First I work in HVAC
Company #1
Advertising as a large company with 100+ employees. Good work life balance, competitive pay and benefits…
Was a shop for commercial refraction that covered over half the state, was 7 guys total. Most when I talked to them before the interview said they pull 16 hours a day. Then manager discredited all my higher education and tried offering $15 an hour starting.
My Response: walked out on him mid sentence after he gave the offer and said my education didn’t matter.
Company #2
Again advertised as a larger commercial company. Get there and it’s the main “boss” his wife is the office manager, daughter is the dispatcher. He has only 2 techs and said “I had to let one guy go for violating company policy and another guy left because we had a conflict where he felt we over promised him. Guy had to grand of ambitions.” All this was a five minute fucking conversation while his wife was getting me “extra paper work” got up and said I don’t think this is gonna work. Guy just said “good, you wouldn’t have worked out anyway. I can tell a bad employee in the first meeting”
Company #3
Again advertised as a huge company. Thing is they are based in another state and it would be a start up in my area. They already had 150 clients. Only were bringing on 4 guys. Dude (the owner) basically wanted someone to work 80 hours for $20 justifying the OT as the true compensation, no benefits. Literally said I had a wife and kid so that wouldn’t work out. Dude called my “lazy” and actually hung up…