‘I don’t work for you': Candidate declines job offer only to have company call him the next day and demand he show up for shift, refusing to take ‘no’ for an answer

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Eleonora Bader
Jun 7, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

Some people really can't take 'no' for an answer, and that was the case for this person who declined a job offer, only to be called multiple times by the same person who was shouting at them to turn up for their shift.

But let's backtrack for a second. The person in question is called OP — OP had a second interview for a marketing position at a new firm, and the interview went well, leading to a trial shift. It became very clear that the job wasn't actually marketing at all… instead, it was door to door sales, which OP hadn't signed up for. The people who showed up to the trial were told to lie to consumers about being salaried, even though they weren't…. it was a job based on commission. You sell the product, you make money. You don't sell the product, you don't make money. Simple as that. Well, OP wanted to be able to count on their monthly paycheck so they opted out, declining the offer. That's when things got weird.

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    "Dude, I don't work for you. Leave me alone!" ACCEPT
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    I. DID. NOT. ACCEPT. THE. JOB. Now please let me enjoy my holiday
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    This happened about 4 years ago when i was looking for work. My Second Interview was for a 'Marketing' position at a new firm. The interview went well and i was offered a trial shift the following Monday. On turning up it became clear that this wasn't a marketing job but a door to door sales job for what was basically a huge MLM. The 'service' was to sign people up for charities on monthly donations. To make matters worse we
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    were told to lie to consumers about our pay status (we would make a commission effective to their first 2 months donation, my 'boss' would then get another month and the company would get the rest equivalent to 6 months donations). We weren't supposed to tell people that and had to tell them we were salaried (we weren't - i only found out during the trail it was commission only)
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    So far not so good. When they 'offer' me the 'job' I let them know I have another interview lined up the following day and tell them I'll let them know by the end of the week. The interview goes well, it's a real (albeit temporary role) and I'm offered the job and inform the MLM of my decision. This is somehow a 30-minute call where he's still trying to convince me to work for him with me saying i'm not interested at all.
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    Fast forward to the next Monday and i'm rudely awoken at 9:15 with a phone call. I answer to this: (i hadn't saved his number) Me: Hello Me Speaking MLM: Where the hell are you?!?!? Me; Sorry? wh-
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    MLM: You were meant to be here at 8:30 - this isn't a good start to your first day is it? Why are you so late? Me: Sorry but who is this? MLM: It's (not the interviewer) from ****. you know the company who YOU work for, it's too late now your team has left, you better be on time tomorrow Me: Sorry there must've been a misunderstanding, i got offered a job at and accepted that role, sorry for this.
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    MLM: well you should have told us this, it's not professional to just not turn up and we would've hired someone else, now your team is short staffed... me: I told ****, maybe check with him, anyway i need to go, bye Hoping this is resolved i get up and go about my day. Tuesday morning i am again awoken to the same guy demanding reasons for me not turning up to work (Apparently not working for them isn't a valid excuse)
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    This amazing continued until the following Monday where i was 'let go' for 'unauthorized' absences.(when asked if this means he'll stop phoning me he told me to grow up and be professional about it) Think i dodged a bullet there...
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    eatbugs858 I had an interview with one of these "Marketing" companies too. I don't understand why these companies are still allowed to operate with their deceitful practices. Fortunately, as I was still working, I was able to tell them at the interview that I wouldn't be able to the second stage "interview" the following day, but offered to reschedule and they never got back to me. The second stage "interview" is basically a day of work unpaid. I didn't get the har ent you got thankfully.
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    >knedo. I had almost the same thing. Was told it was an in house marketing position. Showed up and my "interview" was me in a room with about 20 other confused people. The company had been described as a whole sale and high end kitchen utilities company, what they meant was door to door knife saleman. I mean who the fk buys a knife from a guy at the door.
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    After the "interview" I asked the guy if there had been a miscommunication as I was told this was a 9-5 office job. He told me everyone had to start as part of the street team and after a year they would promote people. Needless to say I left without signing anything. They called me for over a year telling me they couldn't get me started until I filled out my paperwork, and that I was already assigned product so I was obligated to sell it.
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    I ignored them and eventually they went away. I wonder if my knives are still just sitting there not earning me my potential 25k a month. 1.7k Share
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    mkat23. I always joke with my friends that have been studying marketing in college that they need to be careful when applying to marketing jobs afterwards because a lot of them in my area end up being MLM scams like this. Quite a few have told me that they have found a majority to be MLMs. There was one time where I was offered to interview as a
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    receptionist at a marketing company, not my major but they didn't seem to mind since it wasn't a marketing position. I get there and we sit to interview and they later offered the position. There were plenty of others in the office and it looked like a real office, so my desperate for a jobs took it. I get there for my first day and they go straight in to training me to sell things in bulk sale stores, like Costco or Sams. Turned out the job paid minimum
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    wage with some commission, so I figured sc. vit, I'll continue looking for another job and just stick around until I find something. After talking to several other women who had been hired I found out they had all been told they were hired as a receptionist as well, and I guess the guys were told it was desk work and pre planned and approved sales calls. So yeah, MLMs are total BS.
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    Gingrpenguin OP . It's scary how many of them are. after this experience i started paying far more attention to the actual company and what they say about themselves.
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    Oliver Clothesov87 Exactly. the way i look out for them to do so this simple test. Go to their website, and if you cannot figure out what they sell, its an MLM. I graduated with a marketing major in 2011. I learned to dodge the MLM-minefield pretty well.
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    LadyCashier Whaaaaaat I can see it happening once but d d a; three times? Same guy? W. How many different ways do you need to tell someone you dont work for them Imao 1.4k Share
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    DMXadian I had a similar situation with one of those MLMs that advertises to be a "marketing" firm, but is really a commissioned sales position. They did a trial day in which you stood in a store lobby selling junk for charity, and even the guy with me who I was shadowing told me that nothing goes to the charity in terms of cash, "its all about awareness"
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    The whole setup was suspect, and by my calculations the average salesperson working their would have been making just below minimum wage, all while having to drive their own vehicles to the sales site that were often 2-3 hours away. Fortunately, after I not-so-politely told them where they could stick that job, they didn't continue calling.
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    HUNG_AS_ I too had an interview and a trial for one of these companies. As soon as I clicked to what it was I tried to ruin my chances of getting a job for them. This included excessive sw ng, and bragging about how many times I call in sick when I'm not sick to my other job
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    Krieger117 Should have called him at all hours of the night and asked him where he was.
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    xilstudio I went to one of these, again by deception, I was interviewing for minor IT work I thought. At the door they wanted me to 'check my devices' There was NO way I was handing over my phone to go to an interview. He got really mad about it and I left, couple people followed me. I got calls for about a week as if I was hired.
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