Because of the recession employers have an even bigger leg up over job applicants than they did before. Now, it's not just because of the power of the command vested in the employer that makes the employment relationship nothing like a contract (lack of equal bargaining powers such as exists in a contract) but the recession has come to give them an upper hand in the intense uneven handed negotiation. So now, not only do they have employees by the balls, they gut you even before they get to see the balls. Rightful baggers.
About a month ago, a recruiter called me to ask me if I would be interested in some god-awful project manager position, wherein they needed someone with business experience, an MBA, etc. (Mind you I don't have an MBA) She sent me the link to their website and there I identified a position I thought I was better suited for. Bad idea. The position is the same rank as my current position and in a company located about 35 miles from where I live. So already I wasn't really interested but I applied anyway. Why would I do that, you might ask? Just to get my feet wet apparently.
Two weeks later, they asked me to schedule a phone interview as I had been shortlisted for this position. So I did. The phone interview was awful. Already I didn't prepare my anecdotes and brush up on my interviewing skills because I kept thinking, this is not really a position I want. It represents no upward move, just a move to pretty much the same scenario. And it didn't help that the interviewer turned out to be the cockiest muthafucker this side of the earth. I bet in his mind he thought, unemployment is at an all time high, no one is hiring right now, and the rest of the world is unemployed, so you better bow down and be grateful that we have this position available. Then, he started mentioning a whole bunch of administrative tasks that I had specifically run away from in my prior positions. He hinted that it may be required of me in the current position. At that point I knew we both wanted different things. And there's always this pause anytime you tell them you have a Master's degree, like "didn't you read my resume?" I did say my highest degree is Master's. Were you expecting me to say high school?
The power of command reinforced.
Needless to say it didn't take them two weeks to send me the "Thank you but no Thanks" email. Like it really matters. You called me first, I didn't call you and then, you give me the Thanks but no Thanks.
Well, Fuck you Too.
About a month ago, a recruiter called me to ask me if I would be interested in some god-awful project manager position, wherein they needed someone with business experience, an MBA, etc. (Mind you I don't have an MBA) She sent me the link to their website and there I identified a position I thought I was better suited for. Bad idea. The position is the same rank as my current position and in a company located about 35 miles from where I live. So already I wasn't really interested but I applied anyway. Why would I do that, you might ask? Just to get my feet wet apparently.
Two weeks later, they asked me to schedule a phone interview as I had been shortlisted for this position. So I did. The phone interview was awful. Already I didn't prepare my anecdotes and brush up on my interviewing skills because I kept thinking, this is not really a position I want. It represents no upward move, just a move to pretty much the same scenario. And it didn't help that the interviewer turned out to be the cockiest muthafucker this side of the earth. I bet in his mind he thought, unemployment is at an all time high, no one is hiring right now, and the rest of the world is unemployed, so you better bow down and be grateful that we have this position available. Then, he started mentioning a whole bunch of administrative tasks that I had specifically run away from in my prior positions. He hinted that it may be required of me in the current position. At that point I knew we both wanted different things. And there's always this pause anytime you tell them you have a Master's degree, like "didn't you read my resume?" I did say my highest degree is Master's. Were you expecting me to say high school?
The power of command reinforced.
Needless to say it didn't take them two weeks to send me the "Thank you but no Thanks" email. Like it really matters. You called me first, I didn't call you and then, you give me the Thanks but no Thanks.
Well, Fuck you Too.
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