God as my witness, I think it is my life's mission to watch these recruiters try so hard to fill a role with me and have companies waste thousands to hire me.
Last year when unemployment ran out I took a job that I was over qualified for just to make ends meet. They hired me after 2 interviews only. I quit 2 weeks later cause they lied about it being fully remote and expected me to drive well over an hour to their office. I went for lunch and never came back. It was so invigorating, truly.
Fast forward to this year I have been self employed since that first event and company reached out to me for a contract role. Money is good, opportunity great too, but this whole process has me seeing red flags everywhere.
The entire hiring process for the role took 5 weeks and 5 interviews and it's not even managerial. Going through background check process they are using some third party companies from a third world country. BC company wants tax returns to show proof I was self employed. Why? Why do that matter to you? That is a complete invasion of privacy. Wouldn't a google search showing my business and etc be enough? I had a security clearance through the government in the past and still had a side business yet was never asked for tax return info.
I keep feeling like this is a huge red flag. I have a feeling this is gonna be another situation where I quit in 2 weeks lol. I guess I love watching these companies waste so much money on me.