People Expose Major Red Flags That Pop Up During Job Interviews

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Mayarey
Jan 21, 2022 3:00 PM EST

Often times when we are interviewing for a job, especially earlier in our careers, we focus more on how they are perceiving us, than how we actually feel about the role or the company itself. We want them to want us of course, but we forget that it's equally important to want them. An interview really goes both ways, so you should ask all the questions you can possibly think of. If they put you on the spot, feel free to do just the same to them. Most importantly, we all could pay a little more attention to the red flags that come out of the employer's mouth, they can be major foreshadows into their f***ed up companies.

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    Font - r/AskReddit u/taylortaylortaylorrr · 6d 3 52 68 33 What is a red flag from an employer that people might not immediately recognize as a red flag?
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    Font - The_Quicktrigger · 6d 6 Awards When an employee quits or gets fired from the job and the company doesn't hire anyone new to replace them. It can be hard to tell as a red flag at first, but the temporary workload they added to your own over that was left over after the person left, slowly becomes your new permanent workload, without any changes to your pay or benefits to compensate for the additional tasks. The further out it goes without the position being filled, the larger and more obvi
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    Font - snootfull · 6d 7 Awards This is such a good question. Here are some thoughts- and for context l've started several companies, hired a lot of people, and consequently spent a lot of time thinking about how to develop positive cultures. -The CEO/boss/whatever drives a conspicuously expensive car. I can elaborate why this is a tell if anyone cares. -If it's a private/family company, do a Google search for '[company name] defendant' and '[company name] plaintiff'. If the company has been sued
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    Rectangle - zbysior · 6d 1 Award To me it was a " we will start you low and will give you a ton of money later" they never do. Never happens
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    Rectangle - Zickna • 6d They try to sell you their service during your interview. :| it was really really bad. G Reply 4 1.2k 3 ...
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    Font - coolguytrav • 6d 5 Awards Anything that the manager says in the interview that doesn't line up with the job description... "yea we posted it's a manager level position, but this is actually a coordinator role". "yea the description says travel is 25% but it might be closer to 50 it just depends". "We did post it as a remote job, but we prefer people to be in the office X days a week" "Yea we phrase it that way in the job description because corporate says we have to" All of those are red
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    Font - JetSetJAK •6d If the job description has a nondescriptively massive salary range ($25,000-$100,000)
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    Rectangle - abolish_gender · 6d I know people (rightfully) like to hate on HR, but if a company brags about "not having an HR department to deal with," expect them to be very disorganized at a minimum. G Reply 4 2.2k 3
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    Rectangle - Joeyjackhammer · 6d 2 Awards When you don't get a review until you ask for a raise. Then, all of a sudden, you work is being questioned and you're being berated.
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    Font - T-money79 · 6d Open interviews. It tells me that people leave faster than you can bring them in, and with good reason. G Reply 1 7.3k 3 ...
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    Font - ctone777 · 6d Interviewed with a regional vp of a billion dollar company for a sales role. When I asked if the position was a backfill or open due to growth, he stated a backfill. I asked if the person was promoted or moved to a new role, and his response was "we have had more people quit in 2021 than ever, and it's because they can't handle the pressure". Needless to say, I declined the next step in the hiring process.
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