It might’ve been one approximately 25 years ago, around the time of the great poppings of the internet/i.t. bubble. I was in school working on a technology related degree at the time, but working in retail. A random customer at the store I worked for invited me to come interview with his business after he found out what I was studying in school.
First step was basically me and two or three other guys my age, meeting / interviewing with the guy who was supposedly trying to hire help. I actually don’t remember much about that part, other than I was a little irritated about the situation. Granted, I was still young, naive, and inexperienced so I thought maybe multi-person interviews were normal-ish in the industry.
But then once the interview was completed, he told us we were all hired, and that we needed to watch some videos before we started the paperwork. Then he lead us to an auditorium FILLED with people, easily 100+ of us.
It was a total scam. The videos literally described a pyramid scheme for some random Amway-style bullshit that was “Internet based”. There were no computer related skills needed, they just wanted us out there directing all our friends and family to buy stuff from their website because these recruiters get paid a commission on each sale.
I was so pissed. I let him know that he wasted my time. At which point, he accused ME of wasting HIS time. At least I was able to clue everybody at work in on what he was doing so he was not successful in future attempts to waste my coworkers’ time.
It might’ve been one approximately 25 years ago, around the time of the great poppings of the internet/i.t. bubble. I was in school working on a technology related degree at the time, but working in retail. A random customer at the store I worked for invited me to come interview with his business after he found out what I was studying in school.
First step was basically me and two or three other guys my age, meeting / interviewing with the guy who was supposedly trying to hire help. I actually don’t remember much about that part, other than I was a little irritated about the situation. Granted, I was still young, naive, and inexperienced so I thought maybe multi-person interviews were normal-ish in the industry.
But then once the interview was completed, he told us we were all hired, and that we needed to watch some videos before we started the paperwork. Then he lead us to an auditorium FILLED with people, easily 100+ of us.
It was a total scam. The videos literally described a pyramid scheme for some random Amway-style bullshit that was “Internet based”. There were no computer related skills needed, they just wanted us out there directing all our friends and family to buy stuff from their website because these recruiters get paid a commission on each sale.
I was so pissed. I let him know that he wasted my time. At which point, he accused ME of wasting HIS time. At least I was able to clue everybody at work in on what he was doing so he was not successful in future attempts to waste my coworkers’ time.