I’ve been laid off for 6 months now, and just turned down $170k job as a Recruiting Manager, because the company had a horrible interview and onboarding process and I don’t want my name attached to that kind of shitshow.
They were recording all interviews on zoom and sharing them with internal employees not related to the direct hiring process.
Sorry, but I have ethics and candidate experience as a top priority. You don’t need everyone to see the candidates on camera and I definitely don’t want my interviews recorded.
They also changed the role halfway through the interview process and didn’t tell the woman who was to be my boss, so by the offer, she felt slighted and changed her vibe with me. I don’t blame her, but I don’t want to start a new job with my new boss already insecure with me.
This was a really hard choice to make because I’m a one income parent, and this is a terrible time to turn down a recruiting job.
But I refused on principle and emailed the CEO this morning to rescind my offer acceptance. We deserve better than to be micromanaged like this and put through interviews when the company doesn’t even know what they are hiring for.
And yes, I debriefed him on my candidate experience in this process.
And yes, he was a defensive tech bro.