The Employer Is Lying To You In Your Interview - Here's The Proof.
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- If you think about it, interviewing is a conversation between two liars. You're lying to them, and not surprisingly, they're lying to you, too. And there's data to back this up. According to ResumeBuilder, employers admit they lie in job interviews. The real question is how to spot these lies so that you don't end up in a toxic job with a toxic boss.
0:00 - you're a liar
1:32 - So are they
3:26 - the reasons why employers lie
6:00 - how often they lie
6:40 - What they lie about
10:55 - Quitting a lying employer
12:24 - how to get a good job
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The only lie I've ever told is pretending I want the job 😆
Best fooooking UA-cam comment ever bruh! My dude spitting facts over here Lmfao!
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No one actually wants a job.
Wellll as for me, I've lied about experience, salary, and wanting the job😁😁😁😁
I looked up the company and tried to BS about what I liked about it and how it looks like an honorable one to be a part of. Lmbo. I don't typically lie when asked about things at work.....that BS paperwork to get you in the door is whole other thing.😂
Employers will lie about the job, benefits and conditions, but employees are expected to go though all these screens and checks to ensure they are telling the truth
Yup so from now on, I will lie about my resume,experiences, education, etc and I will expect the employer to tell me the truth than we'll duke it out, fight unitl the bloody end and see what happens.
I'm tired of the games. Interview professionals out there telling people to "Be honest" on your resume and interviews, but also "Don't tell interviewers the real reason you left a job --- if the real reason is that a manager or coworkers were toxic".
Kind of like they are allowed to fire you and not give you a notice but want you to give them a notice if you leave.
@@acegikmthat’s literally the main reason people quit and they already know that. So you gotta sugar coat
FAX
I must point out that it is not "36% of hiring managers lie", it should be "36% of hiring managers admit to lying...".
There is an important distinction, the latter means that the real number will be higher, because some people will lie even on anonymous surveys.
They might lie on an anonymous survey OR they might also be lying to themselves and think that they're being honest during the interview process. 36% is way though all things considered
Nothing like jamming the stats if you know people actually use them
The answer is 100% both for employees and employers.
I'll say. Every job I've been qualified for and was honest in during the interview, never got the job. Those I bullshitted, got an offer 80% of the time. Now consider the depressing reality that I'm talking about social services/psychology.
All social workers seem to not care about their health as everyone of them seems to be obese !
Same with work. I'm working in social services, and when i'm being working normally, i've my manager asking me thousand questions, all about secondary issues but this is things she's able to understand. If i say bs all day (meaning what modern managers with no operational abilities want to hear), well, there is no problem anymore. I'm 40, and still amazed with this kind of things. Thank u management schools! The only important thing now seems to have a label that says we're the chief of, head of, manager of etc etc without any other consideration.
Same experience for me.
HR departments have turned the workplace into an adult day care center. Its no wonder every industry is collapsing and no one is paying their employees enough to live. We don't produce anything of value anymore.
Your sentence structure makes no sense.. maybe it's why you get turned down.
HR on the interview "I am here to take care of all our employees".
It was the most toxic place on Earth.
The most toxic places I've worked at "we are all a big family." No we aren't. I'm here to do a job and get back to my family in the afternoon.
Facts.
The entire mgmt team on my last company were such big liars.
Ceo was cheating on his wife with an employee, CRO lied all of the time and went to church every sunday, a VP would fire employees so he could collect their commission checks for himself, CRO tried to steal your contacts, partner guy would steal other vendors booths at tradeshows. He would get in early and switch things around. The co-owner was the damage control guy and would cover up all of the bad behaviors of mgmt. they fired a girl who was rear ended while going to a work meeting and put her on a PIP. They were worried about a lawsuit so got rid of her. They would steal opportunities from reps. I could keep going. The investors would cover up their crap too. I cant believe so many slimebags found eachother in one company.
HR are rheee yo race carebif the company. You need a union to stand for the employees.
HR is NEVER there to take care of employees. They exist for two reasons, to protect the company and to protect HR. See also, covering their own asses.
The lie that all companies tell you - "there is lots of room for growth and progression here! We promote from within!". They always forget to add the part ".....but....you need to be in the "club", or related/best friends with someone at the top." I have been at a Fortune 200 company for 3 years now. I applied for a position in which I believe I was auto-rejected and they went and hired someone from outside. Same as the previous company I worked at (huge company >100,000 employees) - horrible nepotism.
The thing with most companies is they only see your worth in terms of rank and pay as what you came on at. They don't want to admit you grew with time at the company. Too many times i reapplied to former employers who ensured me i was a eligible for rehire and they never called me after the initial screening.
100%. A company that is so small that it has no opportunities for the foreseeable future will sit there and tell you they exist. The "club" or "inner circle" thing is a very real thing that I've seen in many companies I've worked at as well. If there are other opportunities or changes that could improve your income or quality of life at that employer, they are going to club members first.
Never work in an ethnic restaurant where you are not related through blood or marriage, toxicity at its worst, rather work for a big corporate non related chain, get my drift?
