Employers Playing Games

[nikkkitheunholy]

Hello, I'm another new person to the community. Well, fortunately (sort of), I am employed, but my room mates (my brother and my best friend) are not, so I guess that makes me a sympathizer. Anyhow, I do have a question/dilemma on involving my best friend

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[nikkkitheunholy]

Yeah, I don't get it. Even at my job, my boss (who does hiring and interviews) gets everybody's hopes up every time they walk in the door asking for an application, even though we all know there is absolutely no open positions. I at least have the common decency to tell these people that all the positions are full at the moment (when my boss isn't there.) We all know what kind of market it is out there, why get people's hopes up if you have no intention on hiring them? It's wrong. While that person is waiting for you to call back, they could have been working on finding another job.

I guess maybe they did run a background check on my room mate. He had a DUI a few years ago in another state, and he still owes the state money (which I have been BEGGING him to fix that since we moved to this state--it's $300, it wouldn't have been a big deal when we were both working, and it would have saved money in gas if he had a driver's license--but that rant aside...) He is always up-front and honest to employers in interviews about that, though. They would have already known about it.

*shrugs* I guess they'll both have to keep looking and not stop until they're on the schedule somewhere.

[nikkkitheunholy]

even though we all know there is absolutely no open positions

I mean... "even though we all know there are absolutely no open positions"

... I need coffee.