'I was met with silence': Job candidate exposes hypocrisy after being told by hiring manager that he couldn't attend more than two hours of doctor's appointments per month

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 29, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Let this job candidate's story serve as a reminder to stand your ground in an interview. If you come across a passing comment from a hiring manager that directly contradicts what was expressly written in the job posting, that's a red flag certainly worthy of questioning. 

Here, we have a candidate who was honest about needing to go to a doctor's appointment for valid medical reasons once every three months and that these appointments would be a full-day commitment. Based on the job posting, he assumed that this would not be a problem. However, the hiring manager brought up a strange, previously undisclosed policy in the interview that employees were not allowed to schedule doctor's appointments during work hours for more than two hours every month. What about emergencies? What about routine checkups if you have a condition, as this candidate did? Thankfully, the candidate was empowered enough to call the recruiter out on her nonsense.

Keep scrolling below for the fallout. For more stories like this, here's one about a boss who called his employee's wife about coming into work while they were on vacation. 

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    Your doctors appointments can't inconvenience us
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    I had a job interview today and during the interview the hiring. manager mentioned that the company only allows two hours of month for doctor's appointments.
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    The moment they said that I realized I wasn't going to be a good fit for the job. I mentioned that once every 3 months I have a doctor's appointment that requires a full day commitment,
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    she tried to dig to see what the treatment was and I wouldn't answer. She mentioned that the company can't allow for too many doctors visits
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    as it would be a hardship on the business. Since I knew I was not going to be getting the job anyways, I asked her about the statement that they will accommodate disabilities on the job
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    posting. I was met with silence. I know some people in the comments are going to argue that the company is not obligated to accommodate me, but I
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    would argue that I am not a machine. I have bent over backwards for employers before and sacrificed my health just to be let go at a moment's notice like trash. So here's your
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    reminder that your employer does not care about you, and you should always look after yourself. Have a great day everyone!
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    sarcas... 18h ago • Glad you challenged them on this. I'd do a review of said company as well with what you were told because that's low to post it and then go back on it.
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    And two hours? FFS MOST doctor's appointments are at least that with the time waiting. If they can't afford people to be off to take care of their health then they shouldn't be in business.
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    Any_M... . 17h ago. Tell them there are machines in this world that will require more than 2 hours a month of down time for maintenance. This is
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    how some people drop dod almost immediately when the retire. They've strained themselves way too hard because they can't afford to do regular maintenance for the risk of being fired.
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    hilltopj 16h ago · Good for you! Honestly I think you could have pushed more. If a business is so under-staffed that they can't spare more than 2 hours
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    per month for a doctor's appointment scheduled in advance how do they deal with sick calls? PTO? family/medical/paren tal leave?
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    TheEcl... 14h ago • If taking a full day off once every three months puts the business continuance in jeopardy, then it
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    probably wasn't a place you wanted to work at anyway.
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    Sarah... 18h ago • Thank you for calling them out on it.
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    Emoti... . 16h ago. Wow! Sometimes even a routine visit can take more than two hours if the doctor is running behind. Plus the time
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    needed to drive to the office and back to work if needed would also take up time.
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    needed to drive to the office and back to work if needed would also take up time. Sounds like you dodged a bullet!
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