this nebulous concept of what they should do, and they do it as a whole, even if most of the individuals don't like it. The destruction of individual decision making, and any kind of critical thinking and discussion is an aspect of capitalism that isn't discussed enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's certainly true that the system is broken, but at the same time you're suggesting we should forgive HR employees for the bad stuff they do, and I don't think that's how morality works.

Not only that, we all understand that sometimes employees don't have control of a situation and they're going to follow company policy or go along with their bosses. But we can see through their words and their body language how they feel about it, and we can recognize small actions that they could take to make a bad situation slightly less bad. In my experience it's very rare that you will encounter such behavior in HR, because the vast majority of HR workers are perfectly happy to f*** us over as much as they can.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

To be completely clear, I'm not making excuses. I still hate HR people. All I'm saying is that it's a feature of capitalism, that turns people into shitheads. Sometimes against their wish.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@yogthos
Capitalism in a nutshell

[–] blitzen 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Feels like they are both made up scenarios for rage-bait. In both scenarios, the first two questions are completely relevant and the third is only a problem if you’re already looking for a problem.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

the third is only a problem if you’re already looking for a problem.

"Is vacation 28 days" should not be a question, it should be the minimum mandated by law. "Will you work weekends" should rarely be a question, it should be heavily regulated and only allowed for positions where it's truly required (and never to compensate for management fuckups).

Feels like they are both made up scenarios for rage-bait.

Actually for both of them, the conclusion is correct. "The second they'll get a better offer they'll vanish" - no shit, this is how it works under capitalism. Want to keep them? Make a better offer. "The second they find someone to do the same for less pay, they'll fire you" - no shit, this is how it works under capitalism. Want to make that harder to do? Join or organize a union, and otherwise fight for your labor rights.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Funny indeed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this on linkedin? Of so, what a rare sight.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like threads maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Bummer.