'I won't be pursuing this position': This candidate refused to make impersonal video recordings for his interview

In this day and age, interviews are a two-way street. As much as the candidate should put their best foot forward, so should the company. And if a company elects not to demonstrate just how its work culture is a robust and healthy one, the candidate is absolutely justified in concluding that the work culture is neither robust nor healthy.

 

This prospective candidate turned down a job opportunity because the company wouldn't take the time to schedule a real interview; instead, they required the candidate to take strange impersonal video recordings. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/AlistairBennet. Based on the reactions in the comments, this seems to be a recurring trend for first-round interviews and candidates are not happy. 

 

Instead of going forward with the interview process, the Redditor opted to write a formal email explaining with authoritative clarity exactly why this process has been dehumanizing. The implications behind these video recordings are what's most upsetting here. Candidates should feel lucky to be considered and should feel the need to impress their potential employers, but companies should also feel lucky to consider qualified candidates and should do everything in their power to make them feel welcome in the interview process. On top of that, at the end of the day, an interview should be an interaction between people, not an interaction with yourself.

 

We've seen other bizarre interview processes, such as this instance when a restoration apprentice quit on Day 2 of the job because his interview created a wildly false impression of the position.

 

Keep scrolling for the original post and for the best reactions on Reddit! 

Update: Entitled Parents Play Favorites Older Brother, Dejected Younger Finds Out Why

This is one of those threads where all you can do is think to yourself, "Oof. That's rough, buddy." as you read. Some people had the absolute misfortune of being born into twisted families where the parents were either entirely selfish or just wanted nothing to do with their child. 

This Redditor had initially posted about six months ago to Reddit's r/AITA (Am I the A-Hole) subreddit to see if he was wrong for having an issue with the fact that his parents had bought his older brother a car but not him. The problem arose unexpectedly, his parents had bought his brother a car for the brother's 18th birthday and so the original poster (OP) of this thread had expected the same. When his 18th birthday came and went, without the fanfare or car his brother's birthday had brought, the OP was hurt and confused and sparked a debate involving his extended family.

Normally this is the type of story where we would immediately be jumping into talking about how entitled the child is, but that is not the case in this unique scenario. These entitled parents really just favor the OP's brother and want his brother, their firstborn son, to be more successful. They're even willing to convince themselves that this is the truth when it's not true at all.

Fortunately, the OP has grandparents who genuinely care about him and are willing to support him in a fight for fairness from his terrible parents. As he explains in an update thread that was just posted, it turns out that his parents did not want him from birth. His parents had wished for both a son and a daughter and so had become delusional and convinced themselves before he was born that he was going to be a girl. When he turned out to be just another boy they were shocked and it planted the seeds of resentment.

The original thread and reactions are featured in items 1-11 of this list, with the updated thread being items 12-25 and items 26-29 from another subreddit where this story was reposted. 

Entitled Cafe Owner Tangles With POS Vendor and Loses, Lives to Regret Their Choice of Words

When you're largely dependent on a specific 'something' to keep your business running smoothly, it's never a good idea to upset the people running that thingor treat them poorly. Unfortunately, entitled business owners have yet to learn that they shouldn't mess with these people, or their business could go under. On the other hand, it's fortunate for us because it makes for some great stories.

This particular story was just posted to Reddit's r/maliciouscompliance subreddit by user u/nobjangler who told the brilliant tale of their malicious compliance.

Commenters expressed their delight at the story in the comments.

"I worked nearly 20 years for a POS vendor and this brings a tear of joy to my eye." replied user gruppa.

"I love telling this to new hires when I explain that I have their back and the customer is not always right." replied the original poster.

"At this point, they're not the customer anymore, anyways. So they're definitely wrong." remarked user SysErr.

 

Scroll on to see screenshots of the thread below and check here for some more malicious compliance.