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[pgtl_10]

Has that ever happened to you?

It happened about a month ago and I declined the offer today. The recruiter was hoping to change my mind by asking the reason. I told her what happened and she didn't even bother and told me to reach to her if a position at the employer interests me.

Might have been the worst interview experience I've ever had.

 

[Grinchy]

HR people are the worst. They got an easy degree from college and businesses trust them with one of the most crucial aspects of building their teams. They often have no idea what the job truly entails yet are the ones who hold all the power in who goes through to see people in the department. Complete twats.

 

[Pagusas]

HR people are the worst. They got an easy degree from college and businesses trust them with one of the most crucial aspects of building their teams. They often have no idea what the job truly entails yet are the ones who hold all the power in who goes through to see people in the department. Complete twats.

I feel that same discription can be applied to desktop support and most IT roles. People suck, some more than others. There are some tricky talented and awesome HR people out there.

 

[Vicetrailia]

HR people are the worst. They got an easy degree from college and businesses trust them with one of the most crucial aspects of building their teams. They often have no idea what the job truly entails yet are the ones who hold all the power in who goes through to see people in the department. Complete twats.

Nah, they do a great job and make work environments better. Taking interviews off my plate is a great thing too. I like to assist, but it's easier when HR is the driver.

Also it's not easy to get a good job out of HR, and the field isn't easy either because you need diverse skills.

 

[WaterAstro]

I do my research and don't bother with people hiring from shady companies with no real prestige or known address. A lot of scams out there these days anyway.

I did a lot of interviewing, and we definitely try to take care of the interviewees.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Honest question. Would you like Human Resource to be abolished for a more favorable option?

I ask this as a "victim" to their bullshit. I won't get into it, but I was forced out because of neopotism. Notice How Google likes to think the term is misspelled. Am I disgruntled? Fuck yes. But I hold my god damned head up too high to give more than a single shit as I type this.

Life is always going to be unfair.

 

[Corrik]

Has that ever happened to you?

It happened about a month ago and I declined the offer today. The recruiter was hoping to change my mind by asking the reason. I told her what happened and she didn't even bother and told me to reach to her if a position at the employer interests me.

Might have been the worst interview experience I've ever had.

When I was younger in college, I applied to Lowe's, and came in for the interview at 9am like requested. I was sat at the application area to wait for the interview lady. At 1pm, a girl came over and asked if I was still waiting for my interview. I said yes. She said the interview lady isn't here today and she was sorry and would let her know.

About an hour later the interview lady called me and apologized and asked me to come in the next day at 9am. Needless to say, I said sure I will be there and never went to it.

Probably my worst interview story.

 

[Greedings]

HR are the worst. They have no clue what the job involves, no idea what makes a good candidate and fills job ads with useless, off-putting bullshit I didn't ask for.

They're always on holiday, sick, unable to cover for each other, maternity leave, or some other excuse. Rarely capable at replying to an email within a week and whenever I show up to the offices they're sitting around gossiping.

 

[hariseldon]

I went to an interview about a year ago and was asked if I was gay (I'm not exactly camp ffs), and then when we went to the main room with the developers for me to run through some code discussions etc the same guy proceeded to beat shit out of his desk and scream about something not working before walking out banging doors. I declined the job.

EDIT: My current employer got rid of its HR department, they have not been missed, and this is the primary reason I'm staying there when I could get about 10-20% more elsewhere. Honestly they do nothing useful, every single HR person I've ever met has been an utter utter cunt of the highest order.

 

[Tenaciousmo]

HR people viewing this thread

Not a fan of HR as a thing , I'd rather be interviewed by someone who's actually going to work with me, a lot of incompatibilities can be noticed at an interview by either party that a HR person might not be able to discern concerning some jobs. I mean, managers / foremen / direct superior know their team ,who they're working with on a daily basis, their strength , weaknesses, what they need to round out the team , A jack of all trades isn't always what you need and is what I feel some HR people are the most looking for as well as not always necessary skills. In my opinion at least.

 

[lil puff]

HR is shit. I have had them lie straight to my face, and I have observed them cover up for the people they like.

