Hello all,
I find myself at some crossroads, and I am applying for a job in a company that is supposed to handle confidential information from its clients. The “industrial secret” kind of information.
Lo and behold, i was given, during the selection process, access to some of this data by HR to “test my skills”. However, i do not have any kind of contract with the company.
In some of the documents, it is disclosed who are the owners of the data. Therefore, I know who i would have to contact if Id like to report this ridiculous situation.
When i communicated to HR the fact that i was handed confidential data, they just brushed it off as unimportant (as in “your task should not be affected by where te data has.come from”). But I can clearly see a problem.
Nevermind asking me to do work for free during the interview, the confidentiality breach makes me sick of my stomach and It is a pretty big deal in my industry. What is the course.of action here? Do I contact the press?