What are the red flags you watch out for when looking for a job?

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Always ask why the position is open. If they don’t have a simple short answer it’s a red flag.

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“You really have to make the role your own” aka there’s no specific responsibilities so you’ll just be doing everything

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Big ones for me are Recruiter manners, responding to thank you emails, communicating what’s going on throughout the process. Another big one is being on time for interviews, and folks having actually looked at your book / resume beforehand. I can’t believe how often it’s obvious people haven’t done any due diligence.

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Agree on the “thank you” emails.

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Rescheduling interviews. One company rescheduled every single one of my interviews. I took the job and realized why. Complete sweatshop

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I once had a recruiter pretend to type up our conversation as it was happening. Fortunately, I could see everything on their screen via a lovely window reflection. I got up and ended the interview. They are probabky still scratching their head wondering why I left.

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Probably playing solitaire…

They ask you how good are you booking travel and managing calendars

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Did someone say red flags? 🚩

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On recruiter asked what year I graduated from college.

Unreal

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Lied to my face. I had a back to back interview with two different directors. The first one (who would have been above me -hierarchy) lie to me about people getting fired. The second director came along 5 min later and mentions about all of the people getting fired (5months before due to budgeting) and that’s why I was being interviewed… they offered me 10% more than the top limit, which was also a red flag when paired with the other. Turned the job down.

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I am getting 40% hike from Agoda for Sofware engineer position , currently working in Paytm as tech lead position , is it worth to join ?

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I probably only work about a solid 2 hours a day since COVID

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Join r/thebachelor Reddit sub if you haven’t already. Thank me later.

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laid off in Oct but ended Jan with 4 in-persons and good feedback. fast forward a month - ghosted twice, one put on hold, and one no. ~1 month of unemployment left - f@&k i feel worthless.

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I have a sign in my space that reads :fuck around and find out.

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Anyone else struggle with the Managing Partner and Officer Manager duo that creates a toxic environment? Even more so, they are married and do not understand that the cultural issues in the office are largely created by them?

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I'm trying to suss out if a new member of our dept hates me or my team (she manages a different team).

My initial take is she's just hard to read and probably a tightly controlled introvert. My direct report felt she's 'cold as ice,' 'bristling' at our suggestions, and forming a clique that wants to do their own thing with no input from our team. He's triggered very easily, and there was no explicit evidence, just a 'vibe' so I wrote it off. (See 1st comment)

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“Can we make the drizzle a little more luscious?”

My issue is less with the fact that the word “luscious” is pretty binary. The drizzle is either luscious or it isn’t. My issue is the “a little more” part. So, it’s luscious right now. We want it MORE luscious—but definitely not a lot more, just a little. Otherwise it would be TOO luscious. Can’t have that.

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“Don’t count manually, we can INDEX MATCH this bitch!”

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How do you subtly let a coworker sitting near you that they are overly loud? He conducts all his zoom meetings at his desk and I have to listen to his conversations.

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Work crushes: avoid? What are your stories 👀

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Any co-worker hook ups that you have witnessed or being part of. Was it weird afterwards or how was it handled?

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“What are we gonna do, drink ourselves to death?”
“After you.”

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Account manager to another account manager, "The client just asked what happens if they don't pay us. I just told them it'll be bad, but I honestly have no clue"

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Clients always right! Especially when you’re wrong.

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Talking about buying a dog.

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Coworker: No. He’s the owner.

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“I’m down for trick or treating, guys” -50 year old media planner with other planners around the same age. They’re having an actual serious conversation about which neighborhoods to hit up.

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Client cfo “put some fishnet stockings on the cost model…”

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I have two coworkers in Nashville and New York who will not stop talking to me about anime. What can I do to tell them I'm not a weeb??

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“You don’t have to lie. Just don’t tell the truth.”

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"There's no whining in baseball!", said very seriously and earnestly ..... to the office dog.

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👀Do you have a resolution for this year?

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