@@frankcorrea8691 disagree... same thing happens at large corporations
This happened to me. I was lied to for over a year about a position I was a great fit for. Hiring manager kept telling me I was the perfect fit and he wanted to bring me on when it opened. Position opened, I applied, I was told by hiring manager that I interviewed well, just be patient. I waited almost two months and just kept being told "we are being told to interview outside candidates." They hired someone outside who they said impressed them more. $10 says it was somebody's buddy. Apparently he was in leadership at a nearby bank and took an entry level position because he got tired of leadership. Has more experience than hiring manager. Either it was all lies or he will get bored right away and leave. I could not find anything about this guy on LinkedIn. Either way, I do not trust this company anymore and I absolutely refuse to talk to or with with that manager any further. I would have resigned immediately upon hearing the news but the job market is terrible right now.
The only thing I have to lie about is why I left my last position ONLY because I am not allowed to tell the truth
I am one of the honest, straight-forward job seekers. I find that if I am too logical in trying to discover the truth, then I make the interviewer uncomfortable/embarrassed and hurts my chances. So, I find that even asking if the position is additional or refilling someone who left, is enough to make the whole interview a loss. It's tough being smart and honest.
I learnt this the hard way too but I learnt to add a little bit of enthusiasm, with sprinkle of exagerations on the truths and a pinch of lies gets me more offers, most of the time they tell me they loved my personality (so I guess I can act decently answering the questions ok and faking my excitement to work for them, keeping the lies to a minimum helps me not to overthink/stress).
I’ve stated that online that you won’t get employed if you don’t embellish these days and I got ripped for it! How about, sometimes ALL you need is a job! People who are employed well, make good money, seem to have a difficulty understanding this. It’s called not being homeless perhaps that’s easier to understand!?
You have to embellish and lie, almost all of the time!! Who ever says otherwise is a real chump!!
I don’t see a problem lying to HR. They are not your friends so who cares. If you can do the job they will not even know the difference.
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I've been honest in interviews and it hasn't worked out for me
I don't want to work anymore
I've been lied to about compensation in every job I've had. I got the offer fine but after that, all those promises of raises or bonuses just mysteriously never seem to materialize, year after year of excuses...
If the promise isn't on paper... they never made you a promise
Small businesses have been the worst for lying in my experience. Partner applied for and got an office admin job, turns out they lied and actually wanted him to do manual labor in the warehouse once he started. Also worked as an amazon driver who use contractors, that was insane. They lied about a sign on bonus, lied that the job came with healthcare/benefits, and lied about the workload (they said it was around 225 packages a day when it was 400). Surprise, the company was run so poorly they went out of business a few months later.
I always ask about why the position is open. And, each and every time they lie. I expect it and listen for how they lie in that answer. It provides me a base line to compare with
Yes, I expect lies to all questions and use it as base line too. Unfortunately they all lie as no honest person works as HM so eventually you accept the low level liers job to avoid unemployment gap and pay bills but even those can turn out to be worse than the lies told.
They always lie, they always say "growth" but didn't tell you that the last person fired.
When you say you listen for “how” they lie, is there certain words or phrases that stick out as red or green flags to you?
I've had 6 recruiters contact me recently. When I directly asked them how many other people are being considered for the role they are offering they all told me just 1 other. When I spend a ridiculous amount of time prepping, then sitting through an hour of an interview I find out from the person hiring that 10 other people are interviewing.
Its possible the recruiter is only pushed one other candidate from their end. And the employer is dealing with several recruiters
To be fair, even if there were 10 other candidates, would you have prepared less? Wouldn't preparing with all you got give you an advantage in every situation?
@@Yuna-hz5wh Good point, though really, there's no real reason to lie about this to begin with. Total red flag.
I wouldn't even bother applying if there are 10 other applicants.
@althunder4269 thats fair but tbh, if i was the hiring manager i would at least interview like 3-4 people.
"You might as well get used to it, unless you want to work for yourself."
Yep. Great point brother. I've decided to work myself freelancing, and never going back. Corporate has become so toxic.
Lying about our motivation toward the role is different than outright lying about facts. I feel like we have to show some interest, especially these days. But employers will straight up lie about the role, growth prospects, culture, everything!
True.
You don't need to show some interest. You need to actually have interest.
@@BillyBobDingledorf but they are still lying to you about all the above.
I recently interviewed for a job where he told me they have to sometimes work 80 hours a week. I appreciated his honesty but 80 was a no go as a recovering cancer patient.
I heard some salaried folks 'bragging' about how they worked almost 100 hrs a week. I commented (since I knew the salary because of the job posting) 'Oh, so you are working for just under minimum wage - they looked confused - your weekly salary divided by hours worked - no OT pay... They stopped bragging around me after that. Duh...
That’s 40 hours more than I would do.
@@mikoto7693 Yep. It was a consulting firm. I had never intended to work for one for that reason.
