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Wanted to highlight Prudential Financial’s hiring practices. They rescinded my offer once I attempted to negotiate the salary. The official reason given was that I didn’t “sound excited enough”.
They then admittedly gave the offer to someone who was less qualified. There were other red flags throughout the job offer process that the HR team should overall be ashamed of.
Disney Streaming Services I completed my interview process with DSS early last week, and was reached out by recruiter that all rounds were strong hires, and they are extending an offer. We set a time to talk on Friday about the offer. However, the announcement of targeted hiring freeze happened on Friday. I was ghosted with no call. What should I expect now? Would I still have chance to be offered?
Hi all, recently in touch by Spotify recruiter for a Sec Engineer position for remote EU and was told that range was 60-80 out of base salary and equity. Had 2 years of security experience out of my 4 years. Was also told that there is no bonus scheme or no sign in bonus 😕 Not sure how I feel about this tbh.
What do you think?
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I'm looking to find a job like the Forward Deployed Engineer role Palantir Technologies in the UK.
I have become hooked on finding a job that involves solving the kinds of problems they presented during their interviews. Although I got to the final round my performance anxiety got the better of me (I think I wanted the job a bit too much...). I will reapply after working in a similar company.
Is it "deep tech" / "data science" or "smart enterprise" that they're doing? Any advice welcome.
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Yes. The problem is how to tell between normal trepidation and true issues.
Leaving something you know for an unknown company, role, boss, etc is always a little worrisome (at least for me). I have had interviews where it was clear to me that the role was not a fit for me
Bottom line, listen to your gut feeling however realize that it's not perfect. Don't let your fear of the unknown preclude you from taking a good opportunity.
Fast and Pray asking God for clarity. Just give it 3 days fr
Yes, and I tried very hard to figure out what subtle thing was making me feel that way. Had to talk it over with some people and finally concluded that the offer was fine, but it just wasn’t a good fit for me.
A few times. It was never anything perceptible, just a gut feeling I couldn't bring myself to ignore. Listening to it was made easier by still having a job to fall back on. Had I been out of work, I would have had to ignore that feeling and accept.
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I've agonized over a few decisions and found that on the occasions where I didn't listen to my gut, I should have.
Yes - twice. Both times trusted my guy and glad I did. Good luck, OP!
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Gut feelings are like internal recruiters. Sometimes they know more than the job description!
Yes and I took the job and regretted it
Ever gotten a job offer but your gut screamed no? That’s happened to me twice.
The first was a disaster waiting to happen: three managers, exhausted staff, a superhero-level role with crazy overtime. When I asked the biggest problem, management said, “We’ll tell you once you start.” Red flags everywhere.
The second was a small company with obvious favoritism in hiring. Management couldn’t get their act together, but that was a golden opportunity for me—to introduce systems, replace the hero culture, polish my resume, and know I’d stay no more than two years.
Both taught me: trust your gut, spot red flags early, and sometimes chaos is the fastest path to career growth.