Absolutely Cringeworthy Job Postings - Signs of a Low-Quality Employer (part 3)
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- Absolutely Cringeworthy Job Postings - Signs of a low-quality employer. I went down the Reddit rabbit hole and found 6 cringe-worthy job postings. In this video, I teach you how to identify toxic workplaces and I'm going to review the red flags in these job opportunities and share why they aren't worth your time as a job seeker.
0:00 - intro
1:23 - gas station sign
2:40 - instructional aide payscale
6:01 - Shopify startup equity
9:38 - the spammy poster
11:33 - template mixup
13:49 - the worst interview process ever
19:02 - 99 questions
22:35 - the zany turf crew
25:54 - psycho recruiter
29:06 - learn how to find better opportunities
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Alex probably left because the store was staffed in such a way that one person leaving caused the store to have to close
Humourous
@@jabber1990 me too, in some areas here in Toronto Canada, the doors are locked and you can only talk to them through a microphone at the pump… too many robberies 😢
If you don't have enough employees for one person to be out, then you don't have enough employees.
I can relate
Alex is probably tired of the incompetency that management exhibits.
The Shopify one… They are not dangling a carrot, they are dangling a picture of a carrot taken from a mile away.
Beautifully said!
dangling a picture of a dangling carrot
It's a carrot NFT
Oh, if you work there 30 years they'll pay you $15 per hour. Man, I feel so valued!!!
What's really crazy is that last bit about people with Master's degrees, implying that the starting salary of $12 per hour is for people with Bachelor's degrees? This must be a joke. What century are they living in?
Don’t forget the loyalty component, Joe!
I would seriously consider slapping someone offering me a 50 cent raise for 5 years.
I'm not putting my boots on for under 40 an hour
Also someone who has 30 years of experience probably shouldn't be working for an "hourly wage" anymore.
Love how they could be there long enough to make a sign that it was the poor employee's fault but couldn't actually just STAY THEMSELVES.
That was my thought exactly! Too lazy and entitled to keep the store open. Go, Alex!
@@jeanhartelyOr Alex was the one that made the sign... 🤷
@@AK-47ISTHEWAY Why would Alex do this? 🤷
When I was working for a large company we had a new manager come in. He demanded everyone write at the end of the day what we worked on and write a paragraph justifying why we should keep our position. This one dude in our group came back for lunch and this manager laid into him for taking lunch and asked him about what he did that moring that justified him leaving for lunch. That dude chucked his laptop and badge at him told him the f word and said I don't get paid enough for this s..t. he said just discard his personal stuff and walked out. Needless to say all of us in that group left within 2 months.
The first company I worked for a company that really valued long term employment (as they should), so having a work anniversary was a big thing. This was the nineties, when IT personnel was in short supply. For five years with the company, you got a silver Parker pen with engraving, for ten years a gold bar, etc. So I and a pair of employees had our anniversaries and the whole management team was attending. The other pair of employees was a couple, her from East Germany and him from West Germany, and they had their baby daughter with them because they couldn't find a babysitter in time. So my boss at the time came in and held this absolutely cringeworthy and derogatory speech about them and closed with stating that they were the best example of German reunification (which in German can be understood quite differently in the context). It was so bad that the woman started crying and the guy looked as if he was ready to punch my boss. Then it was my turn. I don't remember his words exactly, but it was to the essence of: "He's lucky if he can tie his own shoes without assistance!".
Needless to say, I was furious and embarrassed. I emptied my glass of champagne and left, waiting for him in front of his office door. The couple had left already. When he finally came (a little drunk), I asked him for a talk "right away". I told him that his speech was derogatory and mean and that I demanded an apology and a clarification towards senior management. He started belittling my work. I stopped him and asked: "Do you want to see me leave?" "No, why?" (In a flustered tone) "Because you are acting this way, so say it if you mean it, because I can find a f... job in a week if I want to!" "Bla,bla,bla, we value you, etc." Then I asked for a job evaluation meeting the next day, "because a few things need to change in here!". He showed up late. In fact, he totally forgot about it and even sat opposite of me during lunch break, never losing a word about the appointment with me he missed just prior. I was in a different department three days later and won them a contract worth 1.5 million € as my first assignment.
I had to fill out a quarterly report, then some manager decided a monthly report was required too. A year later the new supervisor demanded a weekly report. My position was one where great strides were made regularly. Scientific research doesn’t follow a schedule like production line does. The mentality of all my upper supervision levels was lower than the guy who cleaned our toilets. He al least provided a needed function. In jest at one progress session I made a joke about managers managing managers.
Some managers have no idea what work is all about other than kissing ass up the ladder. Those games were not in my bag.
Looking back now at the age of 80 I can chuckle over the jump through tour ass bosses that I encountered.
Events like this are what drives good people go into their own businesses.
Not all heroes wear capes 😂
OMG. HOW? HOW people like this "manager" got hired at all? WTF? They put regular workers through hell and fire to earn their place at the company and then you come to your job and see such managers. Cheesus Crispy Crust, I just can't wrap my head around it!
Kevin Spacey's character in American Beauty gave the most epic pushback on this type of bs
Be careful of jobs listed as "remote" but throughout the interview process you discover they require 50%+ travel.
*THIS!*
As some who despises the phrase, “People don’t wanna work no more.” I appreciate this video as proof that management and leadership in general isn’t “killing it” either in the hiring process. I hope it’s food for thought to anyone who utters this intellectually bankrupt phrase.
It takes two to hire.
Managers lower their hiring standards because employees have overtly stated that they will not provide anything besides the bare minimum yet expect to be paid above and beyond.
