🚩 Corporate Red Flags Everywhere: Jobs, Interviews & Bad Decisions | Workplace Reddit Stories

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This episode of Don’t Jump dives into chaotic corporate job stories — lowball offers, fake “benefits,” and interview processes that feel like a warning sign from the universe.

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SPEAKER_01 0:00

Oh my gosh, I'm Sam.

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Oh my gosh, I'm small.

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And this is another episode of Don't Jump Podcast, the Reddit Workplace Stories podcast, where we talk about, you know, how much working sucks.

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Because working just really sucks.

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Really bad.

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Really.

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And today's episode is all about workplace red flags. Red flags when interviewing, red flags and drums. Red flags, red flags, red flags. Ro ho, ro ho, roho.

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I'm so happy to be here. You have no idea. Yeah. I got my white girl messy bun thing going.

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You got your lashes going.

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I know.

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I'm so happy to be here. LA princess.

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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

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You know, the craziest thing about living in LA is the walking red flags you see every day.

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What do you mean?

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People, places, things.

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Okay.

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Red flag, red flag, red flag.

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And what way? What red flag did you recently see that you're like, ooh.

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Brian and I just went and looked at an apartment the other day, and um, when we got to the apartment, this lady opens the door, looks at us, looks at me specifically, and goes, Do you know how much rent costs in this area?

SPEAKER_00 1:02

No, that is not the first thing she said to me.

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Mind you, it's across the block from where I live right now.

SPEAKER_00 1:06

No, that was not that's the first thing she said to me. That's the first thing she said.

SPEAKER_01 1:10

Well, she said hi. Hi, hello, hi hello, do you know? Yeah, and you're black, so you can't afford this condo. Are you sure you can do this? Do you know the zip code? Like literally, she said in the zip code. I'm like, what the f this isn't 90210.

SPEAKER_00 1:21

And was it listed in like the Zilla listing what the rent would be? Yeah. Sh I'm yeah. But I if it makes you feel better, I don't think that's an LA red flag. I think that's a that's a general red flag. Yeah, everybody is racist.

SPEAKER_01 1:34

I just happen to live in LA. Right, right, yeah. Um, but on that note, that's the theme of today's episode, if you if you hadn't guessed.

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Red flags.

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Red flags.

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I didn't guess.

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Red flags at jobs, red flags at interviews, red flags, red flags throughout the entire part of like having a career in America.

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I think the bigger question is is like, what do you do when you see a red flag?

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You run.

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Right. Well, why don't I do that? Why do I stay?

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It's a skill. Okay, so it's the worm in the brain. You gotta train the worm to run.

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I have it. I have the worm in the brain. Help me heal me. Okay, so maybe these stories will help heal me.

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Yeah, I hope so. I feel like I feel like it really is a skill, and once I started exercising the skill of like fleeing red flags, it became much easier to flee red flags.

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Okay, alright.

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So first story today comes from our recruiting hell. User JMH 1881v2 says, red flags during interview, not sure if I should walk away or proceed. Made it through two rounds and got invited to the third and final. I feel like I should go back because I've been searching for over a year, working part-time right now, but there's some major red flags holding me back. The first thing is the pay. The pay range given is 40 to 80k. When I asked about the range, they seem to heavily imply that I would fall at the bottom of it. 40k is only 4K above minimum wage in my city. I don't think I can justify accepting it, especially when I make 34k now working 25 hours a week. Second red flag is the benefits. According to Glassdoor Reviews, you get no paid holidays, five days of PTO, no health insurance, and no 401k. But the hiring manager seemed very insistent that they want someone to commit to the company long term, which seems unreasonable and out of touch. Third red flag was the interview questions. They don't have a recruiter, and both interviews have been conducted by current employees plus the being manager. I don't know what that is, but the questions seemed vague and repetitive, and they didn't seem to really be listening to the answers I gave them. For example, I spoke about a nonprofit I worked at, and later when I mentioned it again, they said, Oh, I didn't know you worked at a nonprofit, even though I spoke about it at length, and it says it explicitly in my resume and the summary and the bullet points describing the job. They also were grilling me on random and relevant details about things like how many hours I work currently and what time of day I work. I'm also hesitant because the job description itself is a bit vague, and when I asked about growth opportunities, they couldn't give me a specific answer about the career trajectory of the role. Despite all of this, I feel like I would be dumb to turn this down because I've been searching for so long. But also, if I take it, interviewing for other jobs will be nearly impossible because of the lack of time off.

