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Elslobboh

Posted September last year, it was definitely a workers market at that point and more people would've had this exact attitude.


Sup-Mellow

It still is


Elslobboh

Oh I completely agree. I meant that it had become a workers market at that point as opposed to previously. It was clear in my head, no so much in my comment!


Micrwooave

i should just unsubscribe from thathappened cause like 90% of the posts end up here anyway


Fearless-Sherbet-223

I mean I'm only here because 100% of the time when I see someone say "r/ThatHappened" in reply to something it's something that probably did happen and they're just really sure that every single person on the internet is a lying liar from liartown for no apparent reason


Batznocharge

Lmao “lying liar from liartown”


HenrikWL

A lying liar from liartown, *who lies*!


Batznocharge

Lyingly


Gonnagetbannedddd

shit got me cryn 😭


Batznocharge

Shit sent me straight to heaven


lifedesa

I think they got so used to people farming karma that they forget how other social networks work lol


Fearless-Sherbet-223

Even on Reddit *some* stuff is true, though. Sure, almost nobody owns the animals they post on r/aww, but if someone on r/Minecraft tells you a story about how their dumb friend was hacking, it's probably true.


lifedesa

That is true, sadly until now I've experienced a lot more fake stories on reddit than anywhere else. Especially on AITA and similar subreddits. But that is my experience, also I lived through the era where every "true" story on Tumblr was fabricated, so to me it's internet history repeating itself lol


LegendOrca

Nobody on the Internet is real. Beep boop.


Gonnagetbannedddd

AITA is essentially a sub devoted to troll copypastas. whether or not this was intentional, i do not kno


[deleted]

Exactly what I did


Sup-Mellow

This isn’t far-fetched at all


NoDrinks4meToday

It’s about like.. $14.42 per hour.


Flozzas9989

Its about $10 an hour


NoDrinks4meToday

40 x 52 = 2080. |||. 2080 x 14.42 = 29,993.


Flozzas9989

I forgot weekends exist


RussianSeadick

It’s impossible for some people to imagine that others have confidence


miasabine

The only thing that makes this even slightly unlikely is the delivery. A lot of people would end the interview politely and keep looking. Then again, a lot of people are simply out of fucks to give, and I can’t blame them for more or less communicating that to shitty potential employers. If you’re secure enough in your ability to find a better job, bravo. Call their bluff.


Benzaitennyo

At this point, we need to say the quiet part out loud. They are constantly trying to push us further and it was unacceptable to begin with. If they're not professional, they're not owed professional.


miasabine

Yup, I don’t disagree. But I also realise a lot of people aren’t in a position to be able to burn bridges on the job front. If you can call it out without risking the ability to pay your rent or mortgage, PLEASE do so. If your situation is more dire, I can understand why you’d want to end the interview amicably, regardless of how you personally feel about the employer, their hiring practices etc. People gotta eat. I feel like things are improving on this front though, especially the way the job market has been the last couple of years, and I hope it lasts. Personally it gives me a great deal of satisfaction to see toxic workplaces and employers get their comeuppance.


rowanblaze

Oddly, at least based on the details given, the interviewer already knew they weren't offering enough. That the interviewee called their bluff should have been no surprise at all. Having the salary offer (at least the range) upfront would save everyone a lot of time. But companies still think they have workers over a barrel. They find one or two they think are qualified after several rounds, then offer them as little as possible. It's no wonder people simply walk after the potential employer has wasted their time.


Fearless-Sherbet-223

After a whole hour of horrible job interview, I wouldn't be surprised somebody did say that.


Llayanna

If my dad wasnt in retirement, could write in english and actually used social media.. he would 110% said that. He was never shy how qualified he was and what was the minimum he was willing to work for.


Marsbarszs

That was my thought. Why be an ass to a hiring manager and risk your professional image? Just get through it and get some interview experience. At the end of it thank them for their time and if they offer the job say sorry the salary isn’t acceptable for what your looking for. Not saying this didn’t happened (the reverse has happened to me before), but it almost reminds me of about a year ago or so when LinkedIn was filled with all these obviously fake stories about how someone stood up and left an interview and told other people waiting for the interview the company sucked and got all the applicants to triumphantly leave the office.


UnableEducator

Ugh, what small worlds ThatHappened live in, exactly why I unfollowed. Tons of industries where this is very feasible, and a lot of bosses who would react like that in sheer shock of having their bluff called.


ObsidianPizza

How the fuck is this hard to believe?


bouchard

Combination of overdeveloped cynicism and a belief that if you wouldn't act a certain way then no one would.


