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I had a job interview today! WooHoo! At least, that’s what I thought. I feel so bad and dirty now.
First I thought it was an enumeration job – which to me, and the dictionary, means, typing in data, at the worst, collecting surveys. Also, they gave a per hour wage, which fits that kind of job. I was thinking, $20/hr, that’s pretty sweet for a summer job so I applied.
I get the interview, go in this morning, get asked maybe, 5 or 6 questions, and then get told I’m hired. Which to me is like saying, I’M DESPERATE PLEASE PLEASE WORK FOR ME!!!!!! She implied a per hour wage again during the interview.
Ok, I’m fine with that for $20/hr. Go to the orientation. Suddenly I’m being bombarded with crap about fixed rates for gas and electricity, and how people can save money and that. By now I’m getting a little bit edgy, the red light and siren in my head is threatening to go off.
Then he starts talking about commission. COMMISSION??!?!?!?! I thought this was enumeration, not solicitation? What’s going on here? Alarm bells are ringing loud and clear now.
Then he starts selling us the job by telling us how much we can make, trip incentives, and that. Then I start feeling like I’m betraying my upbringing. I was told to slam doors on solicitors, and to hang up the phone on the phone ones. But I don’t leave just yet.
After 4 grueling, non paid hours, it finally ends. I went straight home, ‘accidentally’ threw away the papers we were given, and then decided it was a total waste of time.
Oh, and I forgot to mention this… a friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in 2 years was up today, and I couldn’t see him because of this interview. And now I feel lied to, and used. They used my want of money to try and get me to betray my morals, by saying people like me were bad people, and only the good ones sign.
Very random and not very upsetting rant, but I wanted it down. I want to sue that company for false advertisement, but I think that this doesn’t apply. Nor can I afford the lawyer. Meh. Just don’t work there, eh?
I got that too, about ten years ago. Great to see it never dies. I wonder if we went to the same place?
I think that is messed up. I dont know how you managed to sit there for 4 hrs. That should be illigal… like ‘bait and switch.’ 😕
That happened once to me. The add was for a travel consultant…. Funny when I got there it was for selling magazines door to door….. 😕 🙄
My son got sucked into that a couple of times too. Very frustrating when you need a decent wage so badly and they totally waste your time. 👿
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Snapdragon wrote:I got that too, about ten years ago. Great to see it never dies. I wonder if we went to the same place?
Probably not the company is supposedly only 3 years old here…
Supposedly being the key word. They lied about the entire job description they could have lied about that too.
I’ve had a couple deals like that, Rainbow vaccuum cleaners, and Rainsoft water treatment…how people actually sell these things, I don’t know. Once you hit the price tag one usually chokes…I know I did.
I wasted about 15 hours on the Rainsoft thing, I then went to unemployment and had them make the company pay me for my time, after arguing about it for over a month, they wrote me a check. Waste my time, pay for it.
Anyway, I would have stood up in the middle of that man’s speech and said loud and clear, “I thought I was here for a REAL job. Since this is obviously NOT a real job, I’m not going to be allowing you to waste my valuable time any further. Goodbye!” and I would have walked out the door.
I bet you more than half of the people there with me would have been out the door soon after.
You should have walked, especially since it went on for 4 hours…you are far more patient than I am.
Kyrin
My friend’s girlfriend got sucked into this kind of job-scam too. It’s those kind of jobs that advertise on college campuses: “Great pay, flexible hours, starting at $17/hr”, or some mess like that. It’s magazines door-to-door or vacuum cleaners door-to-door. I’m sorry, Dragon87. It sounded like a complete waste of time.
Well I finally got my PYO’s that I ordered (including a random little smiley face on my receipt – must have liked my comment, lol)…..
So… Everything is good now, I have another job (painting for SudentWorks painting) which starts next week so I am happy. Maybe I can get the wolf done by the time dad comes up this weekend so I can give it to him (not likely, but a good dream, hm?)
Kyrin wrote:I’ve had a couple deals like that, Rainbow vaccuum cleaners, and Rainsoft water treatment…how people actually sell these things, I don’t know. Once you hit the price tag one usually chokes…I know I did.
I wasted about 15 hours on the Rainsoft thing, I then went to unemployment and had them make the company pay me for my time, after arguing about it for over a month, they wrote me a check. Waste my time, pay for it.
Anyway, I would have stood up in the middle of that man’s speech and said loud and clear, “I thought I was here for a REAL job. Since this is obviously NOT a real job, I’m not going to be allowing you to waste my valuable time any further. Goodbye!” and I would have walked out the door.
I bet you more than half of the people there with me would have been out the door soon after.
You should have walked, especially since it went on for 4 hours…you are far more patient than I am.
Kyrin
Now that sounds like something I would do/have done. Not with this type of job persay. I expect to be told what my duties will entail, and how much I WILL be getting an hour, and I don’t expect to do all my coworkers work and they get to sluff off. BITE ME! 👿
Amen to what you said Kyrin! 😆
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