I recently interviewed with an agency through a recruiter—the job posting, agency, and recruiter all confirmed that this would be at *most* a hybrid role (which to me means 2-3 days a week of in-office, am I wrong there?). I spent hours preparing for this interview only for the interviewer to show up 11 minutes late, blame it on “Zoom problems”, then say “we offer *two days of remote work per YEAR*”. I hung up and politely asked everyone involved not to contact me again. Unprofessional.

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Lolololol two days a year!? GTFOH.

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Truly!!

How do these recruiters imagine bait and switch is going to work out in their heads? Do they do any contemplating of that at all? Fucking bizarre.

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What?!!!!!!!! That's ridiculous!!!! That is a classic bait and switch!

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Are you interested in Pharma? And have experience there? If so, contact me. We are hiring and we offer fully remote positions

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Bait and switch.

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Lol what!

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