@@lasurfette7830 Actually, to be honest as a Brit, the employer expecting the employee to do 80 hour weeks is a bit absurd and would be shocking if I didn’t already know that it’s fairly common in the US.
You see, in the UK an employer cannot force employees to do more than 48 hours a week. It’s actually illegal by law. I think that includes overtime hours as well. But the employee can voluntarily agree to do more than 48 hours but it has to be in writing and can be revoked later. And I think there are limits even on that. Not averaging more than 8 hours a day across seventeen weeks-or something like that. Been awhile since I last checked.
I think under 18s are limited to a maximum of 40 hours a week without the ability to ask for more.
Things in the US are pretty screwed up. It would be solved if we literally got paid by the hour for all jobs. @@mikoto7693
We ALREADY KNEW THIS! The work culture in the US IS AWFUL!
A job in other countries ,are so toxic, some offices in Latin America are so biased against women it is horrific, the things I here and the blatant crsp they shove out to alot of defenseless people!😮
Our work culture is the result of our worship of unfettered capitalism. This is what we all ask for- profits above employees and society. To suggest doing it any other way is to be labeled a socialist or communist
I noticed this many years ago. I was hired on as a contractor for an HR Coordinator position, but once I started I noticed it was HRBP duties. Which is about a 50k plus pay difference where I'm from. I guess they didn't think I would notice the lie given my career level at the time. Oh, and the person training me (basically to do their exact job) was being promoted to a *SENIOR* HRBP role, and transferring to another state. I quit shortly thereafter. They tried to get me to do higher level work without paying me accordingly.
This is what is happening all over the country. The employers are being deceptive and downgrading a job title to pay less money, but at the same time the job description & requirements is a higher skilled level position . For example I am seeing a lot of administrative assistant positions, that requires quickbooks & excel experience (bookkeeping role). These employers are lying manipulators!
Why do they want a high qualified the best candidate every time even if the job in reality is a boring repetitive task which even a high school graduate can do? It is obvious that once the high qualified person realises that it really is he will leave as soon as he finds something better.
Sometimes there is definite misalignment on what they're looking for in the role and what the role actually entails. I tended to categorize (even good) employees in two typical categories (with plenty of mixed area between them): Career-minded or Clock-punchers. The latter may do the job well but really aren't trying to better themselves or advance in their career; they just want to get the job done and go home to not think about work.
Here's the thing, a good portion of jobs out there are better served by hiring these people instead of ambitious career-focused people that are always going to be moving on once they realize that your position is a dead-end job. Companies should have a realistic perspective of the nature of the job and hire accordingly.
“Even a high school graduate can do”. You mean like… Richard Branson? Dave Murdock? Bill Gates?
Those are high school dropouts. Bunch of idiots.
Tell me you’re a snob without telling me you’re a snob.
This man speaks nothing but the truth! I did a self test on my interviews. 10 interviews where I lied my ass off vs 10 where I was really honest. Guess what, I landed more second and third rounds by lying.
So, is that an indictment on who you really are as a person and candidate, or an indictment on hiring processes......
The later.
@@PaperRaines both lol. “Fake it till you make it.”
I asked the hiring manager about the turn over rate. She said she’s staying for a while because she bought a house in the area. Two weeks after my start day she moves to do a different district in another state. 8 months later I get layed off
My reputation as being a frustratingly/refreshingly honest person has won me work as I have matured to having a strong network. People know, whether they like it or not, that my reputation is more important to me than any single job.
I had two bad jobs recently. One the interviewer didn't tell me she was leaving- in 3 days!- due to toxicity. The other led me to believe they were getting busier, that staff was happy and literally "we have room for one more"..... the business was bought by foreigners and a few long term staff had left, I walked into a mess. They also insisted on paying cash.
I have sworn to never have another job (I day trade). I just wanted some people contact but now swear to be a hermit.
Right before my interview, I realized 200 applicants applied for the job. I chuckled, messaged the interviewer hope she finds the right candidate, and I withdrawed my application. Ain't no way I am competing in a rat race for a news media outlet to roast me on their statistic bit.
This is so true, I was lied to in an interviewing process and left a comfortable position for what I thought was a better opportunity....WRONG, it was an absolutely nightmare and they just brought me on to make me a work horse.
Doctor here, I had a company send me a contract i could electronically sign, and when i sent a response trying to negotiate specifics like the noncompete radius, they ghosted me for 3+weeks. Luckily in the interim i accepted another position, but ive never had a big company act so unprofessionally, and if they do that to their physician hires imagine what all other hires in the company must be like. Explains why their ratings on glassdoor etc are abysmal.
I hope you added another bad review for them
Wait...a non-compete clause...for a clinical physician or a researcher? I cannot imagine a clinician needing a non-compete clause, only a researcher (esp. at pharmaceutical companies). Please tell me I'm not misunderstanding this.
@@le_th_ nope, clinician. Unfortunately it's become pretty standard in contracts I've been handed to have one. And this one was particularly egregious because I live in New York City and it started off at 3 miles.