"Valuing yourself" is garbage when you are objectively no more valuable than any other loser on the street.
@@gotgunpowder hahah sounds like a recruiter of some trashy company..keep moving on boy, you'll do your best
@@gotgunpowder so give the job to the other loser. Go ahead and offer non-competitive wages so that you are perpetually locked into the cycle of rehiring and retraining just to shave a few bucks off the margins. I'm sure that's a great long term plan
I like your phrase "intellectually bankrupt" very good turn of phrase.
Canonical is a joke. I interviewed with them and saw every red flag possible. They basically wanted me to build out an entire dev environment for them for free.
I had an employer contact me through a jobs board stating, "After carefully looking at your profile we think you will be a good fit for our company and invite you to a Zoom interview". I researched the company and a lot of people who fell for it didn't get paid. I laughed my head off and responded as follows, "Thank you for offer of an interview, however, if you had really looked at my profile carefully you would have seen that I am looking for a fulltime salaried position as a kitchen porter and NOT Sales and Marketing cold calling on commission only. Good luck in finding someone else to work for nothing.
Wasted opportunity for a good troll
@@wesfields9322 Lol
@Samantha Hardy You are a next level genius
awesome story bro
@@jamesstarke7902 Riveting tale, chap.
Another cringeworthy thing....getting matched as being a great candidate via email...then clicking the link to be directed to a "skills and personality" test which takes an hour and then getting a "after careful consideration we are opting not to move forward with your application" email first thing the next morning....and I haven't interacted with anyone directly in the organization.
Lazy recruiting for sure.. IMO if you use a computer to source candidates from the start you're gonna just get people who either don't value their own time or are just good at gaming the system. Neither of these types of people benefit a company and its culture.
Or you open it and it’s a position you obviously don’t fit. Like “required: two years construction experience” and you have none.
@@jessicalindly2118 My favorite is the recruiter sending me a cold call email that would like me to relocate to an expensive part of the country for a contract job that pays 20 bucks an hour.....Also some of these recruiting agencies are being flagged as "suspected spam" by my mobile carrier when they call me direct.
@@MuffinTessee The crazy thing was they wanted you to turn your webcam on while taking the test. I looked up some of the glassdoor reviews and pretty much every interview review noted this process. The company reviews are over the top positive and the one negative review was called out by the employer in a condescending fashion....not wasting time on this one.
Should just lie on that test
I worked for an employer that made us do extensive personality testing, for an accountant role 🤔 I did get the job, but the manager used those results against staff all the time (it was a 48 page psychological evaluation). I don’t even see what the point was of such extensive testing for a finance role. Needless to say, half the team (including myself) resigned within 6 months.
I once applied for an AP job. When I went in for the interview, the first thing handed to me was one of those personality questionnaires. I asked the interviewer why this was necessary for my potential position. He couldn't really give an answer other than "the owners like these tests". I politely declined to take the test and asked if we could continue. He said no, so I thanked him and left. Assuming they hired someone else, but then about 2 months later, they called and asked if I'd be interested in a second interview. Ummmm... thanks, but no thanks!
It's not only you have to slave for those companies, but also they make you beg for slaving, putting those humiliating hr practices in place. It's degrading, it's humiliating and should stop. People should start refusing to participate in this
Just answer the way the pen moves.
@@maryfields1382 ...those psych tests determine if your confrontational or just a pushover to be trampled on...if anyone ask you to take these tests RUN its a BIG red flag
Yeah I worked for a company where over half the employees quit or were fired within the six months I was there. This was six years ago, and somehow the company is still going strong (or so their social media and some rumors lead me to believe). I honestly don’t get it.😅
From my observation, it seems like a lot of companies are going to go under in the coming years due to being out of touch. A lot of people think (especially companies) that the next recession is going to favor companies, when in reality its probably going to favor the workers. Many still feel bitter about 2008
And if they don't update their attitude, they deserve to go under.
This is the status quo, at least here in USA. It’s been this way for at least the last 15-20 years.
Not to be a sadist but as a european I'm a tad glad you guys get these preposterous joblistings too. Down here it's not unreasonable to see job offerings that ask for someone between the age of 18-21 (which is illegal; discrimination based upon age) but with over 5 years of work experience... I once got into the nasty position where my own job didn't pay me for 3 months straight and then had the audacity to first ask me whether I was willing to stay for a menial payraise (when they hadn't paid me yet to begin with) only to then claim I had walked out when I refused (for clarification; if you walk out of a job here you also give up social comp rights) then even managed to drag on the legal process to fight both for my pay as well as the unjustified claim of me walking out for another 2 months without so much as paying a dime....
A people wonder why I don't trust corporate society xD
@@AshAsmodeus Damn. Is this in south america? What industry was the company in if you don't mind me asking?
@@M00NKYMAN3R Europe; The Netherlands to be more exact. Unfortunately down here there's a lot of "prohibited by law but dealers choice" going on around here so you can easily be rejected by race, age, gender, appearance, religious and/or political beliefs. Some have the gall to outright say it to your face... most of the time it's just "highly insinuated".
I advise to never apply for a position whose title you can't look up the salary range. Companies will come up with their own titles to low ball the position and it makes it harder for you to move on into a new (better) role because the title doesn't fit any of the algorithms. Consequence - your resume goes into the black hole and you're stuck.
Funny one from a few years ago: Ad featuring a requirement for 5 years in a tool that had been released the previous quarter. Everyone got a laugh out of that one.
I see that all of the time for high tech jobs. The hiring manager wants 5-10 years experience in a new technology that was invented two years ago.
