Would You Work For This Company?

So, I've been doing some interviewing. Mostly screening interviews with HR to see if this is really the job I want.

Most of the times, they tell you something heinous that they specifically omitted from the requisition that would deflect anyone submitting their resume.  Like, "So, how are you with working in an environment with challenging personalities?"

Uhm, what are you HONESTLY supposed to say to that!?

"So, this position requires a mandatory Saturday rotation."

WHAT!?

"This position pays 20,000 less than the market rate for the same job.  Are you still interested?"

Why would I be?

So, when I got an email from a local educational company asking for a screening interview, I took it with a grain of salt.  She sent me two emails:  one to confirm the meeting time and one to confirm at which phone number to call me.

And then she sent a meeting invite with the time slot.

And then she sent a meeting updating the time.

And then she sent a meeting updating the time.

And then she sent a meeting updating the time.

And then she sent a meeting updating the time back to the original time.

Now, this wouldn't be so terrible if I was interviewing with a CXO or someone on Wallstreet, or even if the interview was days away.  I mean, things happen.  But the timeline went something like this:


And then she sent a meeting invite with the time slot.  11:30 AM

And then she sent a meeting updating the time.  11:31 AM

And then she sent a meeting updating the time.  11:34 AM

And then she sent a meeting updating the time.  11:36 AM

And then she sent a meeting updating the time back to the original time. 11:40 AM


But I was interviewing at an educational company- with the recruiter.  It was HER schedule. A senior recruiter pulling this non-sense!

Alas, that was not the end of it.

The same recruiter sent me three more meeting changes the next day with in 5 minutes of each other to change the meeting time, and then back again.

And then there's the phone number issue.

Now, I put my phone number on my resume like most people- at the top on the home page.  But I also put it in the footer of every page.  So, when the same Sr. Recruiter asked me the first time what number to call, I thought that was normal.

When she asked a second time- I thought that was a bit forgetful.

Now she's asked 10 times what number to call.

THERE'S ONLY ONE PHONE NUMBER!

AND the best part was that when she called for our meeting, she called some other number!  I sat waiting for 10 minutes because I emailed her to ask her if we were still meeting, only for her to ask, AGAIN what phone number to call.

I kid you not.  This actually happened.

To top it all off, when we got finished with the interview, she asked me, not once, but TWICE what phone number to have the hiring manager call.

...and then she told the hiring manager some other number and we got to repeat this charade all over again.

So, honestly, would you even consider working for this company?