Recruiter Kateryna Salyuk shared a story on LinkedIn about how a candidate turned down a position due to problems with light, heat, and communication that made stable work impossible.
Recruiter Kateryna Salyuk shared a story on LinkedIn about how a candidate turned down a position due to problems with light, heat, and communication that made stable work impossible.
In a post on LinkedIn, she described a case of hiring for a critical project. According to Salyuk, the role was remote, but with the option to come to the office if the electricity went out at home. However, this time, such a plan did not work: according to her description, the problems with light, heat and communication turned out to be so extensive that the «safety net» in the form of another location did not provide guarantees.
The candidate, the recruiter writes, honestly explained the refusal by saying that he was afraid to take responsibility for the result in a situation where the basic conditions for work could disappear at any moment. Salyuk emphasized that she took it without judgment, because such instability really affects people’s ability to fulfill obligations.
In her post, she also discusses the implications for teams and businesses: external factors can disrupt hiring even when a company formally offers flexible terms and alternatives. In her opinion, this takes a toll on specialists and exhausts those trying to keep processes running.
This is a case in point for the Ukrainian labor market: infrastructure failures affect not only productivity, but also the very possibility of concluding a hiring agreement and bringing a person to the project on time. In such conditions, even «backup options» such as an office or coworking space may not provide stable communication and warmth, and this becomes a separate risk for employers and candidates.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how iOS developer Vyacheslav Gudzenko shared an unusual job search story on LinkedIn: a recruiter offered him a polygraph with a trip home as part of the hiring process for a middle-level position.