It was the thing of legend.....except we see it all the time in tech...
I remember this. Wasn't it some recruiter trying to hire the guy that had literally developed the tool himself six months earlier?
I remember when HTML5 had just dropped and I'd see job listings asking for 3y experience...
I know of school districts who pay their cafeteria aides way above $14/hr with a GED. So that for-profit school is definitely low-balling folks.
In 2015, I worked in a special Ed classroom for 7.50/ hour . Only stayed one year. I was hired to work with one highly behavioral student , who was arms length. Eyes on.
( This means you cannot leave their side, no breaks, no lunch. Had to beg whomever safe person willing to take the responsibility, for a
second to use BR ) No support at all for me.
I stayed one school year.
There were time the TA and teacher was out so I had all 25 and prayed to God no one would go off.
I love the kids, and feel so bad for them.
Starbucks in my town starts at $17.50. No Master's degree required.
Columbus, Ohio: restaurants and others eager to pay $15 and up.
Thats a union job now
@@nickmalone3143 nope. Nonunion shop. Please check your 🧠
Starbucks is hard work though since they changed their labor model to earn less labor per dollar in sales. Stores are understaffed, workers are stressed. Or, milk gets left out on the counter and the store is dirty.
No master's degree required❓ Then why do all the people working there have a master's degree in art history⁉
Thanks for sharing this.
I hate nothing more than long interview processes. Why does it take a month if not more to determine if someone is worthy of an offer? Why do you need to be interviewed by 5 different people to be worthy of a chance to get hired?
I can't imagine someone going through this process, just to be told no at the end.
Yes it’s a nightmare. I went through multiple interviews over the phone and in person. They even flew me out to take a test which I aced. I had another job lined up as well so I called up the only interviewer who I related to and seemed like a normal honest guy and he told me not to wait and just take the other position. So I did and I’m glad because I never heard back from that company.
My longest process were decades ago for a year which include medical check up, psychological interview, psychotest, i think several question were the kinsey test (i bet they discriminate). It was for civil servant with diplomatic function position
Yep it's super demoralizing. I spent four months going back and forth with a company only to be rejected after making one small mistake on the third applicant test they made me take. (I only took so many tests because I had no other leads and was desperate). They wasted so much of my time and made me do so many tests that I've put them on my resume as work experience.
Because the HR DROID running the post wants "her" candidate that she picks ....diversity hire...minority etc ... its a game
I recently applied to a bottom of the totem pole, entry level full time position at the company I've been working for in a part time role for 4 years. The process was four interviews (3 of them lasted an hour), and then an assignment in which I was ask to write out my ideas on things that had already been discussed in depth in 2 of the interviews. I spent 3 hours on that written assignment. The process dragged on for 5 weeks. I did not get the job. Even better, because the hiring manager did not have the courtesy to let me know when the selected candidate accepted the verbal offer, I got the HR not selected form email the Friday before he had the courtesy to call me and let me know I was not selected. As an internal employee, theybshould have let me know once they had a verbal agreement with the selected candidate. Major faux pas, and it felt like a major slap in the face (and that faux pas became and HR alert to hiring managers). However, I feel like I came out ahead. I got the next full time internal job I applied for; it's a position higher on the ladder, with higher pay on a team that seems to much more well functioning with clearly defined job responsibilities. Don't let a bad applicant experience get you down. There is better out there!
I used to hate those generic rejection letters ... Human resources horseshyte demeaning exercise...by hr droid psychos
On the psycho recruiter, 101% chance her idea of rejecting people with the "dignity they deserve" turns out to be some corny, instant eye roll message, that she is just super sure was really clever.
100% . Or something overly sugary, that she feels is just pearls of wisdom and comfort
In terms of her taking pride in helping her clients, she should take pride in finding that diamond in the rough, not in rejecting people. Yes, the company would appreciate someone who isn't fit for the job not being hired, but they appreciate a recruiter finding a great employee much more, as that actually can grow the business. How much of a god complex do you have to have for rejections to candidates to be where you feel the most joy?
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
That woman's last name is Camilleri. Her first name is... (wait for it🥁) - *KAREN!* You can't make this up!
She has since updated her LinkedIn profile photo.
She would fit right in government (usa)
i just had 2 zoom interviews with an employer. in first interview the owner and supervisor "forgot" about the interview. then on the day of third interview, they cancel 2h before and promise to reschedule. then a day later they say "they are rethinking the position". no apology for wasting my time. wow such a slap in the face. i have a feeling they had someone lined up who came in for cheaper. but they didn't want to admit to it.
Pounds rocks
@@nygardenguru sorry i didn't understand.
This happens often...
The reason:
The company’s HR process dictates that they interview x-number of outside candidates, regardless if they already know who they’re gonna hire. Very likely you were yet another victim of this process. They already had their candidate...then they thought they didn’t...so they setup the interviews with you...and then they DID have their candidate....dragging you around for weeks...ughhh!
It’s very dumb, and be thankful you don’t work there.
@@Vivacior when they reschedule the second time, i was ready to reject them even if they offered the job.
@@asadb1990 You did the correct thing my friend... Don't let Bozos stop you from getting that perfect job.
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For the Canonical job, here's what I think is going on. They are giving the applicant a ridiculous task to see if they'll comply, they want to see how the person will react because they want someone easy to work with who won't kick up a fuss. It's a test. They probably won't read the answers to the questions, they just want to see if the person will play ball and fall in line. Given how extreme the questionnaire is, they want someone who will do whatever they say without asking questions. Which is like you said, a BIG RED FLAG. A very shady company imho.