SPEAKER_00 3:59

That last part is so real and so important because to me, 34 versus 44, do I mean I'm sorry if this is like not nice to say, but that's very similar pay. And I think if in your gut you already have all these hesitations and you're feeling not excited to take it, yeah, at least you have a part-time job. But that's how I feel. Like there is some stream of income, so why are we stressed to take a barely more money position? I wouldn't take it. I I really wouldn't because time is more value. Time is worth that 10k difference.

SPEAKER_01 4:38

And they're making 34k 34k working 25 hours. Now imagine making 6k more but working 15k 15 more hours.

SPEAKER_00 4:45

No, no, no. I I don't think this person should take it. Sometimes they just some the beauty of Reddit is sometimes you just need other people to tell you that you're not crazy and OP, you're not crazy, don't don't take this. I guess on the flip side, if I do want to play devil's advocate, you can quit at any time, you can leave, but why go through the process of onboarding if you're already feeling not excited about this pivot and change?

SPEAKER_01 5:10

Most of the people in the comments agree. Um, the first commenter says there's no harm in proceeding until you get an offer. If you get a poor offer and they aren't willing to negotiate it up, you can always say no. 40k, only five days of PTO, no health insurance sounds terrible for whatever it's worth. Um, someone else says, not gonna lie, dude, sounds horrible. I'm sure you've already thought of this. Maybe see if you can go full-time with your current job or just keep looking.

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Yeah.

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Or you could try to heavily negotiate higher pay for the role you're interviewing for, and if they say no, oh well, move on. Don't let that desperation lead you to settle for less when you deserve more.

SPEAKER_00 5:39

Absolutely. I also, anecdote, my friend, she went through a really extensive interview process. She ended up turning down the offer because the pay was on the lower side. That company kept interviewing, interviewing, couldn't find a candidate with her credentials, and eventually came back and offered her what she was asking for. She's like, Okay, fine, like this is what I was asking for in the first place. I think it goes a long way to know your worth.

SPEAKER_01 6:04

Yep. And if it was just the pay, I would maybe offer OP the slightly precarious advice of just like take the job and work it until you find a better paying job. But there seemed like there were other red flags as far as how the company was moving. And I found that when companies move in a certain way during the interview process, it's only gonna get worse once you're actually an employee.

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When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

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Wow.

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I know I'm so full of what stuff.

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Next story comes from our career guidance. Are you laughing at yourself?

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Because I'm so wise.

SPEAKER_01 6:34

You are so you're wise beyond your ears, girl. Oh no. This is what 21 looks like in the year 2026. Speak on it. Okay. From our career guidance. Um, user, they don't have a username. How is that possible? It's a dot, whatever.

SPEAKER_00 6:49

Interesting. Yeah, maybe that's their username. That's nice, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:52

They say, How many red flags am I ignoring? I have a good job which I enjoy nearly every aspect of. Great team I manage, great boss, excellent flexibility, and PTO, and it's fully remote. What the f what are you posting for? The only thing I'm unhappy with is the pay. I applied to another job with the same title at a smaller startup. Pay is excellent, including equity, but I'd be in the office most of the time.

SPEAKER_00 7:14

These fing Priuses and their breathing problems. I literally hate them so much. Can you hear them?

SPEAKER_01 7:20

Yeah, it's so that they don't hit you on accident.

SPEAKER_00 7:22

Yeah, whatever. Hit me, hit me. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 7:23

Well, what if I'm deaf? Well then I guess I'd have the same problem. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:28

I mean, I feel like, anyway, let me know.

SPEAKER_01 7:31

Yeah, I'll wait for them to stop bar broken.

SPEAKER_00 7:34

Maybe the mic isn't picking it up. I don't think it is. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 7:38

The only thing I'm unhappy with is the pay. I applied to another job with the same title.

SPEAKER_00 7:45

Yeah. Like, is she having trouble backing out?

SPEAKER_01 7:49

I don't know. They do this all the time. There's one that goes like hee ha hee-ha.

SPEAKER_00 7:52

Are you kidding?

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Yeah.

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Are you kidding?

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No.