I don't think they would be incredibly enforceable unless I opened a store literally right next door to where I just left 😅
@@rayzerot oh you know I did. The interview was also a mess, interviewer forgot the time, staff didn't know I was supposed to be there. There's a reason I was still interviewing after getting the contract even though the pay/benefits were good.
I’ve had this experience. It’s completely demoralizing when you realize you’ve been lied to. I immediately became disengaged and disconnected from the work. They could have EASILY found someone else that would have been happy in the role. It makes nooooo sense.
I can relate, Brittany. I made it through 3 months of a recent job in which I was told in the interview that there would be opportunities for project management and occasional travel. Three months into the job I learned that there were no such opportunities, very little to no travel, and what I did see was someone quitting.
My last employer lied to me to win me over. Company-wide every other Friday you get off at noon as long as you swing the extra hours earlier in the week. When I came on board she actually ran her department different it was one Friday a month and if you wanted a Friday off for any reason, appointment or vacation, you forfeit your half day for that full day you intended to take on a Friday. I was displeased to put it mildly. Not to mention she lied about many more things as well I learned soon after. Glad to be away from that toxicity.
Employers do that to win candidates over, they know if they say no to your questions than you won't apply or accept the offer. If they are going to that, than I have no probelms lying to them, trying to win them over for a job offer. I don't give a dame either if I get caught lying.
Just curious if that Friday off was an offer in writing? I am guessing no, because these places are so sneaky.
@@rosedevereux2391The recruiter is the one who told me about the perk and I asked in my interview. It wasn't in writing it was a company wide perk that was handled differently in the department I was hired into that she conveniently sidestepped explaining in the interview when I point blank asked how it worked. After switching departments I was out early every other Friday.
These numbers are astounding. I'm 52. For people out age, this is like living on another planet. I'm just now hearing all this truth. I did some digging after being tricked into a manager position which didn't actually exist. I chased the carrot for over a year. I have bodily damage now because of how hard I tried to work to "earn" my rightful place. In the end, my boss, an innkeeper, openly said, "You can't have what I have, I'm family". Yes it was a small family business. Older people are being lied to, manipulated and worked until they're disabled.......this is so sad.
Did your title say "manager". I've learned that unless my job title says exactly what I want in the offer, I'm not accepting it. Not looking to "grow into" the role. I'm ready. Plenty of experience. Hire a junior person if that's what you want! Never getting strung along again.
@@tarekyared4404 On the daily worksheet in the back, yes. However, the owner had not approved any such position. The innkeeper could have a "manager" if she tricked someone into it. I fell for it. A year in, I saw that the big boss still treated me like a housekeeper. Your channel and others clued me in that something was wrong. I've since been fired for "not being a good fit", ie I figured it out.
There are always double standards in corporate strustures. When a non-executive has poor performance, the person is fired without pay. When an executive separates due to poor performance, contracts usually dictate a large severance package. Poor manangement isnt considered 'for cause' under dgcl.
Had several of these interviews in the past year. It was very obvious that the interviewers were exaggerating or stumbling on their own words. I didn't call them out, but walked away feeling I was more prepared to interview than they were serious about the process.
Of course, one side never knows the other side is lying until they take the role. Brian, make a video about signs you're being lied too about the role or opportunities! Would love to hear you're input. And thank you for just calling it lying and not trying to sugar coat what is going on here. Almost every professional job I've had- after working there for a few months or years, I could point to 10 things they said that were either strongly embellished or outright lies about the role, the company, the future opportunities, or the culture.
And THIS is why I do "spiritual background" checks... I can tell if it's even worth going to the interview, managers leadership style, etc. No corporation is "perfect", but I do everything to avoid a toxic workplace.
I don't lie on my resume or in an interview. If the job isn't a genuine mutual fit, I don't want it.
So you're unemployed.
You'd be surprised how often you can actually get away with telling the truth
@@justinreich3486 I like what you say, but use different phrasing. It’s not getting away with telling the truth, as if the truth is something shady or unacceptable. It is unacceptable to lie and shady not to be honest. Therefore, the truth should be in every conversation. The fact of the matter is that interviews are a conversation between mutually interested parties. And all conversations and relationships with other people, there needs to be trust. The best way to establish trust is to be honest and tell the truth. Even if the interviewer is a liar and lying to you, they will respect you for the honesty. Respect goes a long way. Respect can even get you a job.
I'm 41 and I'm at the point to where if I were to lose my current job, I'm ready to just check out completely from the whole game. Let the bills go. End up living in a van down by the river! My son's in 9th grade. I just need to get him through high school. Once he graduates, my care level for being employed is going to drop to below zero. This whole game is Bull$hit, and I can't see myself pushing myself to age 70 continuing to play it.
@caryg it was irony 😉
The job market has changed a lot since i graduated back in the late 90s. I feel now there is a lot of underhanded mind games by employers. Corporate America is beginning to feel more like the streets. Companies no longer care about integrity. If we don't do anything about it now, future generations will be in worse shape than us.
