Tales from the crypt — I mean, the office.
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Sometimes you walk into a job interview and immediately get a bad feeling about the place. Sometimes a company seems fine, but then you hear some iffy rumors. And sometimes an interviewer waves red flags vigorously in your face the whole time you’re talking.
Back in August last year, we covered a similar topic — but users on a more recent r/AskReddit thread came through with further cautionary tales and wisdom. User u/Denarik asked the community for examples of red flags in job interviews that foretell a bad working environment.
Here are some of the most prevalent and useful answers.
Promises upon starting to reevaluate a salary in X time
Angry reactions to questions about workplace reviews
Outright acknowledgment of, uh, ‘high turnover’
Pressuring you to take the job before negotiating pay
Trying to talk you out of your asking salary
Consistent reminders of how lucky you are to be offered a job
Companies that want you to pretend you’re not in it for the money
Vagueness around work schedules
Any references to the company being a ‘family’
Places that claim to be ‘like a startup’ (unless that’s what you want)
Lack of clarity around the job or company itself
When they don’t acknowledge that an interview goes both ways
Via Reddit
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