SPEAKER_00 7:55

I really can't with the f electric cars. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 7:58

The only thing I'm unhappy with is the pay. I applied to another job with the same title at a smaller startup. Pay is excellent, including equity, but I'd be in the office most of the time. Here come the red flags. I've seen this role listed a handful of times over the past few years, which tells me they can't keep anyone in there very long. Boom! It's a VC funded startup. I had a first round interview scheduled for this afternoon, and a couple minutes after the meeting was supposed to start, I get an email that they need to reschedule. I was happy to oblige since I'm interested in pursuing this role, but this double standard is infuriating. Is this a lost cause to pursue in your eyes, or am I reading too far into this?

SPEAKER_00 8:30

No. You know that 80-20 role in relationships?

SPEAKER_01 8:32

No. You don't know this? Oh, wait, yeah, I feel like my therapist says this a lot.

SPEAKER_00 8:35

I was learned it from the Tyler Perry movie, Why Did I Garried?

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Oh, that's embarrassing.

SPEAKER_00 8:40

If you are 80% satisfied in your situation, why are you cheating? Why are you trying to chase that 20%? Because when you chase it and you get it and you're left with just 20, you're like, I had 80%. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. It depends on how old OP is. I think that that's a lesson that I learned later on in life. That money isn't always the answer. There is like this larger social conversation about would you do 120 remote or 250 in office?

SPEAKER_01 9:12

120 remote.

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I know, but maybe we're like crazy for saying that. But my life is worth more than that a hundred something thousand difference. I think you can pick up another job, you can pick up a hobby, you can travel more. And if he already has a good convers a good relationship with his boss, his co-workers, why are you gonna mess up a good thing? Yeah. Silly, silly question.

SPEAKER_01 9:35

I also feel like the 120 remote versus 250 in office conversation is a bad conversation because it's like, yeah, it makes sense probably to take the extra $130,000 to go in office, but does that extra $130,000 of pay come with more responsibility? Are you in the office from just nine to five? Are you there from seven to seven? Like, I don't want more responsibility. If it's the exact same job, but I just have to go to an office for five days. Fine, sure sure. What the hell? I can commute, I can hire a driver with extra money.

SPEAKER_00 10:05

That's very rarely the case. Exactly. You can actually hit a certain threshold. You sorry, baby girl, you're gonna actually have to like work and show and prove your value. I don't want to do that. Yeah, not just like once a quarter, like consistently daily gonna have to justify that paycheck you're getting. And I think it's just so much better to make your 120 and your cute little remote job. And then you can still make in my head, maybe I'm crazy, Sam, but I actually think that I can make a hundred thousand dollars in other businesses that I do on my own.

SPEAKER_01 10:35

I just don't think I need an extra hundred thousand dollars. Not that I wouldn't, I would put it to great use. My mom's rent would be paid, yeah. You know, like I'd go to where would I go? The library, and I'd donate a bunch of books or something.

SPEAKER_00 10:47

But yeah, I just don't think money is everything.

SPEAKER_01 10:49

I don't think money's everything. I think time is more important. And OP's kind of pissing me off in this story because I think a key point here is that they haven't even had the first interview yet. They haven't even had the first interview yet. Why are you posting about this on Reddit? Like, yes, yes, these are red flags, and we should all talk about red flags and jobs and interviews more. You're right. Because then these companies will realize they can't keep getting away with this bullshit. You're right. But like you haven't had the interview yet. Do the interview. There's no harm in doing the interview. And maybe if you do get an offer in the end, you can go to your current job and be like, hey, someone's trying to push me for this much money. Like, can you raise my salary a little bit? Yeah. And if they say yes, great. If they say no, they have a sick situation. They like the team they manage, they like their boss, there's excellent flexibility, there's excellent PTO, it's fully remote. What's the pro if your bills are paid? I see no issue.

SPEAKER_00 11:38

I there's no issue. That's a silly question, and to your point, you're right. He hasn't even gotten the interview. And high turnover is like such a red flag that I think like you're silly to even be flirting with the idea. But yeah, take take the interview, see what happens, but don't come back on Reddit with your stupid ass questions. This is not a safe place.