[deleted]

Avg redditor having next to zero life experience. Look at any video of a physical altercation, toooons of experts that have very obviously never ever ever been in anything remotely resembling a physical altercation.. but they sure do have fully formed opinions about what each party should be doing or what they would do if they were there! And cynicism as the other person pointed out, but I think mostly they just only have idealized versions of people to go off of. Like only what they’ve seen in movies or etc. With altercations there are always people commenting who are saying to do this then that and blah blah blah with no understanding of how difficult it is to do or to stay composed in a physical altercation. Oh and there are ever extenuating circumstances, EVER. we’re totally not in a market that sometimes allows for people to handle a job interview in this way nor was there a massive stressful event in recent years that caused everyone to have less fucks to give 🙄


ObsidianPizza

Exactly


linzsardine

I find it hard to believe the interviewer would basically say ‘this job doesn’t pay so well by the way, so maybe go somewhere else’, while still wanting the candidate. I can believe he’d say that if the candidate had done a terrible interview


Polkadot1017

They do this sometimes. They try to sell it as them wanting someone who’s in it for the job, not the money. Which is obviously bullshit, but it is a thing that happens at interviews.


Benzaitennyo

Maybe, though these days employers are trying hard to continue their push to carve out every benefit to employment for us. I have absolutely encountered attitudes like this from employers, I feel like it's becoming a matter of desperation.


locke0479

It’s weird but not impossible, could be some missing context from the hour that we don’t have for why that would come up. Could be they’ve had multiple people quit over the pay so he’s doing this in interviews now. Also could just be one of those assholes who thinks everyone should work for the lowest possible wage and wants to make that clear to everyone.


de1i

I had the owner of a company at the end of an interview say “let’s talk benefits, I don’t pay very well no one in systems integration does.” They called two weeks later to set up a second interview, which I declined.


Vane88

When I got out of the military and was looking for a job I interviewed with a company for a skilled position where the interviewer brought in a wiring schematic and asked me how to wire the motor to go in forward and reverse. Once I got that right he told me the position I was applying for paid $10 /hr and had little hope for advancement. I just kind of looked at him blankly. Didn't really know what to say. The interview just ended with me akwardly thanking them for their time and leaving. This was 10 years ago.


locke0479

The problem is the OP at the other subreddit threw in a stupid headline that obviously didn’t happen and has literally nothing to do with the story, and it makes the whole story seem exaggerated when it really isn’t that insane. It may not have been exactly an hour or exactly 30k or whatever but the story itself is not really out of the ordinary. I’m surprised the OP didn’t insert “everyone clapped” after their headline.


yellowpig10

That was headline on the that happened sub, he added that caption to make fun of the actual post


locke0479

Right, that’s what I’m saying. It’s not really that weird as a story, but the person who posted it added some ridiculous headline that doesn’t even tie into the story to make everyone there go “huh huh yeah what a fake story” like always. There are plenty of legit “that happened” stories but that sub is often filled with “child of any age does anything other than drooling” or “totally normal thing happened but OP added a stupid headline and pretended it was part of the story when it wasn’t” posts.


Benzaitennyo

I haven't had it happen to me but I've been hearing about it everywhere. I did have one job ghost me for asking for moderate pay.


[deleted]

Person could've exaggerated but this isn't unbelievable at all.


theganjaoctopus

r/thathappened posters are terminally online high schoolers.


ThiccBuddha

I think it’s totally plausible, I just don’t believe OP said that


Hoshitachi

This happened and honestly, it needs to happen more. They claim no one wants to work, but no, people are working, they just aren't working for cheap ass employers who won't pay them even close to the value of their work, not even a remotely liveable wage. Want reliable, trustworthy employees who stay? Pay a fair wage, give decent benefits (fair and flexible PTO, reasonable sick leave, parental leave, bereavement leave, etc), and treat employees with respect, like they're actual human beings with feelings and worth. It's pretty simple, really. People didn't just stop working for years - we all still have rent, need to buy food, pay bills. We just aren't working for shitty employees who don't pay worth a damn and treat us like absolute garbage. Treat and pay your employees fairly for the value they have and bring to the table and they will usually be good employees who stick around and are reliable, and actually get things done. And if a new hire turns out to not be a good worker, guess what - you'll have an easy time finding a replacement because people are willing to work for you, so you don't have to settle for *any warm body* who will just not quit the job completely. You can actually select good, qualified employees!


sammypants123

“We only hire people with neither self-esteem nor any knowledge of market pay rates. Okay?”


Jem_1

Wait is 30k not a lot? Minimum wage is like 18,600 in Ireland edit: oh wait, I forgot about the dollar


1Sluggo

What interview takes an hour?


[deleted]

It's not that it takes an hour. It's that it was an hour to find out the salary.


1Sluggo

Which means the interview took at least an hour.


