I Was Offered The Job, And I'll Be Declining Tomorrow!

[Kintsugi]

Hey guys, so I was really nervous/panicky about this interview I was going to. Well, I went, I saw, I conquered... and I'm disgusted!

The whole thing is a scam for basically everyone involved. There are only opportunities to make money if you're willing to hurt people close to you. And they were so aggressive I thought I was going to dissociate during the TWO AND A HALF HOUR GROUP INTERVIEW. It was sooo long and sooo scary. It felt like someone was trying to indoctrinate me into a cult!

Well, I was hired, but no one asked me if I wanted the position or not. They just told me congratulations and when to come in. Because that is what they do. And that is the same kind of manipulative, fast-talk swindling they want me to do.

Well. NO THANKS. I called my fiance's mother after the interview to help me calm down and talk through it. She told me to call them and turn it down. Run as fast as possible. And if I needed a job that badly, she would get me to sell her Tupperware products, no loss of soul required!

So, I panicked a little, and part of me thinks I should have walked out during the first five minutes, but... I stuck with it, stayed present, was very nice, panicked a little privately, then calmed down and came to earth.

I'd say all in all... success!
And I'm rather proud of myself for turning it down. Normally my guilt would get to me about turning down work and letting down my employer, but these people really have no souls and won't take mine away. :P

 

[Nicolette]

Well done MissAntiSunshine!!!

 

[Zemi]

You did really really well all round from the sound of it! Glad you are declining this scam though (lets not even call it a job from what you said)

 

[Kintsugi]

Glad you are declining this scam though (lets not even call it a job from what you said)

It's a pyramid scheme. You can make plenty on money... off of people who didn't want to give it to you. You go to people's houses who you know through some way and act the wounded animal. They target college students for sympathy factor! So you go to someone's house and tell them how you're a student trying to make some money... won't they sit through a presentation?

There is a 50% chance of a $200 sale. Evidently. And I believe it. But I also believe it's unethical and twisted.

Besides, the guy conducting the interview said, "I started in your position, and now look at where I am."
I looked him up and down: a tool who leeches off of others?
In that moment, I saw everything I never want to be.

It's more than that, though. I know I'd be good at such a manipulative job, but those are not skills I'm looking to increase. I'm not interested in trying to cheat and coax and corner people. f*ck that.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Frankie Coffeecake]

Good for you! I got tricked once into going into one of those things. The guy was dressed in an expensive suit and gold rings hah! Then he was up there talking about all these huge tycoons of the business world. Everyone was eating it up, they loved him and his wife who stood off to the side in a fur coat (indoors mind you). People were taking notes and I just kept looking at my watch. The only thing I left with was this hilarious line that I used for years afterwards, he would make a good point and afterwards he would say "He-llo" I couldn't stop laughing when he was talking. Make sure if you ever go into an interview and there is more than you and the hiring manager there then RUN! :roflmao:

 

[Kintsugi]

The guy was dressed in an expensive suit and gold rings hah!

Yeah, like I said, this guy was a total tool.

Then he was up there talking about all these huge tycoons of the business world. Everyone was eating it up

God, tell me about it! I couldn't believe how much everyone was buying into it. And half of his act was intimidation. He would speak as quickly as possible and then suddenly call someone out to answer a question at the speed of light to catch them off guard. It was sooo weird. The authority made me insufferably uncomfortable. Everyone else either looked enamored or just plain ambitious, like this guy was really going to lead them to victory. $200 a sale and we are getting $13? But you want us to be your one-student pity parades? Jeeze.

Make sure if you ever go into an interview and there is more than you and the hiring manager there then RUN!

Seriously! That was so weird. I really felt like any second he was going to say something like, "And the first part of the program is handing over all of your assets to the Church of Scientology," but of course he would say it so fast that it would blindside us, and then people would jump out with shears and shave our heads and give us matching robes and an L. Ron Hubbard book.

The only thing I left with was this hilarious line that I used for years afterwards, he would make a good point and afterwards he would say "He-llo"

I could not stop laughing over this for a minute, either. I can hear it in his gold-ringed presumably a*shole business man voice. He probably still pinches waitresses a*ses when they walk by him. Ugh.

 

[hazen]

I once took a door-to-door sales job that made me feel pretty crummy... lasted 3 months. Good for you for not being guilted into anything!

 

[freakofnurture]

*applauds* I congratulate you whole heartedly for not only sitting through this, but staying emotionally aware and distanced enough to realise that those people tried to just run you over and basically bully you into taking a job that would have made you a bully, too.

Even healthy people have problems staying out of scams like this. You can be doubly proud of yourself :)

 

[njray]

MissAnti

The way you handled the whole situation shows great character..... Awesome! very well done!

 

[Gamereign555]

Ugh. Thats awful, at least you don't have to rationalize or justify not taking the ''job''.

I almost got a job the other day doing phone calls for a carpet company, like 4 days into the job they told me and 3 other people that they were not going to pay by the hour. I walked out leaving on all the equipment, I should have called the labor dept on them.

 

[KP the nut]

I knew you could do it, well done on sitting through a very gruelling interview process. BUT even, bigger well done on not selling your soul to make a buck. It takes tremendous courage.

And if I needed a job that badly, she would get me to sell her Tupperware products, no loss of soul required!

:roflmao::roflmao: I did this whilst my children were young - I loved it and met some strange, interesting and nice people.

((HUGS))
KP

 

[Zemi]

In that moment, I saw everything I never want to be.

I hope you remember this one! :)