I agree I wish I knew what to do there are wayyyyy too many games being played
There's no loyalty. The sooner the older generation realizes this the better the workforce will be as a whole
Same here in the UK 🇬🇧 I left school in 96 and workplaces have become dog eat dog toxic backstabbing culture blue collar industries In particular.
@@rickyayy Not sure which 'older generation' you are looking to to fix this. As a boomer, I am horrified by the work environment these days. I just quit the last toxic work environment, and I have worked in a few. I simply can't take the lack of integrity, disrespect for dedicated workers. bullying, gaslighting. You get the idea. While things where not perfect (especially for a woman) in the 80's, it has certainly gotten WAY worse now. At least when I was younger, I was allowed to come in, do my job to the best of my abilities, earn enough to put a roof over my head, get vacation time off, had good health care and sick time that I could accrue. I would suggest the younger generation find ways to work independently, if you can't find a good company that knows how to treat their employees. If we can build an economy that shuts out these toxic work places, we might be able to change this.
You should talk about what happens to a job seeker who is honest and what they have to worry about since dishonest interviewers are themselves inclined to think the job seeker is lying also.
Can't imagine a hiring manager telling to the candidate: here, as we are understaffed and sell our project under the market rate, we overwork our employees of course we require you to work unpaid overtime and to work during your time off too for no extra incentive. Are you still interested in this position ?
Can't imagine a candidate saying to HM: I don't care about your company or company culture, I am just here for the paycheck and after 2 or 3 years, I am going to keep job hoping anyway. Still wanna hiring me ?
But if both sides were honest then some employees will accept job just to pay the bills, can negotiate a better pay rate if company is desperate while the employer will have the work done for 2 years and can start preparing for the replacement employee, will negotiate no pay rise/bonus during those 2 years unless the work is great and employee stays on or gets promoted = Both get what they needed through honesty.
@@5pointview717 No one is going to do that, they are all going to lie by default, which is what I do.
Just for fun (because I was loosing my mind filling out all those hundreds of applications) last year, I did exactly that. I sent a resume to some random tech company basically stating that I didn't know who they were. Didn't care. Wasn't going to bother looking them up because it wasn't worth my time just to lie anyway. All I wanted was a job so if they were interested in a hard-working if unenthusiastic employee they were more than welcome to contact me. I never got a reply of course but I really hope that perhaps in landed in a real human's inbox and maybe gave them a laugh reading.
@@jamesclark2663That was pretty funny lol and I'd hire you, I'm not a business owner but the enthusiasm to write about how unenthusiastic you are would ironically make you enthusiastic, therefore you're hired 😂
this is true and unfortunate that it has to be that way. I think this is why job interviewing can be so stressful and anxiety-inducing...because it is difficult to be ourselves and express ourselves properly during interviews because there is a certain amount of lying that goes on. I experienced this myself many times while interviewing for jobs last year.
It really is and to see who is a better manipulator for the job 😂😂😂
By my estimate, nearly all employers lie, when interviewing for "sales" jobs. They all exaggerate the average commission earned by their current employees; then they gaslight when you call them out for it.
This explains why I feel so much pressure in an interview. I feel the deceit!
Same here! I just didn’t know what I was feeling.
One thing almost every single employer lies about in an interview is upward mobility opportunity. When this subject specifically comes up in an interview question, reality has always been vastly different from the interview response.
100% encountered the misrepresentation of benefits. I accepted the job with a very slight reduction in pay because the medical coverage was represented as fully covered by the company and because of the opportunities. Come to find out after onboarding it wasn’t the case. Only I would be covered for free and only with a high deductible ($4k). I could add my spouse but that would cost $826 a month AND increase our deductible to $8k! That was compared to prior coverage that had cost me $300 a month for both of us with a $1200 deductible. All the other benefits cost more at the new company too and none of the opportunities that were dangled in front of me ever appeared. They told me they wanted people with lots of experience to help expand and train but then I became just another butt in a chair to answer phones and any attempts to help or share my knowledge turned into HR complaints from supervisors for my “disruptive behavior”. Ha! If I had a nickel for every time Ive been told to speak up….
Never accept "we're looking for someone to grow into the role" of the actual title you're interested in. It is 100% a lie. You will never be given the role and title. If you don't get the role you want from day one, assume you will never get it or move on to another company that will give you exactly what you want.
My experience - speaking up puts a target on your back.
I recently finished my engineering degree and Im blown away how messed up the corporate world is and Im truly disgusted. I cannot believe how much I have to lie on interviews and during just regular work days even. And at the same time the company lies to its workers and candidates all the time. I just like technical stuff like designing or fixing things thats why I wanted to study engineering and the whole thing is a BS at this point and I dont even know if i wanna put up with this corporate BS anymore.
The employers have all the power, especially in this grim market, and they have the advantage of asymmetric information.
Exactly. They can afford to send a candidate packing for the slightest faux pas, while lying their ass off. And if the candidate wants to leave? So what? There are 10 behind them, desperate for the position.
There is a big power difference.
