An anecdote about corporate bs
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My group was trying to hire a person. My boss had already talked to him and I was the final interview. As I interviewed this person I began to realize that he was talking about doing things we did not do or had no real plans to do. I realized my boss had been "embellishing" the job. I felt obliged to correct his thinking.
I cannot count how many times I have see this happen. Employers flat out lying about their jobs in order to get an employee. They usually have an issue with hiring because they will not pay the going rate so they try entice engineers saying they have projects that are really interesting. Then when you get in the door - "priorities" mysteriously change.
I cannot count how many times I have see this happen. Employers flat out lying about their jobs in order to get an employee. They usually have an issue with hiring because they will not pay the going rate so they try entice engineers saying they have projects that are really interesting. Then when you get in the door - "priorities" mysteriously change.
> claims that he had a job offer from Google too, but he chose Yahoo and doesn't regret it
10 years earlier we had a guy at Yahoo! who joined Google and came back shortly after. Apparently the Google group was too disorgaized and unfocussed or without a plan. At Yahoo! they dragged him into dozens of interviews to tell that story again and again.
That said I wouldn't trust Google interviews either.
10 years earlier we had a guy at Yahoo! who joined Google and came back shortly after. Apparently the Google group was too disorgaized and unfocussed or without a plan. At Yahoo! they dragged him into dozens of interviews to tell that story again and again.
That said I wouldn't trust Google interviews either.
Hilarious! I don't think this was that guy though.
In 2016, I got a job offer from Yahoo. The Manager pulls me on a call because he senses that I like a competing offer more - from Google. He also brings his Director on the call.
So this Director smooth talks me about how Yahoo is the next big thing and Google is overvalued. He is just adamant about this, and claims that he had a job offer from Google too, but he chose Yahoo and doesn't regret it. It's a future play, he says. It's important to note that at this time, it was obvious to most that the product they were working on was not doing well. But I thought, maybe most people are wrong. This Director is so optimistic, I might be missing something.
However, I was surprised at what happened in 2 weeks. The Director left Yahoo. That's right, this guy who was telling me how this company was a rocketship - left the rocketship. One month later, the manager left. In the next 2 months, much of the team left.
Luckily, I didn't fall for his schmoosing. I joined Google. However, I was truly surprised at the level of BS he spewed at me. He probably knew himself that this was not the company to be in, and the product to work on, and yet he decided to misguide me. It felt like a con.
Watch out for yourself folks. Don't trust higher ups until you know them. They literally lie and get away with it, because it's socially acceptable for them to do so. Yes, lying is acceptable in upper management. I'm not saying that all of them lie. I think the good ones don't. In fact, I once a manager gave me advice that was against his employer, and I was forever grateful to him. Even if he had lied to me though, I would just write it off by saying - that's his job.
Be careful who you trust, folks - and watch out for their incentives.