• LouSlash@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    I once applied for a pretty “standard” job. In return, i was asked to complete a survey which was a requirement. This survey consisted of some questions about “what would you do in this scenario if you would work here” (some of them were video-based ones). Since i have quite enough experience working in retail - i answered those questions kinda realistically even tho i thought that in perfect world the actual answer should be different (so called by you @[email protected] - “corpo-appropriate”). I finished the survey and i got a email with the results…

    … it was something like “Not bad! There is a potential to improve” in a kinda mean way

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      9 hours ago

      I refuse to record video answers for an interview. I’ve actually drawn a line at the whole one-way interview in general. If you can’t make the time to talk to me on the phone or on video chat, then you’re not a company I want to work for. Plus, a lot of companies use those video responses to discriminate against people without having to look the person in the eye. It’s so cowardly, and I won’t participate in it.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 hours ago

      In half of them it’s just “seek direction from my supervisor” or “follow company policy or procedure.”

      Basically it’s never “think for yourself” for anything below manager.

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      22 hours ago

      Yeah, had to answer a few of these in a personality match assessment when I was greener. Answered them truthfully and… never got a response from the company. But things like: are you willing to grind yourself into dust if the need arises, do you perform 110% 24/7 or just enough to eek by, and the classic “do you work to live or live to work”.

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        22 hours ago

        Seems like you just dodged the bullet.

        For corps you should live to work.

        Corps actually forget that people work primarily for money which they spent to make a living.

        Majority of people doing extra % are those who can’t afford living with their normal wage and they see it as the only way to get the money needed. Corps notices it so they think they can abuse those people to do even more extra work for nothing just because “they are hard-working believers in corporate and self success”.

        This is fucking bullshit

        P.S.

        Of course, there are also people (altough in minority) that will do extra work even if they don’t need to, but they actually want to. That’s on them and i respect it.