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[quote=Anonymous]This has happened to me.

The President verbally gave me an offer and told me the job was mine.  Luckily I didn’t give notice!   HR said I needed to wait for my references to clear (Background already did).  Head of HR was really rude  (now gone).  My direct manager (one below President but Pres dotted line too) I had a feeling was off and wishy/washy.  Rude to me in interview, on phone, up and left then came back, etc.

Ghosted.  Found out one of my back door references (not one I gave but they contacted them anyway and former colleague) got the job.  Former colleague basically exaggerated their work from what I heard and what’s online.  They were gone a year later (although not sure if company or because this person exaggerated their work and basically did very little and took others work as their own).

The direct manager is also now gone but I had to contact them for a reference and they basically told me they were  indecisive and didn’t trust anyone.

Also knew two other people in this organization who also left pretty quickly.  Looking back it’s lucky I didn’t get the role because it would have meant a move right before Covid into a big city and most likely a toxic place to work.  I also look at the work and it’s the same, they received a ton of grant $ and didn’t really go beyond what they were already doing and the $ was a huge amount/ deal.

Remember it works both ways.  Honestly if I got the offer I probably would have accepted because it was at a name brand organization with a fancy/ excellent title and I thought did amazing work.  I think somehow karma knew it wasn’t right for me.  Now I have been somewhere 5 years have been really happy and although it’s not perfect, has been a good place and I have been promoted.  Many people here stay and are promoted which says something about where you work.

If you have a job I wouldn’t take it.  If you’re unemployed you might have too.  After 2008 I had to take a role that was awful, toxic, etc, but I needed the $.  I said never again, life is too short, but now I have a family so it’s also different if you have other people to support.

Do some more digging if you have anyone in your network you can contact about work life balance, etc.   [/quote]

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