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The problem with red flags they are easy to find but rarely actionable as long as you need to pay bills.

• yowlingcat 7y ago
  Assuming you can't move due to family or other reasons, maybe. You certainly won't have as large a pool as in the major cities. But if you're an engineer in a major tech hub, you really have no excuse. It's never been easier to interview and find, if not an obviously better company, at least a different company with a team that has a chance of being better than where you're at.
  • a_imho 7y ago
    It's never been easier to interview and find Indeed. And the overwhelming majority of the interviews ask completely unrelated questions to the actual work being done. I consider that a red flag. Take home tests expected to be done in your free time. Another one. When done jumping through all the hoops people will be presented with a contract that they hope the more egregious clauses are not enforceable, and so on. All this before the first day on the job. Will people play along? Hell yes, and if asked we love all of that.
• ska 7y ago
  I can't really agree with any of that. Most red flags are actually difficult to see for rank-and-file employees, or at least subtle. Not so this one. Further, everyone needs to pay bills but it's actually pretty rare to be in a position where it's your current job or nothing. Most people can move, either within their organization or to another one, given a little bit of time and effort.