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But do listen to our podcast because we give great advice. And the first commenter on this post also gave great advice. Sun underscore postman says it doesn't hurt to interview and ask questions to dig deeper. Remember, an interview is not just seeing if you're a good fit for them, it's also seeing if they're a good fit for you. My therapist said this to me a lot too when I was doing my last round of job hunting, and it was very helpful because I was interviewing with this one company that was really, really cool, like six startup, you know. At one point I was talking to um, I don't know what his title was, it doesn't matter, but it would have been the person I reported to. And we just start talking about anime, and he's watching all the same anime I'm watching, and I'm watching some out there anime. Yeah, some niche stuff. Um, and he's like, Let me get my founder on the line. Next interview, the founder's on the line, the founder's walking around like bro, like bro, bro vibes, but I'm a little boy, so it's fine. But like it was very like, we're all gonna drink monster and play cod together, and but like the only thing is, is that like it just wasn't a good fit, regardless. Like, okay, they were interviewing me and they felt like I was a good fit for them. Because I'm a good fit for everyone, but as I was interviewing them, I realized I wasn't a good fit for them.

SPEAKER_00 13:09

You didn't want to be in bro culture 24-7.

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I don't want to mask and code switch 24-7.

SPEAKER_00 13:15

And that's a lot, that's exhausting. Exactly. And I feel like when you see a red flag, I genuinely feel that's an ancestral pull. They're like trying to guide you away from something that's not for you. So you listen to that.

SPEAKER_01 13:28

This is the last time I'll quote my therapist, but she would say it's bioneurological. Oh, seriously? Yeah, because I'll talk about situations where like, you know, people who don't look like me make me uncomfortable and why it's such like a visceral reaction. Yeah. And she's like, it's bioneurological. They would try and kill you in the past. So it's your body reacting to the fear of death. Like, that's what it is. So true.

SPEAKER_00 13:49

Um so true. Uh, yeah, man. Honestly, don't come around here with your stupid ass problems. Next.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

Next. Um, next story comes from our career guidance. Less of a story, more of a little game for you to play.

SPEAKER_00 14:03

I love games.

SPEAKER_01 14:05

This person is asking, what is the biggest red flag that a company has a toxic workplace culture? People dropped a bunch of things in the comments.

SPEAKER_00 14:11

We are a family.

SPEAKER_01 14:13

That's probably in the comments.

SPEAKER_00 14:15

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01 14:16

But I'm gonna read you what people are saying in the comments, and then I want you to react big or small based on how big of a red flag you think it is. You can react however you'd like.

SPEAKER_00 14:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 14:26

First one, in the vacancy post, they use the sentence ready to hit the ground running.

SPEAKER_00 14:32

Medium?

SPEAKER_01 14:33

Okay. Can you just scream? I think that'd be more fun for me. You go, ah, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_00 14:37

Actually, start again.

SPEAKER_01 14:39

Um, in the vacancy post, they use the sentence ready to hit the ground running. Okay. This job is not for everyone. Need a real go-getter. Do not apply if And I say that because it depends.

SPEAKER_00 15:04

Like, do not apply if you're a racist. Like, don't apply. That's fair. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:10

In your cover letter, explain why you're dying to work here. I agree. No salary listed, but you're forced to include a salary figure in the application. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:28

I just feel like in California that hasn't been an issue with me, because illegally they have to put it in. Right. So yeah. Unlimited PTO. Because the people use it.

SPEAKER_01 15:39

You can try. I tried. I could not. Why? I could not. It was impossible. What? Coverage docs and requests. Yeah, it's just they make it too impossible to take it.

SPEAKER_00 15:50

But that's not everybody who has PTO. But yes, yeah. I I do think a lot of companies just use unlimited PTO, which is toxic, so that when you do quit, they don't have to pay you out. But I think that's like a forward thinking, not like you can't take your vacation.

SPEAKER_01 16:03

But yeah. We all wear multiple hats.

SPEAKER_00 16:10

I only want to wear one hat and barely that f hat. Jesus. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 16:17

Final one. Any talk about we're family.

unknown 16:21

Ooh.

SPEAKER_00 16:23

It's more scary. Did you get that? Did you get that horror vibe? I got that horror vibe. Yeah. Ooh. I already have a family. But I I'll give some places credit where it's like maybe they said that because the size of the company is small. Not because it's like you can't see your children.

SPEAKER_01 16:40

Right. But you probably can't see your children. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 16:44

It's a lot of vibe sensing. Like you gotta, you gotta just like feel your way through the interview process to see.