The job I currently have, has had so many people leave within the past year. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Find a new job
@@Xokzu Currently doing! ☺️
Why are they leaving or are they getting fired
@@VicDamoneJr82 They are leaving for other roles within the company.
@@jazzienicole so technically they could be promoted ?
To be honest, lying is the only way to get what you want. This is exactly what sales team in any company does. For me for example, I wanted to become a Project Managet in tech, didn't have experience and no one would even look at my CV. Then I fabricated my entire CV, lied about companies I worked for and faked my references. Applied and got the job.
Funny thing is, I've never done a job like this before and lied my way through everything. I've been at this company now for a year and half and I'm being promoted to a senior.
Moral of the story, do what makes you happy and believe in yourself. Always be loyal to yourself. If you don't care about yourself, no one else will.
I am so damned sad to be upvoting you. :(
@@josepherhardt164 Sorry dude, but the truth is the truth. If you think what I did is bad, you should see what my seniors and directors do. Nepotism.
@@darkeye306 I was complimenting you on doing what you had to do to survive, and on the tenacity to learn as quickly as you did. But it's a sad thing that you had to do this this way--i.e., by lying and fabricating. In any kind of sane universe, one wouldn't need to do this.
Thank you for shedding light on this Brian but honestly these practices are really disgusting and inexcusable. Companies have no limit to what they will lie about and then wonder why no one wants to work for them.
The art of interviewing is like sales...the better you can B.S., the more effective you are!
Once I was asked to answer an "outside the box" question...I shot from the hip and gave what I thought was a really lame answer...but the boss loved it and hired me!
What I hate most is when you apply for a job with a temp agency and then come to find out ......THE JOB DOESN'T EXIST!!!!!!! It was just posted to get potential applicants to come in and fill out all their paperwork in hopes that they will be available when they do have position to fill. 😠💢 and then they act like you're a great fit for the position and then they ghost you!!!!! ...... never again!!!!!!
wait how do you ask to do a reverse reference check?!
I worked for a hedge fund for two months. One day I went into the company app on my personal phone and all my personal emails were included on the company app and therefore saved on the company servers. I talked to IT and they said I should get a second personal phone! Like I was going to get a second personal phone to keep them from scraping it. At that point, it was an organization I couldn't trust and had no choice but to leave. When I resigned, I wrote it in my resignation letter why I was leaving. HR called me in to tell me I shouldn't share this information in any interview because "it wouldn't look good for me." I thought Yeah I'll take that change. I tell everyone, all the time about what they did. Someone I don't think they were truly concerned about how it would look for ME. Also worked for another organization-part of my pay was in my bonus. They talked about what percentage the bonus could be etc etc. Once I had the job and had been here for a while I asked a colleague about when bonuses were paid. I was told bonuses hadn't been paid for 5 years.
"Some benefits are exaggerated": My last job that hired me advertised a 6% 401k matching (we've since been acquired so it's no longer relevant). Now, for most companies, that would mean that the company will match your contribution dollar for dollar up to 6% of your salary. No, they literally meant they would match 6% of your contribution. So, if you contributed $100 to your 401k every pay period, they would contribute $6.
LOL what a joke. That's ridiculous.
😂 I'm a long time BA and Risk Analyst who got comfortable with my decade of tenure in the Financial Industry. I got that job from a recruiter reaching out only after a month after a layoff from Intel after 6 years. I got that job at Intel with the simplest of interviews via a recruiter. So, when I learn about 'how to answer the question of Tell Me About Yourself in an interview....I'm thinking...??? My contract as an Agile Product Analyst happened 10/1/2023 and ended early because of EOY 'restructuring.' Fair enough. But, your channel has been a HUGE reality check and one where I sincerely respect your employer and your content. Your advice is valid, rational, realistic, actionable, and sobering.
I've learned to get things in writing after I was told my promotion would come with a 20k raise. I actually went from hourly to salary without OT and no raise. So I got a pay cut essentially. I've been looking for a new job for 5 months. No one wants to transition a mortgage underwriter into a new field even though it would be so easy for me since mortgage policies dont stay the same for more than a few months. It's been very frustrating. . .
Ghosting is like pretty much what I am experiencing now ... either they are still processing it or they just ghosted me .. I am not offended, but they have a dedicated person to send the stupid email.
Whenever they tell you it's a humble job or humbling job, it means you will be working your ass off for the lowest pay.
I once interviewed at a large bank the interviewer flat out lied to me about compensation and corporate culture. He send in 2 other programmers who I would be working with. One of them indicated that you never get a raise at this bank ever what you agree to is what you get forever, the other one who was a jack hole and that made me decide to not take the job. This bank has since been bought out by Chase, I dodged a bullet. It is the only time I knew for sure that flat out lied.
I've been lied to countless times, such as after 3 months your salary will go up when you take this job ( no it won't, they will find something wrong with your performance to make sure you don't get the raise) . Or something like " I know the job doesn't pay that well, but you'll get lots of overtime pay" ( you won't be allowed any overtime).
