“Then I ran away without looking back.” Recruiter shares interview red flags she wouldn’t accept if she were the candidate

«After that, I ran away without looking,» said the recruiter and provided a list of red flags, as well as an explanation of why she doesn’t consider this normal:

• «You’re HR, so you understand that employees need a mom like that.» — No, I don’t understand. I’m not getting a job as a camp counselor or a kindergarten teacher. I come to the company to make sure your employees work more efficiently, produce results, and burn out less.
• «I’m getting a promotion, so I’m looking for a replacement. Keep in mind, I’ll make sure you don’t offend my people here, because I built the team here.» — This isn’t what my future boss is telling me, but a person who is moving to another department. Why would they want to control me? It’s not about control, it’s about interfering in processes because they don’t want to move to another position and let go of the previous one. Working when they promise you in advance that you won’t be bothered — no, thank you.
• «Here’s a test: our three open vacancies, find us 5 resumes of candidates and write a script on how to contact the candidate.» — And don’t you need to conduct interviews? This is not a test, this is a job that you want to get for free.
• «Our owner is very hot-tempered, he can swear and slam the door, but you just have to be patient and everything will be fine.» — I want to say, «Blink if you need help.» Why should I have to endure it if a stranger allows himself to be disrespectful towards me? I was taught from childhood that neither a person’s age, nor the degree of kinship, nor their status is an argument for doing something to you that you don’t like.
• «We need someone who is „burning“ so that they don’t know what working according to a schedule is, who has an idea, who wants to develop our business.» — Will you take me as a partner? A hired employee will never be as passionate about business development as the owner of this business. There is an area of ​​responsibility, there is the employee’s time, and there is an amount for which he is willing to «sell» this time to you.
• «We need to fill vacancies, then manage personnel, take on the issue of salaries, and then help the manager in small ways — manage his calendar, book tickets, etc.» — If you’re going to pay for all 4 positions, then there’s no question. If not, then let’s choose one.

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