SPEAKER_01 16:50

But that's so real. That's so real.

SPEAKER_00 16:52

And the thing is, is like some of these red flags they don't they they mask them throughout the interview process. So if you can if they're actually admitting uh to their malpractice, then you should, you should run. You should run. You should run and never look back.

SPEAKER_01 17:08

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 17:09

Well, best of luck on your job search everyone.

SPEAKER_01 17:13

Final story comes from our career guidance once again. User Mundy Boy. Okay. Says, How many red flags are too many? Accepted an offer, but now experiencing serious anxiety about the future. For context, I don't like my current job mainly because it's an agency gig, and while I don't struggle with the work, I don't love the culture. Preach on it, speak on it, clap on it, snap on it. I've been job searching for roughly a year, and I finally got an offer on Friday, which I've accepted on Monday. Since accepting the offer, I just feel so much anxiety about this new job. It's a contract temporal instead of a full-time permanent, so I'd be losing benefits, vacation, etc. Not to mention there's no guarantee of a renewal. It's in the tech industry, which I know can be volatile. The offer states they reserve the right to lay me off temporarily depending on business needs. The recruiter hasn't been communicative so far. The whole process from scheduling the phone screen to negotiating the salary and start date feels like it's been unnecessarily complicated. A part of me wants to believe that it's not a reflection of the entire company, but I can't deny it stamp in my excitement for the role. In order to start the new gig on time, I need to put in my two weeks notice this Friday, but I haven't even submitted my background check yet because they require me to give permission to contact my current employer.

SPEAKER_00 18:20

Ooh, that's ooh.

SPEAKER_01 18:22

Mm-hmm. The offer states that the salary is calculated based on a 44-hour work week, even though my work week is 40 hours. To me, I thought this meant that I had to work overtime to earn my salary, but the recruiter insisted this wasn't the case and that the 44-hour work week included a paid lunch. I believed her initially because I really wanted this role, but now I don't know if they're trying to screw me over. I was initially attracted to the role because I've always wanted to work in tech and it's a somewhat known company, but I'm not sure that accepting a job offer should cause so much anxiety. A part of me feels like I'm just trying to run away from my current job and I'm feeling super desperate, while another reason is that I'm in my early 20s, so I can take some risk in my career. Has anyone else been in a similar situation that can give me some advice? I don't even know if I can withdraw my acceptance at this point.

SPEAKER_00 19:02

Yes, you can withdraw your acceptance. Yeah. You can withdraw your acceptance at any point. Hello. You are not bound to anything. I don't even feel like they didn't mention signing anything. Even still, you can leave. Just like they reserve the right to fire you at any change in the industry. You reserve the same right to get the f out if you feel good and ready to. It does sound like OP is running away from something instead of running into something they really want to do. And that concerns me. And because I feel like that's the case, I wouldn't take it.

SPEAKER_01 19:35

Wow. I wouldn't. This would be the first time we have different opinions.

SPEAKER_00 19:39

You would take this job. There are so many red flags here.

SPEAKER_01 19:43

There's so many red flags, but I feel like the way OP South in this post, they sound at their limit at their current job. And I feel that sometimes when you're at your limit, you just gotta go. The two things I would say are one, the recruiter not being communicative. I feel that recruiters don't really reflect a company well because I have had amazing recruiters who I've had the best communication with, who have been like super chill, friendly, all the great things. And I started the job and I went, Yu suck.

SPEAKER_00 20:13

I think that's a fair assessment. Recruiters are not like purely in company culture.

SPEAKER_01 20:19

Because they're usually on the outskirts a bit. A lot of times they're like contracted or temp or freelance or whatever. Um, the other thing is the background check requiring them to notify their current employer. I would simply not list my current employer.

SPEAKER_00 20:31

But that's the real red flag. Like, I do not like that they want. I feel like you have this person has been at that company for at least a year. If she doesn't list that employer, there's gonna be a huge gap in her resume. You're saying, like, find a loophole, give it to a a co-worker.

SPEAKER_01 20:50

Well, I'm just assuming that the background check is one of those like automatic background checks where you like put in your social security number and all that stuff, and then it automatically does it.

SPEAKER_00 20:58

I see. That makes a difference.

SPEAKER_01 20:59

I simply don't list stuff if I don't want to, and it's never been a problem.