I got the lie about a raise after 3 months way back in 1975, when I was naive and 22 or 23 years old. When I got a pretty good, maybe even glowing, end-of-3-months-probationary-report, I reminded my manager of this. He suddenly switched into comapny line mode, almost as if he were wearing a front-line manager hat and switched it for a company CEO hat (no actual hats involved) and said, "It is the practice of the company to only give out raises effective on January 1." This was during the summer. I did get that raise the following January 1, though.
Over the years, I read books on getting ahead in one's career. One thing that kept coming up over and over again was to get everything in writing. When I first read that, I wished I had gotten this guy's promise in writing. But having gotten to know him in the slightly more than two years I worked for him, I now believe that he would have refused to give it to me, knowing it couldn't be fulfilled. It could have even caused him to withdraw the offer of employment.
Yup, if they won't put the promise in writing then they're not actually giving you a promise
My greatest weakness is needing a job. 😔
I've never once had a good experience with a recruiter. One lady in particular messaged me, then we had a phone call and set up another appointment to discuss a job. She just ghosted me. Then a year and a half later she messaged me on linkedin again and once again ghosted me. I just blocked her.
I worked at a company where they claimed unlimited PTO. The CEO said that means 2 weeks off only. So anyone who tried to use the benefit they were sold, found out quickly by having a surprise meeting with the CEO.
This is right up there with age discrimination. "We know it's bad but we do it anyway *chuckle chuckle smirk*"
In China, 30 years old is over the hill there@😮
This is so true. Employers hold back critical information. Example, I took a job as an office manager. Turned out my role as actually a New Business Development Manager and the Business Owner for an absentee investor/owner. Example 2 - I took a job where I was promised to sell only commercial accounts, turns out it was 90% personal account sales. Example 3 - Took a job where the company advertised and I was told compensation was salary plus commission. It wasn't until half way through company training we were informed it was salary OR commission whichever is greater - Big difference. So Yes, companies are very snake like.
The only lie I ever told a recruiter is that I actually want the job he is offering.
I've had an interview where at least some remote work was one of the green flags I was really looking for, and when I asked they said "Well we are all working from home at the moment", then to find out that when I started was the day everyone was expected to go back to the office and suddenly there is a lot of resistance for working from home.
It funny when I bring up questions about turnover, I can see nervousness when the interviewer knows that the turnover is a issue. It’s almost like they’re trying to hide something. When they truthful about it they tell it like it like is. The more vague they are about the answer the more they are trying to hide. Remember it’s not the answer they give it’s how much detail they give into the situation. Another indicator are they trying to fix it.
Very familiar with Bait & Switch tactics. Hired for one job and didn't find out until 4 mos. into the job that they lied to me about my job title. They told me one thing in the interview and continued to lie to me about the job title for 4 mos. until I figured out they had a secret off site part time contract person doing the role they said they hired me for! In my current job, same dishonesty, about different aspects of the job, and one of their "values" is honesty. I have worked in some very sick, toxic work environments in recent years. In my industry, most employers don't care about quality anymore. They're only looking for a warm body with a license. I've even heard them say that out loud!
1) my husband’s previous job lied to him about professional development in the position and they later said he expected him to become a manager even tho they never discussed that in the interview! My mom’s job they didn’t tell her she’d BE managing 2 people before she accepted which was SO shady bc that changes the role and compensation for it!!!
2) if they ask in the interview “what’s your greatest weakness” then I have no issue asking them “what’s YOUR greatest weakness? What’s the greatest weakness of the company?” It’s only fair
On point! One of the description of my current job is "perform simple to moderate processes/tasks". In our training week, we were suprised because there where more than a hundred processes that needs to be understood where in those processes have sub numerous processes too. Simple? Think again.
Liar =! Lying the entire interview.
You lie on the stuff they can't truly verify. For some stuff like education, certs, etc, you need to be honest.
Also, mixing in truths and half truths with lies = success
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I'd been working at a UPS store as a shipping and receiving clerk. I apply to a job looking for a shipping and receiving clerk and am told during the interview that I'll be running the entire department. I look at the room and it's a mess. I figured the current department head was going to clean up before he handed everything over, but I was wrong. He just walked away. I didn't lie about my work experience so I have no idea why they think I should be able to clean up after this guy after just a few months of doing my primary duties and simultaneously cleaning up a huge mess. It doesn't make sense why they wouldn't hire a professional, or someone with the right experience.
Every video I watch of yours legitimately makes me feel so lucky for the job I have.
I feel like during the COVID era of virtual interviews, it was hard to tell what you are getting yourself into. Had I been invited for an on site to see the dysfunction, I wouldn't have accepted my last role. If you don't get to meet with your actual manager or some team mates during the interview process, they are hiding something.
They sometimes inform existing employees that a candidate will be given a walk around so that they can act all chill and good vibes and present a positive image or just silently be focused on their tasks. Any questions you ask the other employees will ofc lie when the managers are with you. Everything is a setup so that they can lure candidates into their trap.
