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"You'll never be able to trust a candidate who lies." This also goes the other way. I have had companies lie to me about salary structure or working conditions
by maxxxxx 9y ago
"You'll never be able to trust a candidate who lies."
This also goes the other way. I have had companies lie to me about salary structure or working conditions and it definitely hurt my loyalty when I found out that I had been lied to.
- itronitron 9y ago>> companies lie to me about salary structure or working conditions That is the rule rather than the exception unfortunately. What recruiters need to watch out for is the candidate (like the one described) that can't control their lies as they can do lasting long-term damage. Everyone else is just tuning their risk-reward calculation.
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- vkou 9y agoYou're supposed to lie in socially acceptable ways. Preferably ones where both parties know the other is lying. Your boss lies to you that he can't give you a raise, you lie to the hiring manager that you won't take the job without a 10% bump in pay, your VP lies that the merger won't affect headcount, etc.
- Retra 9y agoNone of those are socially acceptable. But I dunno, maybe you live in a shit place.
- jackconnor 9y agoAs soon as an employer starts lying or doing anything remotely wacky with a paycheck, you gotta bounce asap. Happened to me several times, and I find lying companies always keep lying, and honest companies rarely start. That only gets worse, never better, so either learn to live with it or get the hell out of Dodge.