‘The CEO just quit’: New hire ignores company's red flags until CEO unexpectedly resigns, leaving employee on a sinking ship

How can a new hire identify that they are boarding a sinking ship? Usually, employers are very careful when they are in the process of hiring someone new, so as not to let them see the true colors of the company, and hide everything that might deter the candidate from the job. So how can someone know that the shiny new job they are after might not be so shiny after all?

I wish I could have a straightforward answer, but the truth is, many people end up accepting that new job and only start to see red flags after they are in too deep. Much like the employee in this Reddit story. OP (original poster) was excited to start their new job in a small company only to start seeing red flags even while onboarding when their manager suddenly quit her job. Even so, OP kept going, until they seriously started questioning their position when out of the blue, the CEO informed the company that he was leaving as well…

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