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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 They rescinded my offer once I attempted to negotiate the salary.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.
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I feel like that is standard boiler plate filler jargon these days, where you need to take caution is when they use a tin of emojis in the add talk about their culture being fun, hardworking, youthful, or like a family.
Hahaha! Let me guess, they also offer "significant stocks" that get diluted once they can be cashed to a significant lower value?
It means that company hasn't adopted more progressive and inclusive job posting jargon. Saying things like "fast-paced environment" may also inadvertently discriminate against certain demographics such as the neurodivergent population or the older workforce who hiring leaders my assume won't be able to "keep up" in a fast-paced work environment"....