'That's my job': Interview candidate calls company, accidentally speaks to the employee she might replace, employee left aghast

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    Font - That time when I called and found out that the person I was supposed to replace didn't know she was going to be replaced Story time: a long time ago when I was looking for a job I decided to apply to a job that seemed cool to me. Nothing extraordinary until I decided to test a new tactic : calling them to be sure they received my cv and maybe try to present myself to them.
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    Font - I found somebody from the departement and called her, it goes approximately like that: << Hi Ms, I'm X calling for the job offer >> << Hi X, Which job offer are you talking about? >> << It's to become marketing assistant >>
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    Font - << That's not possible I'm the only marketing officer here and I am not aware of any job offer >> << Really sorry maybe I have the wrong business, am I calling Y? I have Mister AH as person of contact on the job offer. » « That's my boss, and that's my job >>
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    Font - Follow a minute of being extremely mad on her side and completely ashamed on mine. It's that day that I started to understand that most business don't give a f about you and are, most of the time, stupid enough to try those kind of aberration.
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    Font - SuckerForNoir Robots 21 hr. ago Looks like you saved her from getting absolutely blindsided. Hopefully she was able to plan an exit strategy. ↑ 106 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Gobadorgosleep OP. 13 hr. ago That's what I hope too! What kind of people do that seriously? It's not like it's complicated to fire somebody in my country, or to find a justification for it. It was a big red flag waving at me and I noped out of that proposition.
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    Font - Noobeaterz 19 hr. ago I was once sent from one store to another one nearby to work there instead. The guy working my dept. in that store was confused and asked why I was there so I told him that I might get transferred there. He went and talked to his boss who called us to a meeting and said basically "we don't talk about transfer club"
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    Font - and that was it. So I worked my day and went home. When i got to my store the staff manager yelled at me for ruining things for them as the guy at the other store had been promised to run that dept. there and I wasn't supposed to say anything and now everything was ruined. I hadn't been told though so I said that but it didn't help. Needless to say I wasn't very popular after that. The guy called me and asked if I knew anything so I said what I knew without saying what I knew. A month lat
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    Font - Gobadorgosleep OP. 12 hr. ago Welcome to the world of << I messed up without knowing it but I'm glad that I did ! » Some people are so stupid that they don't realize that there plan is not going to work if they keep it to themselves
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    Art - thoreau_away_acct. 18 hr. ago Did you get the job??
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    Font - Gobadorgosleep OP. 12 hr. ago Don't even try, I was really young at the time but even my young and naive self could recognize a s boss.
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    Facial expression - dreadkilla626 - 17 hr. ago I hope you turned down that job offer cause that's a huge red flag
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    Font - Gobadorgosleep OP. 12 hr. ago Yep I don't even try to go further with it. As I say I was really young but even for me that was messed up
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    Font - Mr-Snuggles171. 14 hr. ago Sounds like that company doesn't have any marketing people
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    Font - Gobadorgosleep OP 12 hr. ago Not anymore no, or at least I hope

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