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# ¿ Feb 16, 2025 22:34 |
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interviewed and soft offer pending potential bosses boss approval an hour later... ~30-40% more figgies... fingers crossed
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ffffffuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkk job hunting hear my tale of woe; currently in a steady, easy, but extremely boring job. was not actively looking but starting to think about it. towards the end of july a recruiting agency which i had had success with in the past approaches me about a job that is tangentially related to what I currently do. they ask what kind of pay I would be looking for so i name a figure i thought would be at least 25% over the max for the position. they say that that’s reasonable and ask when I would be available to interview. the date gets set for early august and I figure out what the company is the position isn’t listed on their website, i assume because the recruiter is handling everything. the company is employee owned and seems to put a heavy influence on employee enrichment and happiness. great this could be awesome I begin to think to myself. I interview, it goes well, they give me details about career path, timelines, insurance (extremely good), etc. immediately after the interview I check in with recruiter, they tell me that they have a call very soon with the company and they will have likely made a decision. great excellent. about an hour after that recruiter calls back and tells me the company loved me and thought I would be a great fit, are giving me a soft offer and to anticipate a hard offer by the end of the week. wow perfect this was the easiest process ever. the end of the week passes, I check in with recruiter. oh they are just waiting on a signature from some dude who’s on vacation and will be back the following week. ok not too bad, I can wait a week. the week passes, the recruiter calls; oh they’re having a company wide conference in 2 weeks and want to wait until after that to hire anyone. hmmmmm a little concerned but ok I’m not unemployed I can wait a bit longer. conference comes and goes, recruiter says, uh oh they did some reorganization and may not actually want to hire anyone at this time, they now want to wait until q4 to re-evaluate. awwww poops maybe there’s still a chance. waiting waiting, q4 begins. recruiter calls says they have a meeting scheduled to “determine their position with the company”. recruiter goes silent. yesterday the company posts the position on their website. fuckkkkkk i apply and message the person I had interviewed with through linkedin. not a peep yet. how boned am I? am I right in assuming that company has kicked the recruiter to the curb? and that there may be some contractual thingie that would prevent them from pursuing me on their own?
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:negotiations broke down. odds are, you're too fuckin expensive yeah could well be. when I initially gave the recruiter a number I was trying to blow them off because I wasn’t really looking at them time. my only teammate here quit recently to be a full time mom, leaving me all alone. time to try leverage that at least into more money
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Ragtime All The Time posted:phone interview in 2 hours hmmmm well that could have gone better. was expecting more technical questions but only got stuff about ideal managers and handling conflict. the interviewer didn’t seem very knowledgeable or enthusiastic about the position and couldn’t provide much info directly related to the position. if the description lists “some travel required” and you can’t give me an idea of how much that actually is... arrgghhhhg ![]()
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pointsofdata posted:Sometimes the first phone screen is someone from HR or a recruitment consultancy who know nothing about the role and you just have to deal with it yeah thats what it must have been. I saw “technical recruiter” in their title and assumed that it would be more focused than generalized views into ideal work life balance.
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Schadenboner posted:This just in: job hunting sucks and being unemployed sucks. counterpoint: work also sucks. eat trash be free
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# ¿ Feb 16, 2025 22:34 |
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![]() ![]() thread has helped me find a new job. thenks goons
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