So Ubuntu, an OS kernel on the open source Linux platform, is developed by a company run by control freak clowns who don't know how to deal with people.
@@Anomaly188 Aligns pretty well with the scummy practices they've adopted for their flagship OS.
Something I'd like to see you cover on a future video is the current trend of not-really-remote job postings. They're legit jobs, advertised as 100% remote and are anything other than 100%. More like youre remote 100% of the time that you're not at the office.
I get location requirements like a specific state for HR issues dealing with tax burdens, etc. But if you're looking for somebody within commuting distance to the office for your remote job it's because you're going to try to strong arm them into HQ at some point.
Yes! I haven't found anyone talking about this.
My job is becoming this. While we're technically remote, my boss asked me the other day if I could start coming into the office once a week to assist with mailed-in documents. I live rather far from the office (I'm in the same city, but the distance is rather large) but I'm taking over the responsibilities of my instructors, who once did that before they got a promotion. My company seems to do a lot of promotions as well, if my attendance of the annual meeting in my first week was a good indicator, in which most in attendance were promoted. So, I'll sort the mail and email documents (I'll probably do it after-hours so that it counts as overtime, lol. I don't want to do my actual work shift in the office. My job doesn't try to deter overtime but thankfully it's also not a mandate either).
I just don't want to go back into the office fully. Heck, most of the employees I think are too far to come into the office anyways, which makes it unfair to mandate people to be in the office.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley That's incredibly unfair that you even have to think of ways to not feel like you are crossing boundaries of your remote work status which I'm sure was agreed upon when you got hired or at some point of your employment. I don't understand why companies are doing this. I mean I do, but it's terrible! They can't hire anyone when they are asking for 100% onsite, so they lie and say hybrid or remote and this is so not the case when an employee is hired. Ugh! This will continue to add to the cycle of employees not staying with their jobs. Lying will not help companies by any means!
Exactly. I had a recruiter explain with very slow words “it issss reeemmmooottte” Me ; until you have to go into the office right? Him: Yes. Me: it’s a hundred miles drive ONE WAY! That’s 3 hours in the car every day. Him: You don’t want to interview? Me: hanging up now.
I have seen this too! It's so weird and I hate it. Just be honest withcpeople if it's going to be Remote, Hybrid or in person. I just took a position that will be hybrid.
He called the lady that likes rejecting people a “psycho” 😂
So damn true! lol
What else would you call her? There's just that category of sorry people.
• As a teacher, she would've taken "joy" in flunking her students.
• As a euthanizer at an animal shelter, she would've taken "joy" in pitting animals to sleep.
• As a life support equipment nurse at a hospital, she would've taken "joy" in pulling the plug on brain injury patients.
BTW, her name is... Karen. Whoda thunk it?!
S.A.M?
At 19:03 my jaw literally dropped. That is an INSANE hiring process. I was out after seeing the personality and aptitude tests. I was out AGAIN after the double technical screening. I was out a THIRD time after the "written interview" explaining it's essentially a prompted cover letter. That actual wall of text for the questions is borderline criminal. How much time do they expect a candidate to put into just their process!?
A lot of government jobs in Canada have all of these items you mentioned, which makes it so difficult to get in 😅
Literally this is a sign of not just a potentially problematic workplace but rather of where society is at. Zero professionalism and zero boundaries. Thank you for your advice. I am a person who has been trying to get back into the workforce since a near fatal accident with a semi truck for over 16 years now. The accident is/was zero liability on my part. I am tired of the shenanigans I see in the workplace. Thank you 🤔❤️🇺🇸
I am starting to hate the companies where you need 2 or 3 interviews or the assessments before you know if you get the job. Especially when it is just an entry level position. I am dealling with this right now.
I feel like Alex probably printed that out and hung it on the door himself.
That childish behavior tells me that Alex did the right thing at leaving that job. Seems very toxic.
I feel like if that was the case he'd have added why.
😂 😆 😝
I had an employer that tried to do something similar but online. When I searched my name, things from that place came up suggesting a number of negative things about me. Good that I found out when I already had a new job making more than double what I was making in that toxic place.
OP = -RaceTrack Team
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The personality test thing always gets me. Personality tests - even supposedly standardized ones like Myers-Brigg or what have you - can result in radically different results depending on what mood the taker is in at the time. They might as well use horoscopes for all the good they do. So what are they trying to accomplish? I remember one gave me some kind of results page that read like a page from an RPG manual, assigning me a "class". Super cringe.
And I recently got run through the ringer by a major insurance company - you've probably seen their commercials - and it went through 8 major phases of interviews, tests, assessments, and more (not counting small things like a phone call to schedule a future interview or the various emails exchanged). They got to the point where they were explaining to me salary and benefits and then... rejected me! After wasting weeks and weeks of my time! Why can't major companies get their ducks in a row and just make a decision after like 2 or 3 interviews?
Myers-Briggs is also considered to be pseudoscience in the scientific world.
I had an interview questionnaire with questions related to high school, exactly like the ones here. Since it was a software engineering job, and typically back in the day boys were seen as naturally better at math, I never dreamed I would be good at software engineering until I was in my late 20s. The questionnaire was based on cultural perceptions from 15 years ago of who would make a good engineer.
I had an interview with a law firm with two people who claimed that they were "cool" and that "coolness" counted for a lot and went a long way.
lol
As far as the first one goes, the fact that someone manages that place, came in, posted the sign, and didn't just work the station, shows poor leadership.
Not being willing to do tasks you'd assign to someone else is lame.
Did they pay their own mortgage with "coolness"?