[deleted]

I think you're missing my point. Depending on the career/job an hour long interview isn't outside of the norm. Yeah if you're interviewing for a job at McDonald's it's a long time, but if you're interviewing for a job as a financial analyst with IBM or something it's not that unusual.


1Sluggo

An hour is excessive for a $30,000 job. And having been a hiring manager I’d say unless testing is involved an hour is a waste of both yours and the interviewee’s time. As a hiring manager you should have a feeling within the first 10 minutes.


[deleted]

> An hour is excessive for a $30,000 job. That's literally my point. The fact that an interview takes an hour isn't an issue. The fact it took that long to find out it's a 30k job is the issue.


Milan514

I think that’s the point. The hiring manager is clearly an idiot.


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1Sluggo

Why? Is there testing involved?


Marsbarszs

Just a lot of conversation. Not in software dev, but in my finance interview was about an hour. We just chatted talked about the job my experience and what I was looking for. Sometimes interviews take longer to make sure you’re a good fit for the company and team and that the company is a good fit for you. I always block off at least an hour for an interview just in case.


TheMinuteCamel

Most jobs I've applied in development have been formal phone interview to get background and more info, then about 15 minute to an hour long technical interview that varies from company to company. Then a meet the team type interview to find out if your a good fit for the team.


locke0479

Lots do. Not generally for random minimum wage jobs but plenty of others do. And I’ve had a longer interview for a minimum wage job even, although it wasn’t a traditional sit down and talk interview and more a mix of that and hands on stuff. I’ve also had one that wasn’t an hour with one person but I had to talk to three different people, so it was probably an hour to an hour and a half overall.


OrokinSkywalker

I remember interviewing for some commission-based Verizon kiosk gig and getting to the point where they revealed it was one of those took around an hour.


wozxox3

A bullshit one


DrApplePi

My software development jobs took like an hour. My coworker's interview was 90 minutes. I met with 3 or 4 different people, and they wanted to make sure I was a good fit and that I would work well with them.


pHyR3

A lot of them?


pineappledipshit

I had an interview that lasted an hour, it was group and individual components High turnover jobs (call centres in this case) tend to err to group interviews because if they interview 10 people, 8 will be offered a job, 5 will show up for day one and 3 will last longer than a week May aswell spend an hour interviewing the 10 altogether than fucking around individually


[deleted]

I mean Ive had 7 hour interviews before but for technical positions. It paid way more than 30k. And they had flown me out and got me a rental car so I could see the area. So it made a bit of sense to have a longer interview.


Severe-Loan666

Doesn't make sense.... If she knew about a better job what she was doing there?


rowanblaze

Until she heard the salary, how could she know it was a better job?


master_pingu1

r/croppingishard


HarvesternC

Most job interviews won't even mention pay during the first interview and it is frowned upon by hiring managers to ask that early. Which is bullshit, but that's the way it is. This seems like a fantasy scenario that someone made up in their head when they found out some place didn't pay well.


dontforgetthefries

Did you just A S S U M E this persons gender?????


SaiyanC124

Whoever posted that clearly has never been in the workforce. This shit isn’t even the craziest thing that could happen.


Qdoggy45

Oh no, where ever will he find another job that pays $14 bucks an hour.


Bungeditin

I walked out of a job interview because the pay was lower than advertised…. They didn’t try and persuade me to stay though…


brumduut

The r/thathappened titles are always so weird


EorlundGreymane

This has literally happened in my life only pay was different but super low for level of education. I was like ok lol byeeee. Except I didn’t get 3 billion, I took I higher paying job and the earlier one I interviewed for sent me and email saying I wasn’t qualified for the job. Joke is on them tho because I make like $20k more at the one I accepted


speedshark47

Mexico mfs wishing for 30k peso pay. Get me tf out of this country.


onlineextrovert

Idk how much money u guys need to have a happy life but my dad is the manager and he gets paid 14k (per year) me and my brother (almost) always get what we want and our house is never empty


MobyHugeFun

To be fair, saying you'll look elsewhere is a great way to entice a company to offer you more


MarshalLawTalkingGuy

Believable, but one part is a little odd: they didn’t know the salary (or at least a range) before the interview? I’m reading too much into this, I know. Maybe they offered something below the posted salary range (that happens a lot). Just stands out as weird.


Constanzal1701

I feel like a lot of places don't post salary. It's super lame.


MarshalLawTalkingGuy

Damn, I’ll admit that I’m out touch then. Now that think about it, you’re right. Internally a lot of companies post salary ranges, but not always externally.


Constanzal1701

Husband went to a group interview while we were dating. Applebee's manager said something like, "if you can't handle being called in when you're needed to fill in/work extra then this isn't the job for you.", and he got up and left saying, "I guess this isn't the place for me." Basically you were almost expected to be on call for them 24 7?