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'Can you bring iced coffee to a job interview?': Job interview etiquette question sparks discourse among Gen Z, Millennials, and more

JR Atkinson

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Out-of-work employee gets rejected after 5 rounds of interviews through a phone call that lasted 12 minutes with the VP of operations, who was in his car: 'Why do companies make candidates jump through endless hoops?'

María Cetra

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Hospital worker accepts higher-level position with a $2 raise at their employer of 2 years, but the pay is missing from their first paycheck, then HR contacts them saying the offer was a mistake: 'The new rate would actually be LOWER than my previous pay'

Brad Dickson

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New hire left abandoned with no training or assigned work—boss starts insisting they get more work done and "learn by doing"—they consider quitting: 'I told him that I didn't get any proper training'

Brad Dickson

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Boss denies employee’s bereavement leave, schedules "mandatory fun" team event after working hours instead

Brad Dickson

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Manager Wonders Why 90% of Gen Z Job Interviewees Show Up to Interviews in a T-Shirt And Hoodie: 'Are my Expectations for Interviews too High?'

Emmy Pratt

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28-year-old worker learns coworker, with whom she privately vented frustrations, secretly recorded their conversations for over a year—HR blindsides her, firing her and promoting him—When is private venting ok and when is it a workplace issue?

Brad Dickson

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Employer Cuts Overachieving Employee’s Pay in Half When They Switch Them From Flat Rate to Hourly Pay— I Work Fast and Efficient and Can Get Most Jobs Finished in Half to 3/4 of the Allotted Time

Brad Dickson

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‘I felt my stomach drop’: Candidate believes she lost job opportunity after discovering the interviewer is ‘good friends' with her last boss, who fired her from the job

Bar Mor Hazut

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Interviewer demands candidate arrive for the job interview in a costume, forcing candidate to pass on the opportunity: ‘Why… just why?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hiring managers accidentally send post-interview discussion to a job candidate, leading candidate to hear everything they had to say about her: ‘Well, that's authentic feedback’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Candidate rejects job offer after discovering HR lied about the 90k salary, HR insists the "company benefits” are worth it: ‘I can't afford to live on that wage’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job candidate denies job offer after they sit through an interview without being asked a single question by the hiring manager: ‘He told me to be quiet’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Job applicant ends Zoom call after recruiter calls their salary expectations 'cute': 'We expect 50-hour weeks, but the base rate is non-negotiable'

JR Atkinson

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New hire quits 3 weeks into new job after being abandoned, receiving no training, and being made to feel like a burden by their manager and team members: 'Day two: He is just sitting there. No one is talking to him'

Brad Dickson

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Job candidate withdraws his application after HR emails him by the wrong name, then gets upset when he corrects them: ‘My name is Zach, not Ryan’

Bar Mor Hazut

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