I called my student loans to see if they accept "coolness" as payment.
They laughed, which wasn't very cool of them.
@@El.Bewear Should have asked your employer if they could help with your student loan payments with "cool" currency.
@@El.Bewear Damn. I guess it only works for REALLY cool people XD
As someone who is a paralegal/legal assistant at a law firm, our office manager does all the things I do (plus some extra tasks because she’s office manager). She hired me (with input from the attorney I work directly under). It’s very true that you shouldn’t hire someone to do something you wouldn’t do yourself.
Any time they make you take tests, you should run. They should find everything they need to know through standard background checks and references
Testing is illegal in many states.
Technical background check? Not so much.
Obviously you should avoid companies which ask you to dedicate hours upon hours passing testes, but there's nothing wrong with one asking you to go through a short test on the core skill you should have during the screening process.
IMO it can make the company look more trustworthy.
While i agree in principle, there are technical jobs out there where a meter high stack of great qualifications means absolutely nothing compared to ability to do the job which you can't measure in any way without a test. But that should never mean wasting hours of peoples time with no clear steps on how the process goes, ie get the fluff out first then if the candidate is a good hire otherwise if they can pass the technical test it should be a guaranteed acceptance on passing it.
@@raitoiro ...they do these tests so they can find some detail to reject you on.These HR personel are mentally ill
Is there EVER a time when *personality tests* are actually a fair thing for a company to put you through without a guarantee of an actual interview??? There’s SO many companies that are still doing that.
Also, why would any company have you apply online only to fill out a hard copy application once you score an interview?
I view personality tests as another way for companies tell me that I don't want to work there.
I always like on the personality test. My skill should be the only thing that matters
It’s to weed out the hard workers to bring the lazy workers
Honestly, with that canonical written interview, i would also send an invoice for the time spent on it
Yeah
Applicants can probably answer fewer questions for a law enforcement job, lol.
These guys make panhandling a more lucrative and dignified career choice. To summarize, in honest language: 1) "Please come work for us.... so that we can underpay you and publicly beat you down when you resign". 2) "Please come to work for us - we offer a 0.19% to 0.96% annual raise!" 3) "Please come to work for us. No pay, just a percentage of a company sure to go belly up!" 4) "Please interview with us. The interview process takes only 16 hours of your time, and maybe we'll get right back to you in 8 months with a possible final interview, in which we will MAYBE discuss salary". 5) "Please come work for us. No pay, just "fun" tokens!!!" 6) "I'm a sociopathic, 'spray and pray' recruiter. I LOVE saying "Sorry, you lose!" to the people who confide in me. Please contact me and I can make your career dreams come true (ha ha!)".
I would be spraying an AK after all this psychological warfare .....thats why i stay away from guns lol
My cousin was asked about college in an interview for a senior level position... They never asked him about his 10+ years of experience🤔
That's actually kind of weird. Usually 99% of the time it's the other way around (experience over education)
Maybe he wanted to know if they went to the same college.
Hi Brian, just wanted to let you know that I have been watching your channel and have been in the job hunt for last 6 months. I have been taking your advice and your tutorials were a tremendous assistance. I was able to be patient and landed with a terrific company. Thank you.
Congratulations!
Congrats!!🎉🎉
I just got a contact back from a data entry job application that includes a "written interview". It's basically a worksheet that you have to fill out and send back within a time limit. I'm 95% sure the job poster is a scammer.
I recently went through a hiring process where I did a total of 6 interviews for a Salesforce admin role. And I check in every week with the recruiter, and the best thing I received was “Hey, just checking in to let you know that we haven’t forgotten about you”.
What the hell does that mean? I got mad and just said please remove me out of the hiring process.
6 interviews Including:
- 3 interviews with different managers
- 2 with potential co workers
- 1 presentation where I had to prepare and present to an audience of 5 people.
It means they liked you and thought you were decent, but they feel they can find someone better. So they'll keep you on the hook in case someone "better" comes along.
Yes move on. These people are messing with you. Good luck!
That’s horrible!! So sorry that happened to you. Now I am so glad I didn’t apply for that job!
@@MS-wy4sb Yes. That makes sense! It’s a sign that I need to move on.
Or they're just sending out mass-written, automated emails to everyone they interviewed.
I'm based in Germany. And I have noticed that such well-established companies as Boston Conculting Group, PWC, and YE are constantly on the search for executive assistants in different locations. So, it immediately gave me an idea that something must be wrong with the environment, either too stressful or toxic, that people are leaving all the time. Thank you that you confirmed my concerns regarding those types of vacancies. I'm not applying to any of those jobs. It's just not worth it
Worse, when I carefully review the job description for the EA position, it's obvious that the EA will be doing much of the executive's job. It's shocking. Of course, the pay scale or benefit difference between the EA and their C-level executives is night and day.
Boston has a long history of producing corporate/executive nepo babies with no real skills to run their businesses. As a 31 year old guy who has outlived several nepo baby business failures, I can attest to our low quality executives.
Top notch machinists here, too bad our trade unions are jokes of their former selves with most being incapable of even absorbing all the quality applicants they need to train in order to outpace the rates of industry attrition.
😮💨 Neither our unions or our corporations are competent and our ivy league schools or only self-interested... Boston boys never stand a chance, best they can do is survive and stay alive. God knows owning a home is out of the question. Just affording a place to live is challenging enough.
God, what a waste of talent & resources.