SPEAKER_00 21:02

I thought this was more for like a reference.

SPEAKER_01 21:05

They said background check.

SPEAKER_00 21:06

Okay, then fine. Then I then I understand what you're saying.

SPEAKER_01 21:09

Yeah, because like if it is a reference, yeah, just list the coworker that you trust, and then put in your two weeks once you feel good and ready to. Like, I I feel like with red flags, sometimes they're runaway red flags, and then sometimes they're just like push until they break red flags. Because you can push, you cannot list your employer if you don't want to. You can give a fake reference, you can tell them no, I need three weeks before I can start. And if they go, okay, we're not gonna hire you, go, okay, I have a job. That's fair. So what the fuck?

SPEAKER_00 21:34

That's fair. I think so. Not a red flag enough to like not continue to pursue it, but also push. Push on your advocate for yourself. Because if you're saying take this deal as is, I think that's a red flag and not worth it. If she can like expand what it is they're asking of her, then fine, like you can consider it. You can continue to consider it. I just like I also didn't get the vibe that she was at a breaking point. Like she was just casually looking for a year, but if she say, Ah, I want to escape, I want to leave. I've been there recently, and I don't regret leaving a shit situation. So I get it. I understand.

SPEAKER_01 22:11

The first commenter says you raise some really valid issues, and yes, you can withdraw your acceptance if it doesn't feel like a good fit. The 44-hour work calculation is a bit of a red red flag for me. You don't mention money, but I hope you're getting a decent raise that more than compensates you. You have to decide whether the risk of change outweighs staying in place. And they give some additional information. They say they're getting a raise from 57k to 65k, so not a huge leap. A lot of money.

SPEAKER_00 22:35

That's not a lot of money.

SPEAKER_01 22:36

But the benefits they get at their current job aren't much, anyways. But did they say this new one is no benefits? Yeah, no benefits, no vacation.

SPEAKER_00 22:44

Yeah. Girl, this is the same offer.

SPEAKER_01 22:47

I am I amend my previous.

SPEAKER_00 22:49

She gets no benefits.

SPEAKER_01 22:50

No benefits, no vacation.

SPEAKER_00 22:52

When she ends up paying her own health insurance, it's gonna net even. Yeah, it's gonna be.

SPEAKER_01 22:55

It's gonna be less than even. Health benefits out of pocket if you go to the marketplace.

SPEAKER_00 22:59

It's like she she's she's a contractor here?

SPEAKER_01 23:01

Yeah, she'd be a contractor.

SPEAKER_00 23:02

No, don't take this.

SPEAKER_01 23:03

Yeah. They're going from 57k with benefits and vacation to 65k, no benefits, no vacation, and so contractor. And so that 8k difference has to cover their health insurance. Yeah. That's also if they go on vacation, it's just unpaid.

SPEAKER_00 23:20

Yeah. Yeah, no. It's funny because we're both such reasonable people. You convinced me one way, and then I convinced you the other way. I was like, I see what you mean. I see what you mean. Yeah. You know what? Burn them both down. Everything sucks.

SPEAKER_01 23:34

So keep searching LP. You're gonna find a job. Just it's it's probably not this one. And I'm guessing, based on everything in here, that this is a meta contract position because I've been in that meta recruiting process.

SPEAKER_00 23:46

Really? They don't pay that low though. They don't pay 65.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

Well, maybe it's just a different thing than what I was applying for. Okay, fair.

unknown 23:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:52

So a few red flags here and there. Honestly, they were all red flags. I feel like whenever people come on Reddit and start asking about red flags, the answer is yes. If you have to ask about it, it's probably a red flag. If your gut is telling you something, it's probably a red flag. Like, trust your gut.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

Especially because you want to leave so bad, like you are looking, like you're trying to be as positive as you can. You want it to work out. So if there's like a pit in your stomach, okay.

unknown 24:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 24:20

Let's lean into that and ask ourselves why that's there. Is it trauma? Or is it your ancestors protecting you?

SPEAKER_01 24:27

Or both.

SPEAKER_00 24:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:30

So in conclusion, shout out to all the ancestors who protect us. They do. Shout out to the yogurt that keeps my gut healthy.

SPEAKER_00 24:37

It does.

SPEAKER_01 24:39

Shout out to the shots I'm gonna take after this episode wraps up. Let's wrap it up. Goodbye.