" If a long term employee tells you the place sucks , believe them . "
Recently, Redditoru/BackgroundChapter970askedthe very important question: “What is a red flag from an employer that people might not immediately recognize as a red flag?” Here are 15 subtle but significant workplace red flags people shared:
1.“When an employee quits or gets fired from their job and the company doesn’t hire anyone new to replace them. It can be hard to tell it’s a red flag at first. But, the ‘temporary’ workload they added to your own that used to be the ex-employee’s slowly becomes your new permanent workload, without any changes to your pay or benefits to compensate for the additional tasks. The further out it goes without the position being filled, the larger and more obvious the red flag becomes.”
— u / Goatmanthealien
2.“When management talks poorly about the other employees. It might make you feel included or special at first, but I guarantee they’re going to be talking about you next.”
— uracil / PhilMeYup
3.“When you check out their Glassdoor and there’s a bunch of overwhelmingly positive reviews from ‘anonymous current employees.’ Bonus points if they say ‘no cons that I can think of!’ under the cons list. Even the best place in the world to work has SOME cons.”
— u / seanofkelley
4.“Want to find the red flag fast? During your interview, when the employer asks if you have any questions, ask this: Can you tell me about a recent time one of your employees really excelled? A good employer won’t have any trouble celebrating their team. A crap employer will struggle to answer. It’s a perfectly reasonable question.”
— atomic number 92 / strangereader
" It ’ll also teach you what they really measure . If they encourage work - life balance but their favored employees are those who ' put in the redundant oeuvre to get things done , ' it mean they will not , in fact , respect your oeuvre - life history balance . I learn this the hard way . "
— u / Scarlett1993
5.“A company that offers to pay you a lot less than market rate because you will ‘learn so much; or ‘be working with a great team.’ Sorry, but my bank does not take IQ points as a mortgage payment.”
— u/_three_piece_suit
" I wreak in games . A raft of job postings terminate with ' Must have a rage for video biz . ' rendering : Your earnings is gon na be garbage , there ’s go to be a sight of extra time , and we do n’t handle if you care it because there are hundreds of applicants . "
— u / laehrin20
6.“When they say, ‘We’re a family here.’ Especially if it’s a smaller company. No, you’re a business. And we’re employees.”
— atomic number 92 / synorca
" ' We ’re like family ! ' can also signify ' we ’ll cut all of your personal boundaries , make unreasonable postulation of you , and slip your money ! ' "
— uracil / ShawarmaDepot
" When you get wind ' We ’re like a family here , ' melt and do n’t look back . The only ' house ' traits that ’ll fare from that line of work is the dysfunction , gaslighting , and want of accountability . "
— u / bogus - And - Gay - Bot
7.“If a long term employee tells you the place sucks,believe them.”
— u / Minifig_Monkey
" I remember begin a young job and , on my first day , walking past an employee who jokingly said , ' Get out while you still can . ' Within six months , every time I saw a new hire I thought about doing the precise same thing . "
— u / merpixieblossomxo
8.“Things like game machines, foosball, air hockey, beer, and/or hip hang-out spots at the job. They want and will expect you to spend every waking minute there.”
— uracil / thoawaydatrash
" Can confirm . I figure out for a troupe that had a golf simulator , an arcade , Xbox , and more in office . It was probably the most toxic job I ever had and I ’m happy I left . After work extremely hard for an entire year , were only met with the same false promises and ' pizza pie party ' for how good we were doing . "
— u / amberellamc
9.“Regular mandatory overtime for salaried workers. If you end up working like 60 hours per week, you’re really not making a whole lot over minimum wage for your time.”
— u / Moist - Taro
10.“Management who is willing to risk it and cut corners. I had an interview with a company and the interviewer would’ve been my boss if I got the job. He said he liked his teams to be a strong and cohesive group and that, because he values us, we would all give input. Maybe three questions later, he asked me, ‘If you had an unstable load that I told you had to be loadedthis minute, would you do it?’ I told him, ‘No, if it was unsafe and could potentially kill someone, I wouldn’t allow it out until the problem was sorted out. I would tell [him] of the issue and try to fix it.’ He then said, ‘What if I told you it must be loadedas is?‘To which I said, ‘It still wouldn’t get loaded and I would bring it to the health and safety team.’ He immediately told me that I was not the right type of person for that company. I consider myself lucky to have not even been offered the job.”
— u / Xib3
11.“Sporadic and slow responses during the interview period. It signals that they either don’t value the potential new employee’s time, or that they are so disorganized, they can’t even keep their own interviews lined up.”
— u / puckmonky
" My Bos had me schedule interviews for a position at my company and I had to rescheduleevery . unmarried . one . I ’d always check with her beforehand to ensure the time would wreak and she ’d say it would , but then not show up to the consultation . The interviewee would message me like , ' ? ? ? ' and then she ’d have me cancel them in all . It was mortifying . "
— u / whichwitchxoxo
12.“When you don’t get a review until you ask for a raise. Then, all of a sudden, your work is being questioned and you’re being berated.”
" I almost lost my Book of Job because I ask for a raise . They enjoin they comment ' performance matter ' in November but did n’t say anything until I involve for a raise . I received a verbal written warning which essentially said if I fucked up again in the next yr , I ’d be gone . Up until now , my bosses were recite me how skillful of a task I was doing , so I literally had no idea there was a problem .
I brought up how I ’ve been basically pray them for support and how I do n’t find appreciated . The CEO and CTO ’s response was ' we severalize you all the time how much we apprize you . ' I wish nothing but bad thing for employers who do this . "
— uracil / edwardcullenstitties
13.“When a company tells you you’re required to be 10 to15 minutes early for your shift. In previous jobs that I’ve quit, any time I remind a supervisor it’s illegal to require that, they clam up. If they are not paying for that 15 minutes, you are not required to show up then.”
— u / theDart
" Once I had an employer like this . When I ask why they require this , they said people have to be ready to work at 8 , not the great unwashed number in at 8 and then going into the changing room to get ready . I told them I came into work in my workplace garb and clock in at 8 and immediately started work out after clocking in . Apparently , that meant I ’m ' not a team player ' to them . "
— uracil / DaPino
14.“If the interviewer is negative and nitpicky but hires you anyway, either decline the offer or, at the very least, keep looking for something better if you absolutely need the income right now.”
" My theory is that such an employer would only be hiring you out of desperation and would never really warm up to you as their employee . Also , hold in nous that if an employer is that desperate to hire , there may be a expert reason nobody wants to stay there . I establish this on my recent experience . "
— u / PerfectContinuous
" People often blank out that an interview is usually a two way street . The interviewer should be trying to trade you the job , too . "
— u / EarwaxWizard
15.And finally, “When they say stuff like, ‘We’re definitely not a 9-to-5 place, we stay until the work is done.’ What they mean is that there will be lots of overtime, possibly due to poor planning or overcommitment by leadership. It could still be a good job, but negotiate for equity, not just a salary.”
— u / AdmiralBofa
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