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The easy answer to your actual question is "job ended because company went bankrupt". It happens all the time. It doesn't reflect poorly on employees. The long

The easy answer to your actual question is "job ended because company went bankrupt". It happens all the time. It doesn't reflect poorly on employees. The longer answer is the nature of your post makes me think you might have some self work to do, which could be more helpful to your future prospects than the fairly simple issue you're asking about. I don't know you, but using the terms "psycho" vs especially "retard" to describe people in public makes me think you should think hard about your communications patterns and your internal mindset. And while being inside a failing company is stressful, to the outside world, it's not a big deal. Don't bring that negativity with you when you leave the company.

JetezLeLogin 7y ago
Oh brother! This is kind of "concern-trolling" isn't it? "I'm concerned for you." Also see: "I'll pray for you," which passive-aggressive religious people say to simultaneously indicate that they disapprove of your (usually totally harmless) activities that are supposedly going to lead to retributive hellfire, and that they've got their act together more than you do. language policing = religious righteousness callouts = virtue signaling "You might have some self work to do" = "I'll pray for you" your future prospects = retributive hellfire
- asdkhadsj 7y ago
  I disagree entirely. I feel like your parent comment was simply offering the (hopefully) obvious advice to not bring that negativity with them. The parent comment was not preachy at all in my view, and the entire point of this thread is communicating the previous companies lack of existence. We're here to discuss communication. I don't think the parent comment was off this mark at all.
- craftinator 7y ago
  You sound like you're upset about something; I'll pray for you.
jason_slack 7y ago
I went on a job interview recently where one of the interviewers (there were 8 in the room) started asking me technical questions about left joins, outer joins, etc for a job that isn't even database related. I explained each join type. He then asked me what my favorite design pattern was. I gave him my answer. He told me my answer was "retarded" but not as "retarded" as the last candidate. The room went silent. I reacted by politely asking "how does one determine something is retarded, I wasn't aware there was a scale for that." He gave a smart ass reply about what patterns were good and why. The interview carried on. When the HR representative called me later to offer me the job I declined citing the inappropriate behavior of the interviewer and I was told that he was being dealt with and perhaps taking a LOA. I still declined. I feel the advice you gave the OP is spot on. Edit: clarifications

JetezLeLogin 7y ago

Oh brother! This is kind of "concern-trolling" isn't it? "I'm concerned for you." Also see: "I'll pray for you," which passive-aggressive religious people say to simultaneously indicate that they disapprove of your (usually totally harmless) activities that are supposedly going to lead to retributive hellfire, and that they've got their act together more than you do. language policing = religious righteousness callouts = virtue signaling "You might have some self work to do" = "I'll pray for you" your future prospects = retributive hellfire

asdkhadsj 7y ago
I disagree entirely. I feel like your parent comment was simply offering the (hopefully) obvious advice to not bring that negativity with them. The parent comment was not preachy at all in my view, and the entire point of this thread is communicating the previous companies lack of existence. We're here to discuss communication. I don't think the parent comment was off this mark at all.
craftinator 7y ago
You sound like you're upset about something; I'll pray for you.

jason_slack 7y ago

I went on a job interview recently where one of the interviewers (there were 8 in the room) started asking me technical questions about left joins, outer joins, etc for a job that isn't even database related. I explained each join type. He then asked me what my favorite design pattern was. I gave him my answer. He told me my answer was "retarded" but not as "retarded" as the last candidate. The room went silent. I reacted by politely asking "how does one determine something is retarded, I wasn't aware there was a scale for that." He gave a smart ass reply about what patterns were good and why. The interview carried on. When the HR representative called me later to offer me the job I declined citing the inappropriate behavior of the interviewer and I was told that he was being dealt with and perhaps taking a LOA. I still declined. I feel the advice you gave the OP is spot on. Edit: clarifications