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by tetris11
462 days ago
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I got lucky with a US startup. At first I wasn't satisfied with working their hours, so I kept applying for UK firms. (I've since adjusted with lazy mornings and no sociability in the evenings.) But there's nothing. I mean nothing. Lots of companies putting out the exact same job listings, month after month, and I refuse to believe that they haven't found the right candidate after 6 months of continuous interviews. They're either projecting growth but not actually hiring, or are waiting for someone to tell them that they'd happily work for almost nothing. Then there's the horror stories of the major re-orgs happening at large companies, and the hire-and-dump schemes that seem to be prevalent. Who would have thought that small startups were the stable ones? It's a shitshow. |
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The bureau did other hilarious things like pick 2-3 candidates for you then act offended if you didn't like any of them. Something like, we do have more qualified people but that level of skill is not required for the job you offer.
If you fire the new hire (even few years later) they wanted to talk with you and learn why that is. Don't show op or the excuses are insufficient? You won't be listing job offers for a while.
Applicants got their social support cut for not acting professionaly.
They would set the time and date for the interview. Hiring people is more important than whatever other activities you think should take priority.
It wasn't cheap either. In today's money 1000 euro per job listing.
They took the job very seriously. Get people out of social support and make the economy work.
Part time jobs, temporary work or zero hour contracts were allowed but the applicant had to specificaly ask for it. You didn't have to apply and it didn't count for your minimum number of monthly interviews.