Posted on 10/03/2005 by not me, baby
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I once got told in an interview that should I be hired on I would be required to sign a paper that said I acknowledged that I was aware that the minimum work week was 50 hours long (50 hours!). The interviewer also informed me that "You do know this job requires you to put family 2nd and sometimes even 3rd." (3rd to what?) You may be thinking I was being interviewed for a doctor's residency or something meaningful and selfless but it was a SALES job! Oh I almost forgot...during the course of the interview the manager I was interviewing with kept referring to "Bill's vision" (Bill was the CEO) and how brilliant it was and how everything revolves around "Bill's vision" and because of "Bill's vision" we were all going to be rich. Blech!
POST A COMMENTthe confessor(10/03/2005)
Hope you avoided that one! It really is amazing what some employers will do and say in interviews. I had an interview 5 years ago where I had applied as a client rep. The boss began asking if there were other things I would be willing to do-including cooking lunch for 20 in the company cafeteria! I got up, told her to find a catering service, and left. You wonder if she actually got someone to take that jerk job!
granularity(10/03/2005)
Smells like a pyramid scheme to me.
close call(10/03/2005)
This sounds SO familiar, I think I might have interviewed there too. I did interview once with Hewitt Associates and when they called to present a job offer to me they told me "You DO know we have a 50 hour work week here." I had been there twice for an interview and it was never mentioned. Waste of time! Needless to say I declined it.
BPFH(10/05/2005)
Actually, I believe the proper response to *that* is, "You DO know that my rate for that many hours is [amount offered x 1.25], right?"
BoneyardDiva(06/01/2006)
Smells like a cult! Good thing you knew this up front.
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