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I didn't realize how messed up internal systems were during the interviews or what group dynamics actually were in real life. I judged too much from the hiring

I didn't realize how messed up internal systems were during the interviews or what group dynamics actually were in real life. I judged too much from the hiring manager and the best of my colleagues whom I still think highly of. I thought I could make a difference and they paid really well (not FAANG). What changed was a combination of realizing how little I could actually do, magnified by a whole new tier of VPs hired from Microsoft and Google who brought their loathsome ways with them. One never expects the Spanish Inquisition...

brntsllvn 4y ago
Do you think this is a problem with the hiring process or impossible to avoid things like this?
- pinewurst 4y ago
  It's impossible (IMHO) to avoid things like that. In this situation, I couldn't predict the future - hiring a new "leadership" (gack!) that transmogrified the organization I joined.
  - brntsllvn 4y ago
    Sometimes companies allow people to try a role/team for a handful of weeks before committing. Would that have helped?
    - pinewurst 4y ago
      No, because I couldn’t time share with my previous employer.