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I ask "what's the worst thing about working for $COMPANY", and if they answer with a variation of "the worst thing is how awesome it is" and there is time I pus
by orf 6y ago
I ask "what's the worst thing about working for $COMPANY", and if they answer with a variation of "the worst thing is how awesome it is" and there is time I push for something deeper. You get some quite interesting answers.
- system16 6y agoI always make it a point to ask this as well. I precede it with the softball "what's the best thing about working here" which usually makes them feel compelled to answer the "worst thing" a little more honestly. As you said, it can often reveal a lot.
- kmano8 6y agoI've been asking this positive/negative in the form of "What keeps you at $COMPANY?" and "What did you find out isn't so great about $COMPANY after 3 months you wish you would've known before you started?"
- Brian_K_White 6y agoI am imagining my response to that which is the inscrutable stare until the other person realizes they said something that is beneath acknowledging and flops their way out of it however they will. But these days with the meeting taking place over zoom and residential networks, just going still and staring is not certain to carry the same meaning!