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Red Flag i am working from Denver with a NYC based team. Zero issues about my location.
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Pretty big red flag if the interviewer said that out loud. They’re not entirely wrong, NYC is a pressure cooker, but everyone is different. There are some top notch agency people in smaller markets.
Building on this point, NYC is a mashup of people from all over the place. We’re all mixed up. Definitely a big red flag if that’s a person’s reaction!
Paying 6 grand a month for a studio apartment the size of walk in closet can make some people pretty nasty
In early stages of my career, I’ve heard that my portfolio was “too regional” as in, I didn’t have any national/global clients. Which was an objective fact. But to say “Denver? No.” is just a trash recruiter.
I’ve worked in smaller markets, and NYC for 15 years. While I get that New York is different, it’s stupid to make these assumptions. There’s plenty of talented folks out there in smaller markets who grind and work hard. Also, it’s just advertising num nuts.
Out them — “gimme a name.”
The guy is stuck in 1960 and he’s also a douche. NY agencies have employees and partners all over the world dealing with clients all over the world.
Even if he’s a native NYer, most of his NY colleagues aren’t. They were born and bred in “slower” cities, as were his clients. And yet most are “keeping up.”
He didn’t have the guts to refuse the interview with HR, but had all the confidence to tell the interviewee, over whom he has all the power in the world. And spent his time explaining that instead of getting to know you and maybe discovering if his prejudice was accurate.
I’d suggest being honest with the HR person about his refusal to interview you, but they’d probably stop asking him to do it, and future interviewees wouldn’t get the opportunity to see the red flag he raises about working with such a jerk.
His opinion is a minority and he’s also garbage, so forget him and keep trying.
My mistake. I questioned myself for a second while writing, but then convinced myself you’d said “he” somewhere in your post. Should have double checked. 🤷🏻♂️
Can you share what agency it was?
I mean, I get it. I’ve worked with folks from certain areas where let’s just say they work at their own pace. Denver not being one of those places though. I used to work with Florida people and man oh man. Lol. But I also know you can’t judge an entire region for the mentality of a small team and a smaller company.
Sounds like discrimination. Would you really want to work for that person?
That’s the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. You don’t want to work for dum-dims like that
Yeah. I've only ever worked in NYC for this industry. Still, hard disagree
Sounds amateur central if they actually gave that as a reason. The line should always be super vague as in “plenty of great candidates and apologies but we’re proceeding with ones that we feel closer to our needs”
They just straight up told you “you don’t want to work here”- lucky break!
Also you should 💯 name the agency at least; what’s the point of an anonymous forum if we can’t use it to help each other out?
I’ve never heard of this. I’m based in NJ and work on split teams/clients majority out of NYC, Philly, and Chicago. But we have employees from other locations like Atlanta, Dallas, and even some stray people from the midwest (Indiana I think).
They interviewed you without even reading your resume?
The person was a very senior account lead and said they didn't want to screen me because of the Denver based location but was talked into a conversation with me by the hiring manager.
That’s very typical NY mindset about everywhere inland.
This happened to me. During the pandemic I was in Nashville (I was wanting to relocate anyways) and once I removed the location from my resume + LinkedIn I def had more traction. No one flat out told me they wouldn’t hire me bc I was in a smaller market but when I was doing informal interviews I was advised to remove it.
Are you still living in Denver? If so, it could be because of this: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/26/colorado-remote-work-job-postings-salary-range/
I believe that’s about to be a legal disclosure in NYC as well.