But as a Storz & Bickel product owner let me just say, Germany does take their product quality seriously: mid pandemic my Crafty+ stopped charging after only a couple months. S+B sent me a whole new unit with cleaning kit within a couple days of me sending them the RMA & pictures. They didn't even wait for my original unit to arrive for verification before sending me a new unit as a solution! THAT'S DEDICATION TO PRODUCT QUALITY👍 Good job, Germany ❤
You guys make me smile to know some countries still care about doing good work and making good products AND STANDING BY THEIR PROMISES TO THEIR PRODUCT'S QUALITY ❤❤❤❤
I can't tell you how many written interviews, Standardized personality & aptitude tests, & CCAT I've taken
90% never leading to real interviews
On 99 Questions, when you showed the list of questions, all I could think was OH. MY. GOD. Are they insane? And what is with all the companies who are still doing personality tests type things for hiring?
Also, not a job posting but an interview. With a law firm. He did civil law, his wife did family law. They had an office manager. Job posting was for receptionist/office clerk, full time. The interview was painful at best. Turns out it wasn't full time it was 30-35 hours a week on the desk. Plus, "If my wife needs you stand at the copier all day to copy paperwork for a court case, you'll do that." PLUS, "You will make coffee every morning, and daily clean all four bathrooms, dust, vacuum, and take out the trash." For $12 an hour. This was about 3 years ago. I told them they needed a paralegal for her, if they were expanding as much as they said they were, they could afford a janitorial company to come in to clean the bathrooms, do the trash, etc. I would NOT be making coffee because I don't drink it and if they want it so bad, they can make it to their taste. Also, if they wanted to hire me, it would be the state office work only, guaranteed 40 hours a week, $20 an hour because I was NOT accepting wages I made 20 years ago straight out of college, overtime as needed at time and a half, bennies (insurance and paid vacation). "That is NOT an acceptable counteroffer to me and my firm." Ok, toodles! Biggest waste of my time in all my life.
Go read the Glassdoor reviews about Canonical, lots of them talk about the toxic CEO (and CTO). While the reviews are in the middle, most people are in agreement that the leadership is awful.
+1 for this legendary roast of Canonical. No wonder they treat their users like shit, no self respecting person would willingly work for them
Man I'm watching this and I'm astonished. Is this why linux operating systems aren't catching on. Every company thinks they're google.
@@eezyville1704 Not really, Canonical is just a special case of stupid. Linux has been becoming pretty popular for daily use over the last couple of years. Be it through Chromebooks, Valve's Steam deck or overall better quality on certain distros than before
I've run Linux for 20 years. Ubuntu might be unique, but I've run the derivatives like Linux Mint.
As a new teacher, the least favorite thing to do is fail a student. I had one teacher who did and she was a disgusting person for that. I can't imagine getting joy from other people's misery.
exactly, how backwards can these people be?
In my experience, people who are like that: (a) either come from a very strict/self-righteous upbringing and are full of anger and bitterness, or (b) that's all they have in their lives and nothing more; without that they just don't have any reason to get up in the morning.
This is how we get to grade inflation
Okay and what if the student truly deserved the failing grade?
I was taught that when a student fails the teacher fails.
The worst question I’ve ever come across on a job application was being asked to provide 15 years worth of expired drivers license numbers.
@@jabber1990 Really? how do you even get expired drivers license numbers? do you know why companies want that?
That doesn't even make sense. I've been driving for 25 years, they only require renewal every 10 years, and the license number doesn't change on renewal. So while I technically could give that information, it's just the one number that's still current.
@@DementatDeus I remember it very clearly because I was so dumbfounded by it
Given that gas station had to completely close down because a single employee quit, that might have something to do with why he quit.
Recently found an entry level job (I.T.) that requires a broad range of experience that took me 3-5 years to obtain.
This is the kinda stuff I see all the time;
We are seeking candidates for this ENTRY LEVEL security job... it requires a State Guard License, three years security experience, BLET training, CPR Certification, PTA Certification, WMD certification, CCTV Operation experience, Armed Guard License, a minimum of two tours in Iraq and Afganistan, and a partridge in a pear tree... pay is $8.20 an hour.
Never mind Alex, he's allowed to quit... my question is this: How did that sign get there, if not posted by someone who could have stayed and kept the store open?
That one for the para educators getting a 50 cent raise after 5 years is
hilarious! I worked as a para. The pay is abismal, the benefits might existent, no respect, and huge responsibility.
A lot of these ads expecting people to work for free remind me of gigs for musicians and artists where they say "We can't pay you but think of the exposure!" As if my landlord would accept rent payments in "exposure".
I am long-removed from the workplace, and I spent nearly 25 years in the U.S. Army as an airborne infantry officer. I did, however, spend some years as an employee, grinding out a living in the private sector. Your videos are quite well-written and presented. You clearly have a lengthy professional background. Thank you for your lucid, and often very interesting programs. I enjoy them for the information and the anecdotes, but mainly I find them gratifying for reminding me how lucky was to miss those decades scrambling for work in the private sector.
Hey Brian, what do you think of companies that reach out to you through Linkedin, schedule a call/interview and then proceed to ask you why you want to work there and how long you plan to stay? To me it makes no sense, like, you reached out to me... They bait you with "let me tell you about this opportunity" but treat you like you are begging them for a job.
I had something similar where a recruiter found my linkedin profile...called me and said what an awesome background I have...the proceeded to hammer me about experience that was clearly not listed on my profile and then wondered why I thought I could work for them. I responded "umm you called me, bud."
It's amazing. They send you a message about a "great fit" job opportunity.... for a position 1,000 miles away. Or a "great fit" position that you later find you don't actually qualify for. Total incompetence - recruiters are useless at best, and likely more to hurt you more than help you in your career.
