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My ridiculous interview...an essay/rant by Mallory.
SO. Yesterday I had a 2nd round interview with Community Essentials. It's this place in East Syracuse that (so their website and my first interview had me believe) promotes not-for-profit organizations like DARE and Toys for Tots in places like schools and fairs. Sounds like a nice gig, right? You're helping out a good cause and using your people skills and all that. WRONG. I was told to show up at 9:30 for a full day interview/observation thing. That they didn't bother to start until after 10. They told me to wear comfortable shoes, so I'm thinking cool I'll probably be standing a lot but I can handle that. And I expected to go to a school or a little fair or something and tell people about DARE and their Kid ID kits and all that fancy helping the world stuff. Ohh no. There were these two women who I was supposed to be with that day, and they were gonna take me to the site and I was gonna watch them do their thing and ask questions and stuff. Basically get an idea of what the job's like. So, we get in the car and start driving and the one chick's asking me the basic interview questions that they didn't bother to cover at my first interview (which lasted all of 5 minutes). Then she keeps driving. And driving. Then she makes me do this stupid guessing game to figure out where we're going. She's like, where do families go? I'm like..Church? Fairs? Ummmm, out to dinner? Nope. The answer is Wal-Mart. In freaking Rochester. They straight up kidnapped me. So it turns out their "event promotions" is a folding table outside Walmart. In the freezing cold rain. Where they have these crappy Tshirts and books that they shout at people to come over then try to sell. And a whopping 5% of the proceeds goes to DARE. That's their "promoting the charity". The rest goes in their pockets. Keep in mind they never told me I'd be working outside, and I was told to dress profesionally so I had a little jacket and these stupid shoes with nylons on. So I'm standing there watching, not allowed to talk. When there was nobody around, I asked the woman a question just to show I was still awake and she's like "actually we ask that you write down any questions that you have and we'll discuss them in the car." So I stood there behind the table in the rain being quiet. This went on until about 3 until the mananger of walmart comes out and goes "Who said you could do this here? I talked to the coordinator on the phone and told them No." They got kicked out. So they're packing up to leave and I'm thinking oh hallelujah I get to go home. Nope. We get in the car and one of the girls goes "We have to find another event, because we have to work a full day." Sweet. Then she asks me how I'm feeling about the job and if it's something I'm interested in and I restrained myself by not using any vulgar words or throwing anything at her but basically told her no fucking way. So she goes, "well, we still have to work our full day, but if you have a ride you can get ahold of them." Yeah, I totally had a ride in Rochester, where I had nooooo idea I was going to be, and they were standing by to drive me back to East Syracuse where I was supposed to be. Fuckers. So no, I had to hang around at their other event (which was a DIFFERENT walmart in Rochester) until 5 then they drove me back to the office and I dove in my car and came home. I'm pretty sure the whole thing was a big scam. And maybe a cult. Seriously, if anyone's seen that Family Guy episode where Meg accidentally joins the cult, the girl that recruits her, that was the woman that was doing my interview observation thing. And while I was waiting in the waiting room for them to come out at the start of the day, they were chanting and cheering in the back room. I thought I'd ignore that at first, but now I realize it should have been a warning to get out fast. Uh huh. So, back to the job market for me. Fuckers.
SO. Yesterday I had a 2nd round interview with Community Essentials. It's this place in East Syracuse that (so their website and my first interview had me believe) promotes not-for-profit organizations like DARE and Toys for Tots in places like schools and fairs. Sounds like a nice gig, right? You're helping out a good cause and using your people skills and all that. WRONG. I was told to show up at 9:30 for a full day interview/observation thing. That they didn't bother to start until after 10. They told me to wear comfortable shoes, so I'm thinking cool I'll probably be standing a lot but I can handle that. And I expected to go to a school or a little fair or something and tell people about DARE and their Kid ID kits and all that fancy helping the world stuff. Ohh no. There were these two women who I was supposed to be with that day, and they were gonna take me to the site and I was gonna watch them do their thing and ask questions and stuff. Basically get an idea of what the job's like. So, we get in the car and start driving and the one chick's asking me the basic interview questions that they didn't bother to cover at my first interview (which lasted all of 5 minutes). Then she keeps driving. And driving. Then she makes me do this stupid guessing game to figure out where we're going. She's like, where do families go? I'm like..Church? Fairs? Ummmm, out to dinner? Nope. The answer is Wal-Mart. In freaking Rochester. They straight up kidnapped me. So it turns out their "event promotions" is a folding table outside Walmart. In the freezing cold rain. Where they have these crappy Tshirts and books that they shout at people to come over then try to sell. And a whopping 5% of the proceeds goes to DARE. That's their "promoting the charity". The rest goes in their pockets. Keep in mind they never told me I'd be working outside, and I was told to dress profesionally so I had a little jacket and these stupid shoes with nylons on. So I'm standing there watching, not allowed to talk. When there was nobody around, I asked the woman a question just to show I was still awake and she's like "actually we ask that you write down any questions that you have and we'll discuss them in the car." So I stood there behind the table in the rain being quiet. This went on until about 3 until the mananger of walmart comes out and goes "Who said you could do this here? I talked to the coordinator on the phone and told them No." They got kicked out. So they're packing up to leave and I'm thinking oh hallelujah I get to go home. Nope. We get in the car and one of the girls goes "We have to find another event, because we have to work a full day." Sweet. Then she asks me how I'm feeling about the job and if it's something I'm interested in and I restrained myself by not using any vulgar words or throwing anything at her but basically told her no fucking way. So she goes, "well, we still have to work our full day, but if you have a ride you can get ahold of them." Yeah, I totally had a ride in Rochester, where I had nooooo idea I was going to be, and they were standing by to drive me back to East Syracuse where I was supposed to be. Fuckers. So no, I had to hang around at their other event (which was a DIFFERENT walmart in Rochester) until 5 then they drove me back to the office and I dove in my car and came home. I'm pretty sure the whole thing was a big scam. And maybe a cult. Seriously, if anyone's seen that Family Guy episode where Meg accidentally joins the cult, the girl that recruits her, that was the woman that was doing my interview observation thing. And while I was waiting in the waiting room for them to come out at the start of the day, they were chanting and cheering in the back room. I thought I'd ignore that at first, but now I realize it should have been a warning to get out fast. Uh huh. So, back to the job market for me. Fuckers.