What are some warnings not to pursue a job?

What kind of future could you have with a company you don’t respect? My advice would be to trust your instincts and not pursue the job would be my advice.

Wouldn’t call it a “bad omen” more like a sign, if someone say dont do something find out why and come to your own conclusion. In the job market, there’s always someone who is going to “bad mouth” their employer, however it shouldn’t affect your overall decision. I worked in a fast food restaurant possibly the burger wasn’t cooked well.

They require a semen sample.

Vegetarian butcher?

@ucme They are for the rare tofu beasts.

Ya think?!

You have to balance your heebie-jeebies with how much you need that job, and what your other prospects are. If there is any other place that would reasonably hire you and doesn’t skeeve you out, then ditch them.

Blood on the walls or carpet would be a warning to me not to pursue a job.

People who work there know what’s up, I’d trust them if it was me.

” I ate one of their burgers and I got sick and spent a night in the hospital. ”

Omen?!?

That sounds like rather strong evidence for not wanting a job there and certainly not eating there!

This sounds like a spoof to me.

Do you really need 10 strangers to tell you that, perhaps, just perhaps, the tainted burger place is not going to be a good fit? Guess I came in at the 11th hour. lol

In any job interview, I always ask

1) how the interviewer likes the work
2) about the company’s management style
3) the turnover rate for the position

And then watch the interviewer’s body language while they answer.

^^^ Excellent methodology.

If they’re 17 billion dollars in debt…

@Blondesjon Does it have to be your own?

When a company is hesitant bringing up salary/pay, after the fact that the interviewer just killed an hour of my time merely by describing all of the duties I’d be responsible for. The attitudes of the people interviewing you are also usually a sign from my experience.

The better companies that I’ve worked for usually weren’t too anal about discussing salary, even during the first interview. Also, I didn’t have to ask about salary in those cases since they would usually let me know without asking, even during the first interview.

My post is relevant to my line of work however, and my own experiences. I’m not sure how it goes for office, business or white collar type jobs.

Pachy is right. Instincts.

Many years ago I had a pretty good job that required a 45-minute commute each way on the interstate. After interviewing at a well-established local company (less than 10 minutes away) they offered me a position with a salary matching the one I already had.

Some vague, instinctive thing about the interviewer’s behavior told me not to take the new job.

Years later, I worked with a woman who had worked for several years at that company, and she adamantly said, “No…..oh, no-no-no…you wouldn’t have been happy there at all.”

Instincts.