Work Reform

How fucking dare that applicant ask what hours they will be working.

One reason why finding a job is such a hassle. So many employers just want to interview people to hit a quota of "candidates reviewed" without taking any given candidate seriously.

You get a bunch of false positives in the search and waste time going through the motions with people who aren't actually in charge of anything.

Straight out of college I had an eight hour interview process once, for an IT job that paid $25k starting. Round after round of quizes and queries that ate up my whole day.

Then I got picked up by a boutique medical IT firm a few weeks later after two calls and a 30 minute walk in, for nearly twice the salary. When I got the rejection letter from the first people six months later all I could do was laugh.

"These ARE the important questions, though based on your reaction I don't believe you are the employer to value a skilled employee."

"We are all like a family here.. so nobody asks questions and just do as they’re told or else they go to the naughty corner!"

On any jobs interviews i do, i always ask if the applicant has questions because they are interviewing us as much as we are them.

How tf is asking what hours I'll be working, if not listed in the application, not important? Can't work if I don't know when I'll actually be working.

I'm on the job hunt right now and I cannot stress enough how much I do not care what company leadership needs to tell themselves so they can sleep at night. All I need to know are the pay, the benefits, and if the job aligns with my interest

Good thing the session was already wrapping up. I couldn’t take a candidate employer seriously after that.

I may take the job if I needed the money, but you bet your ass I’m jumping ship the moment I get another offer, and there won’t be any notice.

Exactly what questions would this person consider "more important"?

That interviewer should be fired immediately for not being intelligent enough to recognize more important questions when asked them. Whoever let that one into the corporation should be fired as well, also with immediate effect.

Maybe I'm crazy or out of touch, but I've never asked these questions... because all of them but #6 and #7 should have been in the information given out long before I even get to the interview. Two/Five should at least be addressed by someone selling the company to you during the interview.

Six could be worded a bit better, because the interviewer is already going to have to clarify with you what pressure and laid back look like to you, and seven is probably better once the negotiation starts after the offer is begun.

Interviewing is a two way street, and the employer definitely failed this interview

That said, coming with a long list of questions of different importance without noticing that the interviewer isn't on the same page is also a bit of a signal so the prospective employee didn't do great either.

A lot of these questions could be condensed into "What are the benefits like?" which is a great question to ask when they ask about salary expecations which often happens early on. If they provide very little in the way of benefits, raise salary expectations.

The other questions are generally around company culture. You don't need to ask all of them to get a good enough picture. If there are several interviews, spread them out. You can also ask them in a more open ended way like "What is the company culture like?", "What do you like most about working here yourself?" or "What makes your best employees so good?".

I actually tell the employer that I'm interviewing them just as well as they're interviewing me. It's a two-way street. They can't handle that. Well, sorry for them. They're not for me.

Nine to six? Dolly Parton is spinning in her grave

They’re important questions but lots of these are pay and benefit related. Usually I discuss that after getting an offer, and I think that’s what companies expect too.

"Stop shifting the power balance waaaah!"

What a toxic choad.

Toxic bosses need not post job offers. I would rather work at a McDonald's with a good mgmt team, than a small company with hiring expectations like this. I also refuse to shop at your business if you see your employees this way.

1. Employers; answer the damn questions, then move on, what's important to you isn't going to matter to your job candidate, what's important to them is earning an honest days pay that will cover their expenses, and their responsibilities, like making sure to fulfill their requirements to their previous employer which is something you want them to do for you when they leave.
2. If you can't pay enough that YOU could cover rent and a car payment off the pay, then you shouldn't be hiring, and if you can't treat your employees, and job candidates with respect, then you deserve to be a job candidate yourself instead of a business owner.

A lot of hiring managers are on power trips and forget that interviewees are not their employees. Also, the job description sucks if you have that many questions. Take it as constructive feedback if you're a hiring manager. Hell, if you don't like that many questions, you can even ask "Oh would you like a run down of benefits?" If you have none, you're company is going to have a bad time hiring solid employees. Even if you're a Dollar Store you should be ready with that rundown, unlike these idiots that expect no one to take bathroom breaks.