At least sounds like they giving you the job
@@325xitgrocgetter Yeah, it's like a head game they play on you, designed to waste your time while making the employer feel important and really popular. All they're actually doing is using some useless algorythym, and "spraying" to new position to hundreds of NOT INTERESTED/NOT QUALIFIED qualified people per day.
@@nygardenguru The keyword is "sounds". And the "job" may not even exist.
Recruiting and staffing companies are the new real estate business, everyone is doing it. I had a recruiter reach out to me for a job, I advanced to an in-person interview and then benched me for taking issue with the idea that I had to pay for travel to the interview (requiring air travel).
I was relocating across the country (husband finished his PhD and was going to a research lab) and I got a company to fly me out to interview. Then another company called me and asked if I wanted to interview and if I would be in the area. I said that I was coming, but I was interviewing with another company. I said they could fly me out the next week. They said that they didn't have budget for travel-but could I just tack on their interview on the other company's dime? That was a big NO.
My friends old job advertised for the vacant position offering 25% less than the standard rate and listed the job perks as being able to sit outside for lunch.
Also on the first one - this would also mean that Alex was the only person who would be running the shob at all. Because if there was a different person, that person could step in for that night or untill they find a replacement. This again means that whoever would take Alex' job in the future is likely also in charge for running that shop by himself and just as likely be treated the exact same way Alex was treated.
Wow! Good tips! This is my first time ever looking for a "real" job in my field. Seriously I would have never questioned some of these.
The “psycho recruiter” lady is the founder of her very own recruiting agency, in the UK. There are now 7 comments on the thread pictured and ALL 7 comments praise the her comment. The most recent comment reads: “Completely true!! [SHE] rejected me and I thanked her..!” 👈🏼 I mean seriously, who talks like this?!
Pay attention folks. This how the professional world views employment candidates. No one will say what they _truly_ feel, because the “psych recruiter” is also *gatekeeper to countless opportunities* and wields significant “soft power”. No one wants to risk challenging or even recognizing how horrible this woman sounds because they fear her wrath, with good reason.
ALAL (Brian) is providing us all with incredibly useful intelligence on the how recruiters evaluate and chose candidates for roles within their organizations. This kind of information is incredibly difficult to obtain, unless one is a recruiter. Nice work, Brian! 👍🏼
In 30 yrs you'll go from $12 to $15 🤣🤣🤣
Jeez the least that company could do is send every applicant a t-shirt that says, "I applied Canonical and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" 😂
I received the canonical form once. I couldn’t believe it and couldn’t imagine someone filling it out legitimately. I filled it out as quick as possible and even said I don’t remember high school, lol. I never heard back.
If I see something like that i go nope, and move on to another job posting
Something you see fairly frequently is job adverts posted by people who clearly have no idea what skills are important and what skills aren't so list them all and end up writing a job spec so tight the only person who can possibly meet all their requirements is whoever it is they are trying to replace. I've seen a few where I've half expected them to specify what shoe size or hair colour a candidate needs to have.
because the entire hiring process is broken in this country!
Ya know....there is a term for those seeking unpaid work - it's called a VOLUNTEER. Volunteer work has no business being on any job board - even Criagslist.
I don't mind the existence of volunteers, but they ought to expressly be the purview of nonprofits. The days of the unpaid internship are long gone.
the canonical job hiring description.. all the personal info.. is the recruiter trying to get as much personal info on you to sell for profit elsewhere???
This is why I subbed to this channel, without your insights from a recruiter's perspective, I would've never knew what was ridiculous or not
At the unfilled template posting, when you said "two days later," it looked like you were smelling a trash can. Loved it. Job rejections can lead to suffering and shortened lives. Just post, "I'm ignorant," it's more succinct. Now I look like I'm smelling a trash can.
The last one was creepy. Was she serious about joy, or trying to say the most important service you can offer an employer is competent screening and rejection of unsuitable candidates? Psychopathy, poor marketing, extremely poor judgement or appalling grammar?
The type of woman at the end of the video is way more common that people like to admit. She was just one that was vain enough to brag about it.
Delayed watching this one for days, now I m sorry for not watching earlier.. mind blowing cases of utterly bizzare recruiting.. thank you for all the enlightening information.
"Our hiring process is ridiculous and we don't plan on hiring anyone anytime soon"
The recruiter from a Staffing Company asks you to take a Behavioral test and when you do, you don't hear back from the recruiter.
Exactly! I had to take a test for American Airlines and a video interview for Porsche, after doing both: SILENCE
Psych test said you werent a pushover ...so they held out for someone with no clue
Regarding Canonical, it seems they are trying to automate the whole process like all companies are trying to do these days with customer "service", sales, retailing, food "service", manufacturing (definitely) and many others. Almost no company ever lists their telephone number; most don't want to have to talk to you. We now have to go online to order things instead of browse a store with the actual merchandise that we can see in 3-D, touch, feel, lift, smell, try on and listen to. I've gotten to where I just don't buy much; it's too hard and all quality is very low so that products are unreliable. They are trying to make job searches the same way; they want nothing to do with you unless they can snag your talent with the least amount of effort possible. It's all the American way. So glad I am retired and I have much empathy for younger people in today's world.
Not surprised things got to this. People like to deny it, but the values of materialistic pursuits are the backbone of "The American Way"- it's even in the definition. People who chase materialism eventually end up lazy and entitled. Not sure if people can turn this around.
I retired and am completely annoyed with every last thing becoming automated, too. Also having to set up an online account to do business with anyone. I have tremendous empathy for younger people and hope things get better for them. Employers do anything they can to pay on the cheap. It's sickening greed.