That means, I'll never gonna have a job, cuz 1st, I'm a bad liar and 2nd I stopped lying a long time ago, so now I'm always either being 100% honest with everyone or just hiding something, till they ask me themselves.
No one is going to give you the former employees information so you can do a “reverse interview “! 🙄 No employer is allowed to give out former or current employees personal information. If your instincts tell you that something is amiss , then don’t bother to pursue that ractchet job position!
On W2 temp contracts the recruiter will never admit to your yearly healthcare cost for a family. They will only tell for your own coverage as if you were solo.
Then you discover it goes in the $20-25k per year.
Some lie in the job add. "Competitive salary", more like you competing against what HR thinks you should be paid.
And I imagine they wouldn't appreciate the candidate putting "Competitive" under the skills section, but they have no problem doing it under salary.
Ive been in my job for 6 months and found out yesterday they lied to me at the interview stage, and for the last 6 months. I am devasted. Had I known the truth i wouldn't have taken the job.
Sadly some hiring managers give others a bad name. In the interviews I've done and the current role I'm interviewing, I have NEVER lied to the candidates. Not that we have much of a chance since we're only talking 10% of the time. If a candidate asks me something I can't answer, I tell them I can't answer it.
Personally, I think if a company can fire you for lying in your interview, then you should be able to quit and still be eligible for unemployment if the company does the same thing.
They keep lying about proper job training and clear path towards upward mobility
I'll never forget one time a job a recruiting firm sent me out to a so called amazing opportunity. The interview went well, until the point came for me to ask questions. When the topic of hours and overtime came up, the operations manager reached below in his file drawer and dug out an A3 sheet with a complex matrix of rules. All of a sudden he informed me that my level of work hours and even shift-pattern can and will change at any time mgmt chooses. And also, I had to GIVE DAYS BACK to make up for the extra 1/2 hour that we were receiving every week as roll-off tidy up time, blah blah. In short, I was ambushed cause the recruiter didn't bother to ask, or just lied to me to get a candidate out the door...
I had a friend who was told that she would get a raise once she got her degree. After obtaining her degree, she did not receive the raise so she complained. Then she was targeted for layoff and was laid off within a month
Companies always tell about the wonderful health insurance benefits they have, they don’t tell you if you want the best benefit plans it’ll cost you about half to two thirds of your paycheck.
I been told you are the best employee and I appreciate your work here.
Then goes to add
This is the truth of everything I said.
Why would a honest person need to state that you are telling the truth??
I will never lie. I don’t want to work for you I’m here for your job and I won’t stop until I’m at the top.
Whew! I used to feel so bad about lying! 😂
Those numbers are CRAZY!! This was a valuable video that def opened my eyes up to potential red flags that I can be aware of from now on! Thanks! 🙏🏼 😊
I've got a job now that I started 9 months ago where I was promised big monthly bonuses which was a lie. The formula they use which is impossible to meet, the bonuses are very small. I'm making less than I was 15 yrs ago so, I'm definitely looking for another job.
I had a job where they had promised us employees $500 every 3 months as a bonus, however, they would secretly watch you and if you made a simple trivial mistake they’d take off a large percentage like a customer who is Asian decent and they’ve changed their name to “John” etc and there account has their birth name and under it has preferred name so you’d say “hello John Chow how can I assist you today” they’d say ohh you didn’t address him by his legal birth name that’s -$155 off your bonus.
If i was totally honest i would never get a job. Just got a job yesterday.
I know they lie too. All the turn downs i got the past year was exactly a copy of the same letter.
With all the videos out there about getting a job, interviews today, and the work place politics, It seems to me that there is far more negative when it comes to just obtaining and working a job than there is positive. Why in the hell are we even working for a corporation or even a small business any more these days? Oh yeah, the Dollar runs and controls our lives!
all the time they give a big salary range in the advert, then low ball you fake max value
When investigating turnover rates, it may be a good idea to ask questions about both the employees leaving the company and those rotating between roles, titles and departments. This is more prevalent in smaller companies and privately owned "mom and pop" employers. Rather than separating from the employee, these companies will rotate the employee into a new position, skewing the actual separation numbers and making dissatisfaction more covert.
I was completely honest and of course don’t get the job. I have to learn to spin my accomplishments.☹️ I’m always in the “no” pile.
True. Everything you explain is as is depicted. In Guatemala, multinational companies that have established their operations, are very advantageous and pay ridiculously low salaries. Their job vacancies' adverdisements claim the opposite.
The remote job scam is very common as well, the ad says remote but when you get to the interview they tell you it is an in site job, which makes the job even poorly paid.
Call centers are the worst at this.
Every dealership ever, we have all these benefits. What they don't tell you is that 100% of the cost comes out of your paycheck. There were weeks I would have owed the company money if I signed up for their "benefits".
I’ve done countless interviews. Never once got a job from it.
Always employed because I already knew someone
Every single job is toxic now. I leave a job because of that and just to end up in the same boat again. Higher pay, but still toxic.