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> If someone wrote such a proposal… So, in this scenario: * hiring manager tells the candidate they’ll get a “quick promotion”, but only if they “don’t suck”.
by jt2190 5y ago
> If someone wrote such a proposal…
So, in this scenario:
* hiring manager tells the candidate they’ll get a “quick promotion”, but only if they “don’t suck”.
* candidate responds with proposed clarifications of “speedy” and “suck”.
* hiring manager drops candidate from consideration.
Did I get this right?
> And I'm highly skeptical a company will agree to a milestones-rewards plan for an individual employee.
And yet hiring managers play fast and loose with employee expectations all the time, even if their company would never honor such promises as a matter of policy.
How would you propose a candidate determine whether the hiring manager is making promises in good faith?
- khazhoux 5y agoThe only answer is there's no guarantees, and Caveat Emptor. One of the worst offenses is the one we're discussing in this thread: a HM or recruiter says "We're slotting you at level 4 instead of level 5, because we like to give employees room to grow." That's a BS line -- put me in at 5 and grow me to 6, then! If you hear this line, you just need to understand it's poppycock and make a decision from there. But basically everything a hiring manager says about a position can turn out to be just wishful thinking on their part: * The team is most likely not solving a big problem * The company most likely does not work well together * The position problem does not have huge room to grow