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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am truly disgusted and sick to my stomach right now.  They won't let me leave. I already asked.  [/quote]

There is no "let" here. You are an adult.[/quote]

Let me tell you a story.

Some years ago I was interviewing for a job at Bank of America. I flew into Charlotte and checked into my room. I set an alarm on my phone for 7am and went to bed. At 6am I got a wake up call, didn't think anything of it immediately and went downstairs for breakfast, where I ran into anther friend also interviewing. He joked that I had set up his wake up call and that's when we figured out the company had done so for us. Kind of weird - can't you trust candidates to get themselves up for an interview?

Fast forward to lunch - interviews are done and we are supposed to have lunch with employees. For whatever reason there aren't enough employees to have one at every table so I'm just eating lunch with other candidates. My flight was at 7pm though so I had lots of time to kill - I check to see if there are earlier flights, and there one at 4. Realizing I'm done for the day anyway, I go find the recruiter and excuse myself, thanking him for the opportunity to interview. He replies "Lunch isn't done yet, you can't leave". I explain there are no employees at my table, so there's little benefit to staying and I'd prefer to make the earlier flight. He repeats his assertion. Stunned and unsure what to do, I go back to the table. The other candidates are confused and perplexed by my story. It then dawns on me how ridiculous this is and I get up, wave goodbye to the recruiter and leave.

I got the job offer anyway (and turned it down).

They don't own you. Go. [/quote]
I like this story. I am wondering if you and the other candidates were right out of college when you interviewed there. I also received this kind of treatment when I was interviewing for jobs after receiving my degree. We were treated like children and it was bizarre.[/quote]

No! I was 28 and out of a prestigious graduate program as were the other people there (Harvard, Stanford, etc). Crazy right?[/quote]

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