Who the hell goes to school for a career in HR. A loser.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

As a project manager, I hate having to use the euphemism "resources" to refer to people. It's dehumanizing, yet businesses blindly call an entire function by that term. It always reminds me exactly what I mean to the company.

 

[Corrik]

HR is shit. I have had them lie straight to my face, and I have observed them cover up for the people they like.

Who the hell goes to school for a career in HR. A loser.

Have to remember HR works for the company.

Our old job had those anonymous tip hotlines. The HR lady actively brought in the person called about and 2 others to listen to the conversation and figure out who called in.

lol

 

[hivsteak]

When I was younger in college, I applied to Lowe's, and came in for the interview at 9am like requested. I was sat at the application area to wait for the interview lady. At 1pm, a girl came over and asked if I was still waiting for my interview. I said yes.

I have a similar story not nearly as bad though. I had an interview at best buy the summer before I started college. They told me to stand next to the security guy at the front door. I made idle chat with the security guy for about an hour. The interviewer finally came over and brought me into the backroom. He asked me a series of 30 questions that had no relevancy to cashiering. Each time I finished an answer he scribbled a quick note and said "okay". At the end he puts the sheet he was scribbling on into a folder stuffed with other interview sheets and said they might call me in two weeks to let me know if I have the job. I thanked him for wasting my time and left.

 

[Redneckerz]

Nah, they do a great job and make work environments better. Taking interviews off my plate is a great thing too. I like to assist, but it's easier when HR is the driver.

You should consider doing this side-job yourself if you truly believe HR in general do a great job.

Which is why Grinchy 's post rings so true - HR in general are terribly shit at what they do.

• Not reading the resume (You would be amazed how often this happens and how many silly questions are asked because of it)
• Making appointments and not adhering to them
• Promising things, which is one of the things you never should do if you can't back that up
• Conversing unprofessionally. Sometimes small talk with their colleagues. Hello, i am still here, i don't need your locker room talk
• Not listening to the customer

And that's just a small example. Note: There are good HR people/recruiters out there, but they are very far and inbetween.

I don't expect HR/recruiters to know everything, i do expect them that they do their job and that i don't have to basically do everything in their place like reminding them of appointments made and such. Communication is of utmost importance, and frankly, 95% of HR/recruiters fail miserably in this respect in my personal experience.

Also it's not easy to get a good job out of HR, and the field isn't easy either because you need diverse skills.

I can still see the HR manager fake smiling me - She just graduated and she was everything you expected out of HR. 4 year of study and what do they do? Bringing the coffee around and making appointments, keeping the agenda and doing the interviews and processing them.

You need 4 years of study for that, and the result is an HR person who does any of the 5 bullet points listed above.

 

[Atrus]

I echo the sentiment that HR is shit. They exist to enable management laziness and mitigate their screw ups.

Behind every big corporate sex scandal is an HR department trying to cover for unacceptable if not illegal behaviours.

I have a very low opinion of the field and wouldn't quantify it as a "profession".

 

[-hal-]

There's a reason why there is a character called Catbert the Evil HR Director.

 

[a dude]

No, but something similar did. I got an interview at a company, thought I did great, they never ended up calling me back. Whatever, life goes on. A few weeks later they call me again, asking me if I was interested in that position. I told them I was so I went there again for another interview. When I arrived they didn't know who I was and (after telling them I had already been there for an interview) told me I could not interview again so they kicked me out.

 

[Meh3D]

Has that ever happened to you?

It happened about a month ago and I declined the offer today. The recruiter was hoping to change my mind by asking the reason. I told her what happened and she didn't even bother and told me to reach to her if a position at the employer interests me.

Might have been the worst interview experience I've ever had.

What company was this? Sounds like a tech interview. Which I can understand because most of the tech companies here have different sites.

 

[lil puff]

Have to remember HR works for the company.

