Job advertised as remote until interviewer reveals mandatory office days because they're a "family": 'We do 3 days in the office and 2 at home'

Job interview rug pulls are no new things; toxic workplaces dangle it out like sticky flypaper, hoping to trap curious candidates who are too desperate to pass up any opportunity once they've managed to "land" the interview. Baiting prospective candidates with remote work only to reveal mandatory office days is a newer trend, with these would-be employers taking advantage of the fact that no one wants to work in an office anymore if they don't have to. 

Gaslighting is a favorite tool of some of these places with canned, guilt-tripping phrases like "we're a family" being passed around often and with certainty intended to make you drop whatever complaints of feelings of being wronged you might have.

As with any job, red flags you spot early on at a small company will probably end up having rather large consequences. This goes doubly true for any red flags you spot in an interview. Of course, you can go on and ignore them, but it is inevitable that those same issues will one day have a causal role in your departure. 

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