I’m currently applying for jobs as my current contract will expire at the end of August. I find an admin position at a law firm starting at £23k a year, so I send them my CV. They schedule an initial phone interview with me, only to drop the bombshell that the position is actually for £19,700 a year, explaining that the £23k is for London (online the position is clearly advertised as being for my city). Then I get to a second interview over Teams where they tell me that the hours are 8-6 and that overtime and weekends are often expected. And then they explain that, should I be successful, I would be invited to visit their office in-person for a THIRD ‘interview’ (more informal apparently but still).
I am shocked and livid at their audacity. I didn’t bust my ass at uni during a pandemic so I could be paid monkey’s nuts, and with zero work-life balance to boot. If they make me an offer, I will not accept it. At that rate, I’d rather be unemployed.