One woman said she was lucky enough to get the job the same day she interviewed but had to turn it down because the way a potential employer treated other employees caused too many red flags. rice field.
and viral video TikTok user @adminandeve, who has more than 12,700 likes as of today, explained why he turned down the offer on the spot.
Apparently, her prospective boss was audibly very unfriendly to the employees.
“I walked into his office and sat outside,” TikToker explained. “And he’s blaming someone right away 15 minutes before my interview.”
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According to her, he acted both aggressively and passively, saying “not nice” things to other employees before walking up to her and handing her a form to fill out.
According to the content creator, her potential boss questioned her and assumed she wanted to know if she was pregnant.
“One of the questions written on this strange piece of paper was, ‘Do you have any events in your life going forward?'” she was reportedly asked.
“So I thought, ‘Oh, he’s asking me if I’m pregnant,'” she speculated.
And her guess turned out to be correct.
“Sure enough, when I got in there, he was like, ‘He was the last assistant, so I had to let her go,'” @adminandeve’s potential employer told her. It is said “‘She got pregnant and had a child and she had to start working from home, and that doesn’t work for me.'”
of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Protect pregnant women from discrimination at every stage of the hiring process. In fact, if an employer asks a candidate about pregnancy during a job interview, it can be considered evidence of discrimination.
To make the situation even more excruciating, TikToker said everyone at work looked really miserable.
“I saw some people working there and they had a look of existential horror on their faces,” she explained.
He offered her the position on the spot, but in the end she said she decided the job was clearly not for her.
In the comments section, many agreed that employers were raising too many red flags.
“There were a lot of red flags with this job and interviewer,” wrote one commenter.
“Run away,” declared @RJ aka The Fandom Guy plainly.
“There are nothing but red flags there…don’t run away,” commented @Grisel Infante.
Others also point out that employers shouldn’t ask potential candidates about upcoming life events.
“HR Girl is here. I’m not allowed to ask about upcoming ‘life events’ lol,” posted @Nichole.
TikToker @adminandeve is taking 150,000 followers on a journey to find a new job after being laid off in 2022.
Her videos have garnered over 150,000 followers and millions of likes on TikTok.
The Daily Dot reached out via email to @adminandeve.
*First published: May 27, 2023 at 9:54am CDT
Tiffany Drayton
Tiffany Drayton is an otaku culture and lifestyle reporter covering everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has been featured in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy and more.
