Woman applauded for walking out of job interview after spotting major red flag
'People don't quit bad jobs. They quit bad managers.'
While a small percentage of the world’s population may not need to work to get by, the rest of us do and it’s with that in mind that some employers could think they’ve got the upper hand when it comes to interviews.
However, it’s important to remember that when it comes to a new job, you’re vetting them as much as they’re evaluating you. Interviewees should be looking out for potential red flags that could indicate exactly how your potential employer might treat you.
One woman has revealed how she ended an assessment for a job she really wanted after witnessing some horrifying behaviour. Taking to Reddit to share her story in the hope it encourages them to stand up for their boundaries, she wrote: “I walked out of a job interview today after the boss berated an employee in front of me.”
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She explained that she is currently on welfare and is required to go to a certain amount of interviews each week to prove she is job-seeking. She admitted she was keen for the retail job and after walking out was worried it would reflect badly on her or affect her credits.
Revealing what had happened, she wrote: “Three minutes into this interview, the door is opened, a floor staff member comes in and asks when the boss will be done because there is a customer who needs something.
“There was no, ‘sorry, I’m busy’ or ‘tell X to deal with it’, just straight into ‘Jesus Christ! It's Sunday and I am interviewing can't anyone do anything themselves here!’. It was in that just bordering-on shouting voice that s***head managers do. So I stood up, and said ‘I do not want to work for someone like you’ and I left. I just hope my leaving didn't get the shopworker in any more grief than she already had, who knows maybe she will leave too.”
After reading the post people were delighted for the woman and rushed to congratulate her. One person wrote: “Good for you! Standing up for yourself is always the best motto. How someone treats employees is a pretty indication of how you would’ve been treated. I’ve had some toxic manager situations and doing this would’ve saved me lots of pain.”
Someone else shared their own experience, adding: “I reported an interviewer for complaining about being contacted by his subordinates when they called to offer me the job. I told them no thank you, I didn't feel comfortable working at a company that felt about their employees the way he expressed to me he felt about his. It was very unprofessional. I hope I got a bad manager fired.”
And a third person penned: “You did the right thing. If I was the employee I would love you forever. Also, I don't know what the policies are at this place, but when I worked retail there were lots of things we couldn’t do without approval from management, and if managers were busy we’d end up waiting in front of an irritated customer. You dodged a bullet.” A fourth person wisely stated: "People don't quit bad jobs. They quit bad managers."
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