Our old job had those anonymous tip hotlines. The HR lady actively brought in the person called about and 2 others to listen to the conversation and figure out who called in.

lol

Nothing is confidential. I take a risk posting that

 

[lil puff]

I have a similar story not nearly as bad though. I had an interview at best buy the summer before I started college. They told me to stand next to the security guy at the front door. I made idle chat with the security guy for about an hour. The interviewer finally came over and brought me into the backroom. He asked me a series of 30 questions that had no relevancy to cashiering. Each time I finished an answer he scribbled a quick note and said "okay". At the end he puts the sheet he was scribbling on into a folder stuffed with other interview sheets and said they might call me in two weeks to let me know if I have the job. I thanked him for wasting my time and left.

you are kidding me
this is hilarious

 

[hariseldon]

There's a reason why there is a character called Catbert the Evil HR Director.

Thank you for introducing me to Catbert. I will now get absolutely nothing done this morning while I read through every fucking strip.

 

[Redneckerz]

Thank you for introducing me to Catbert. I will now get absolutely nothing done this morning while I read through every fucking strip.

I once had an interview where i had to fill in a online test. Nothing special. However, the test was incredibly detailed.

Turns out it was a Scientology test. They would use this data to establish a personal profile but why the ever loving heck would you need a test taken from Scientology to establish that? This was not even Scientology related (on the outside, that is).

I did end up going to the interview, and i arrived at the specific time of 16.00, even 15 minutes earlier. I waited 30 minutes (so 16.30) before i had the meeting.

Safe to say it didn't work out, if you can adher to your own appointment then its already unprofessional in my book (Especially when there was no specific reason for this delay, which in certain situations i can obviously understand. It just didn't happen here) but the whole Scientology test weirded me out. Especially when i live in a country where Scientology is not as readily prevalent as the US.

 

[hariseldon]

One of the HR things which really bugs me is psychometric testing. It's junk science, but in the world of employment psychology they love that shit. I ripped the hell out of it as part of my psychology+other-shit degree. I have encountered these tests in the wild back in the day when I was poor and decided to do shitty call-centre work because bills need paying more than pride needs looking after. They come in a number of forms, from quizzes, through group activities where they're looking to see which of a small set of roles an individual fills. All utter horseshit with about as much scientific backing as those shitty personality quizzes with a/b/c answers, because much of the time that's exactly what they are. Add to this someone from HR administering the thing with no understanding of either psychology or statistics and assholes like me who know those things inside out and can thus manipulate the result at will, and you get something that is a complete steaming pile of elephant shit. Those who can, do. Those who can't, work in HR.

 

[pgtl_10]

I forgot about this thread lol.

I don't blame HR entirely. The employer had a big event going on the same day they set up interviews. They seem completely dysfunctional or disorganized.

 

[pgtl_10]

What company was this? Sounds like a tech interview. Which I can understand because most of the tech companies here have different sites.

Sorry won't say. Don't know who is on here.

 

[Nymphae]

Nah

Just a tangent here, and this isn't specifically directed at you because tons of people do this, but I'm so tired of the flippant and dismissive "Nah" being used at the beginning of replies. Skip the snark and rely on your arguments people. I've seen two posters go back and forth with Nah's, like what are we doing here.

 

[Mihos]

I couldn't live without our HR. For every HR horror story you can bring up or even google, I have 10x that in bad applicant stories. And those are just the ones that get past the HR screening.

 

[lil puff]

I couldn't live without our HR. For every HR horror story you can bring up or even google, I have 10x that in bad applicant stories. And those are just the ones that get past the HR screening.

Where I work, HR pretty much filters the initial position search down to direct managers, who in turn filters that down to the associates. (who suggest their friends for the open position)

HR handles the paperwork, legal and financial aspect of it.

I think it leads to even worse applicants, so I definitely can agree with you. I think hiring should be an objective external practice (meaning HR) , with of course some exceptions.

 

[Rest]

Nah, they do a great job and make work environments better. Taking interviews off my plate is a great thing too. I like to assist, but it's easier when HR is the driver.

Also it's not easy to get a good job out of HR, and the field isn't easy either because you need diverse skills.

Diverse skills like what? Making phone calls and answering emails? I can't for the life of me figure out what HR does, because at every job I've had they avoid helping employees with the things we're told to go to them for. Past hiring they're ghosts.

 

[5secondrulesucks]

i knew an hr lady failed the drug test but still got the job. she was cool