@@annabodot962 Same here; I just plain don't buy anything anymore because it's too hard and you can't see and touch anything. Of course I have to buy food, etc., but beyond that, nothing at all and I have more money at my disposal than before retirement. To a certain extent I also don't entirely trust the whole structure, worried about privacy. I wish an expanded Service Merchandise would come back as an in between solution.
It's scary. I wanted to buy a Nespresso coffee maker. I went to a store and they at least they had many models on display. But very few actually physically for sale. Luckily they had one that I wanted, but the sales guy said for most of them you have to order and have shipped to your home.
Thank you so much of this!
I think I saw the company's template job ad posting in my job search (unless more than one company has done this, which I guess is highly possible. At 20:20 for Canonical, another observation that I noticed as a Gen X'er is that their assumptions that computing was part of your learning experience in HS and/or college seems to reek of age discrimination. Computers weren't commonplace for me, not even in graphic design school (layout, copy-fitting, and technical drawing were all still done by hand)!
Not to mention, their barrage of questions reads less like a job application, and more like they have every intention to collect and sell your personal info!
I just found you. I was laid off in August. I’m an older worker but with so much energy and experience, but I do feel it might be getting in my way. Granted, people tell me I look ten years younger, even former coworkers said things to indicate they had no idea how old I was, but even that puts me in the over 40s crowd.
Anyway, thank for doing these cringeworthy and low quality employer type videos, not to mention the companies that are making offers and rescinding them. A former co-worker just experienced this issue, and she chose this job over another one, and she is devastated. I’ve seen some really nasty tricks from companies and we have no recourse, except for you! Thank you for calling them out. No one else is looking after us, so thank you for that. I purchased your big bundle and I’m enjoying it.
Lastly, don’t forget to do a video on fake job scams. There are a lot out there, even on LinkedIn. I had to block one person. These aren’t actual companies, they are criminals. There are big red flags but there are also little red flags that many might not notice, but I did. I wrote a post about them on LinkedIn.
This is the funniest best advise channel I ever found on this topic! Thank you so much! 🎉😂❤
7 hours per week for equity, Minimum 51% equity. I'll change that culture. .25% equity is what they offer? They really don't want to hire a web developer.
Just watching some of your vids and I'm enjoying it. Your sense of humor is making me smile. Thanks.
These are really helpful and funny keep giving us more!😂
Great video. This explains why I have seem many resumes from people currently at Canonical. If that is the process to get in the door, it does not sounds like things are much better once you are in.
By 19:30 I was laughing hard… how do so many people ask so much from potential interviewees when they shouldn’t be employed themselves.
Wonderful show! I really liked it!
If the entire business had to close up because Alex walked out, I can promise you, he was badly under paid. He was obviously pivotal to the continued operation of the business and their loss is going to be someone else gain.😂
Add to that they actually thought advertising this to the customers was a good idea.
Your videos are not only helpful, they are hilarious!
I worked at a fuel station for Unsafe Way. Same exact deal. Low quality, aggressive manager working with her best friend. They kept nothing but a note on the door that said they were closing early. Couldn't keep help. Don't know why 😂
Thank you, your videos are always interesting... Loved the " as a TITLE" ha ha
Please make more of these! 😂 I'm watching all of them.
My first thought is that these aren't real in 2022, but then I remember the responses / ghostings I get from my recruiters and all the minimum wage jobs I've had, and I realize this is the norm.
31:27- I used to work in a gov dept. We all had yearly raises based on our performance targets. My immeadiate boss wasn’t nice. She didn’t want to sign my yearly rise even though I did more than meet my targets alone. But she had no noice because I provided sterling service. She did sign it but kept on whinging that even though I did more than meeting my targets that there are “… other graduates out there in the country who don’t earn as much and that I should consider myself ‘LUCKY’ … “. I felt like saying : “… luck has nothing to do with it. It’s called hard work and doing your job…”
This one is actually hilarious. That page with questions made me spit out my coffee.
Karen Camilleri, name of the rejection lady. Seems to post it on all her social profiles and doesn't even have SSL set up on her website. Seems she can't recruit someone decent enough to do even basic web design, which makes me doubt her abilities at all. There are many out there with lots of confidence, or even ego, with little ability.
On the plus side, great video as always!
We have a race trac gas station next to my work in central Florida that closes all the time due to staff shortage. Next time I will look to see if they put up a sign throughing someone under the bus for it.lol
I used to work with grad students in the career office and the worst part of my job was telling them that they didn't get the internship or the interview or whatever. Even though those same students did get tons of other offers, sending them rejections always made me sad, especially if it's a job they really wanted. That lady is a bit mental for thinking that rejecting people is fun.
19:04 well, I didn't expect that reaction!!
i've been in alex's position before when i was working fast food and i know EXACTLY why alex walked out. he was the only one working that night, and they refused to hire anyone else, refused to pay him double for working an entire store solo, and the management was unwilling to work the extra hours to keep the store open. so... you're right! absolutely a management issue!
In France I've heard of hand writing analysis being done but only very senior roles, something to do with hand writing indicates personality traits
Miss the old days were all of us could apply in person
So true. I loved this video. Thanks
The "joy" post wouldn't be nearly so bad if she had just left off the joy sentence. Offering dignity when someone didn't get the job will create respect for the company. But personal joy? Nope.
Thirty years to go from $12 per hour to $15 per hour won't even keep up with 1% annual inflation.
I'm pretty sure unpaid internships are illegal in the US.
You are awesome and should do stand up comedy on the weekends!