So my prospective employer insisted on doing a verification check with my current employer after making an offer on contingency of that. My manager just approached me this morning to talk about it. I say yes I will be considering another offer. Part of the reason I am leaving is chronic understaffing and I tell them that. Then goes something like this:
“We have been trying to hire, we’ve had open job posts for months… but no one wants to work”
“May i ask how much you are offering?”
“16$ an hour”
We are a construction consulting firm and the role requires some technical expertise and a lot of responsibility to go to these construction sites alone and complete work. Me: “i don’t think you are going to get quality candidates with that… and if you do they aren’t going to stay”
Pause. “We are hoping to find someone who isn’t doing it for the paycheck.”
LONG PAUSE. I give a tiny lips pressed together smile. “Ok….”
Again, we are in construction consulting. Who the hell is doing it not for the paycheck?