43-year-old medical assistant offered $12/hour with no benefits for new position during interview: 'I walked out'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 27, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Receiving a job offer on the spot in an interview is supposed to be an exciting, game-changing moment. However, for this 43-year-old medical expert who had decades of experience as a certified expert and professional, the offer ended up being so insulting and so shocking that his reaction was anything but excitement. 

This Redditor explained how he was offered a paltry $12 an hour for a new position. Additionally, there would be no benefits if he had chosen to take the job. Thankfully, he had the experience and self-confidence to know he could get something far more fair elsewhere, so he chose to stand up and walk out of the interview on the spot. What's even more upsetting, however, is that evidently, there were two other serious candidates for the position who were willing to take the position. If this kind of offer doesn't say something about the lack of respect and care we show for medical assistants, I don't know what does.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. When you're done, feel free to check out this post about a resident who discovered a major loophole in his HOA policy. 

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    I was offered $12 an hour at an interview yesterday and walked out.
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    I am 43 years old. My resume clearly states that I am certified as a Medical Assistant. Currently employed only on the weekends only due to a sales contract ending. My last job paid $20/hr.
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    I applied for a position that was listed as "Administrative Assistant". The details included scheduling meetings for upper management, answering
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    phones, and using my own personal vehicle for business purposes. When I went in for the interview, I was asked if I
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    had a valid license and proof of car insurance and was informed my car would be used for transporting clients.
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    I was also told I have to go get a physical before hire. I have to find and pass a valid drug test at a reputable facility (I can do
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    this but it's not reimbursed). I also must pay for PA State Police Criminal Record Check (Act 34), an acceptable PA History
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    Certification (Act 33), and an acceptable Federal Criminal History Background Check via Department of Human Services (Act 151). I also
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    have to pay for a Federal Criminal History Record via Department of Aging. Their orientation takes place 60 miles away.
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    Then, I was offered $12 an hour as a wage with no benefits at all. Also, the job is 25 hours a week.
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    I said "thank you for your time" and got up. I walked out. They actually told me they had two other people interviewing and I feel really bad for those other people.
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    . Suspici... 5h ago Everything you listed should be fully paid by the company, you should not be using your own car for transporting clients, and it should pay at least $25 an hour
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    Correde... • 5h ago • Wouldn't using your vehicle for commerce affect your insurance?
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    Philoso... 5h ago • you should publicly shame the company as well as a warning to others
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    chompy... 5h ago Good for you. What a bunch of baloney.
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    Cybralisk 5h ago I would rather be unemployed then work for $12 an hour. I was nearly making that working at Best Buy in 2008.
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    You can walk into a place. like Amazon right now and get a job making $20 an hour with no interview, I don't know how the f all these businesses stay staffed paying under $16 at least, which isn't even a living wage.
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    oberon92 5h ago . You were too kind.
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    BoomZhakaLaka • 5h ago they don't care much about their clients for $12/hr and no company car.
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    Mouler 5h ago We need to start billing. companies that pull this . Sic collection companies on the interviewers or something.
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    CubanlinkEnJ · 4h ago Nobody wants to work anymore!
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