'11pm is NOT the appropriate time': Employer follows up with job candidate in the middle of the night, candidate withdraws application

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    Font - "11 pm is NOT the appropriate time for a follow-up interview phone call."
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    Font - 11pm is NOT the appropriate time for a follow-up interview phone call. I interviewed for a really unattractive job a few weeks ago. The owner called me at 11pm last night for a follow-up. I was dead asleep and the phone scared the out of me.
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    Font - So, obviously they hired someone else and they didn't work out. But calling me that late and waking my whole house up was so rude. Not to mention, I withdrew my application immediately after I met with him.
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    Font - This guy offers NO benefits. A 401k that they do not contribute anything to. The state mandated sick time (which he complained about) and no more than that. One week vacation AFTER 2 years of employment. Also, he wants someone working hourly for 48 hours a week. I said I'm only interested in working for 40, and said "that's disappointing". This job is literally just a paycheck.
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    Font - I don't want to hear "people don't want to work anymore". We are tired of the garbage we are being presented. I wish we had a better way to expose employers. Not on Glassdoor. That website is terrible. Now, I've been awake for hours.... Thanks, dude.
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    Font - enelsaxo 6 hr. ago It's like a Nigerian prince E-Mail: by filling the email with red flags they make sure that only someone stupid enough will get caught. By calling at 11 pm they make sure to get only the most desperate. Disgusting 319 Reply Share
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    Font - Rogue_Vaper 5 hr. ago You should have told him you would sleep on it. Call him with your answer at 3.00am. Fair is Fair. 303 Reply Share
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    Font - ReneeStone27 OP. 5 hr. ago Oh the way! 118 Now this is B Reply Share
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    Font - TankFoster 5 hr. ago After working for two years, you can take a one week holiday?! That is scandalous, is this common in the US? I feel so sorry for you people. 110 Reply Share
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    Font - ReneeStone27 OP. 5 hr. ago Well typically in the US people get two weeks off. Some companies offer it after a 90 day probation period (this is the most common) others might make you wait a year. But two years is absolutely insane.
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    Gesture - cosmic_jenny. 5 hr. ago 11pm is NOT the appropriate time for ANY phone call. Other than emergencies.
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    Rectangle - ReneeStone27 OP. 5 hr. ago Makes me wonder if I worked for this moron if he would call me at all hours
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    Font - Professional-Lab7227. 3 hr. ago I remember seeing something that some people would do this deliberately to separate the "go getters" from everyone else. You would likely have left in weeks anyway after working for this hole.
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    Font - ReneeStone27 OP. 3 hr. ago I absolutely would. I can't build a life on a job that offers nothing
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    Font - OnionCuttinNinja - 5 hr. ago Yeah, it's quite likely that they chose someone else, kept the compensation and benefits hidden well into the hiring process, sprung them on the other individual after he "accepted" the job, and he politely told them he'll think about it. Hopefully they got ghosted after that.
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    Font - And you should ghost such potential employers too, if they don't appreciate your time, you don't have to appreciate theirs. "Yeah, I'll take the job. Prepare the paperwork." Then you disappear.
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    Font - ReneeStone27 OP. 5 hr. ago. edited 3 hr. ago Lol! I am a big fan of treating employers how I am treated. I learned a long time ago that I will not be loyal to an employer because that's not what my life is about.

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