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What a disgusting but revealing story. By saying "being laid off is a red flag" they are loudly signaling that actually they have no way of measuring interview
by polynox 4y ago
What a disgusting but revealing story. By saying "being laid off is a red flag" they are loudly signaling that actually they have no way of measuring interview performance and are just trusting the former employer's judgement? So why even bother with the interview then?
It would be like if someone is selling me their car and I run the car history report and see it was in a minor collision but was repaired. I look over the car and see the repairs were done fine. In fact I bring out a mechanic I trust and they tell me that yes the repairs were completed with high quality and everything is great with the car, am I really justified in calling myself rational if I reject the car anyway because of some metaphysical spookiness I think inhabits cars that were in collisions before?
- olivermuty 4y agoNot sure if this is the best analogy because if I had a choice of cars I would almost always pick the one that has not been in a collision :p
- polynox 4y agoThat's fair. A car that is in a collision is always at best as good as a car that has not been in a collision, whereas that's not the case with an employee who was terminated. I was trying to get at where you don't need to trust someone else's judgement of something, you can just ... go look yourself. Or hire your own expert. Because why do those other things if they don't actually change the outcome?
- mcv 4y agoMaybe the car that has been in a collision has learned something valuable from the experience.
- larsrc 4y agoMore like the car had gotten stolen and recovered.
- postexitus 4y agoIf my selection criteria for an employee was their ability to come up with good analogies to certain situations, you would be eliminated pretty early on.
- polynox 4y agoHe who pays the piper calls the tune.