Then they went legal trying to prevent me working for a competitor.
I actually got what I needed from the role anyway, but it was a lesson to heed the red flags. I've not heeded that lesson a couple of times recently, just because the market seems to be toast, but it's not been worth it.
1. It depends on how desperate the applicant is: if they're searching while still employed then they can walk (like GP did).
2. Even if they are desperate, they may take the offer… for now… so they can start getting a salary again, but that won't prevent them from continue to look. In which case you're paying for them to learn a job which they'll leave and you'll have to pay someone (else) a second time to learn as well.
False economy IMHO.
unless you're looking at VP and up level roles where there may be a significant delta in risk, cost, and pay it's probably not worth it.
You don't have to show up on the start date, though you do have to be mindful of the bridge you may be burning. But it is totally reasonable to show up to a few days of work, and declare "you know what, I don't think this is a good fit" and no one will be offended. They don't have to know that you already accepted another offer.
Exploding offers, low-ball offers, all bullshit. But you don't have to play their games.
If anything the manager would prefer a higher offer that the candidate is likely to expect than a low-ball which they reject and then the hiring process has to continue.
I just thought it should be clearer how many of these businesses likely operate to filter out.
Sounds a bit counterproductive
A lot of places are looking for unambitious, mediocre, status-quo following bodies to fill seats and follow arcane bureaucratic processes. Too much critical thinking is bad. Ability to deal with long drawn out bullshit is good.
I love working in tech because it’s so cushy and chill but it’s the most stupid (and delusional) industry i ever worked in.
That doesn't pass the smell test. That would mean those companies do not care about filling a role of hiring competent workers. If your guy is willing to wait two whole months for your offer, you are either Google or you are trying to hire a dude who no company on earth wants.
> Stretched over two months
These companies aren't Google. There is no valid reason why it should take so long to decide on candidates for a position. It is not necessary to have more than two interview sessions. I bail on any company that subjects people to this garbage.
I’ve similarly had 6-round interviews where at the end I either receive a lowball offer or am rejected because of something disclosed up-front.
Based on that, assumption was the budget would be adequate. Final response was that they would not even mention the salary because it was too far away.
Following week they posted the job advert for same staff engineer role but at under average eu minimum wage.
It's risky if no salary is listed but do not ever proceed if they don't openly accept your ask without any doubt.
>under average eu minimum wage
Wth ? How does this work
with regards to uk tech companies - they have salary ranges like 60k-75k - where someone might have spent time in a role at 63k e.g if the average tenure within a certain position is 3 years, 63k - then when you join they will say new joiners start at 60k.
That was the other guy's job, and it as a prerequisite - they would not reach me if the compensation was not to their satisfaction. My job was to determine whether the candidate could perform at the offered post. If I needed to discuss compensation then someone before me would have screwed up.
I like giving interviews. It gives me insight into their thinking and the company.
Probably the majority in current late stage capitalism
If i was good enough to get hired as a faang with just interviews and no take home stuff i see no reason to do that for a smaller company.
There are apparently some new regulations in Canada to protect job seekers from this, but it's not a clean line in the sand. It seems like companies won't likely be held accountable unless it is a pattern of hiring like this, but how do people establish a pattern when most people still won't discuss salaries?
There's nothing you can do about the dishonest ones.