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<h2>Applying for a job can be a stressful experience, especially when red flags keep popping up during the interview process...</h2><p>Trust your instincts when an employer is telling you the truth about what the position requires or the office culture. If you&#39;re not going to sign up to arrive early, leave late, and feel guitly about taking a vacation day, it&#39;s important to really listen carefully to the not-so-subtle hints. Vague or suspicious excuses for why the position has such a high turnover rate or a hiring manager who says that the office is &quot;like a family,&quot; could all be signs that the job wants to get away with paying you very little to do a whole lot. Shout out to the retail job I had that told potential staff during the interview that the job requires you to regularly lie and trick customers into spending money they don&#39;t want to spend.</p><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/m0fsao/what_are_some_red_flags_when_talking_to_potential/">Reddit</a> user asked, &quot;What are some red flags when talking to potential employers?&quot; people were ready to share the signs you should bail on a job opportunity mid-interview.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>Everyone assures you the dozens of people, who had your position before you, were simply disgruntled or had political agendas to damage the organization.</p> <p>A bigger one is verbal statements become totally different, whenever it becomes a text or e mail, after you start. - ThePoetZiggy</p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>When they hire you on the spot they&rsquo;re understaffed and you&rsquo;re gonna be doing the work of at least two people. - peachu_</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>We can start you off at ____ because we are a small buisness but we can talk about a raise in 6 months. ( you will never have that convo) - qwertycbnmasdfkhgfs</p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>When they don&#39;t offer salary/pay rate info, or are reluctant to give it. Or if they imply that you&#39;re there for something other than a paycheck. They&#39;re trying to guilt you into taking less pay than you&#39;re worth. - VVillyD</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>When they start questioning the legitimacy of your resume. I applied for an IT position, and the director was &quot;concerned&quot; that I had a decent amount of technical knowledge on it. He said &quot;It brings up a lot of red flags for me when I see this much technical experience on a resume&quot;</p> <p>I&#39;m applying for a specific IT role. What do you expect to be on there? - bangersnmash13</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>Not being able to define what you will be doing in your position. - Cheesemonger543</p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>Finding out they want you to use your personal phone for work. - M116110</p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>When the interviewer makes insulting remarks about their current employees. - WebsiteArchivalBot</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;We&#39;re like a family&quot; (we demand unconditional loyalty)</p> <p>&quot;We work hard, we party hard&quot; (we expect you to work 60+ hours per week and we will go bowling once a year)</p> <p>&quot;A self-starter&quot; (we will invest no time and energy in you) - Ellsworth_Chewie</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p><em>during an interview</em></p> <p>&ldquo;Okay. There&rsquo;s this many of you who applied, and only half of you will be accepted!&rdquo;</p> <p><em>hires everyone</em></p> <p>RUN! - a_prime98</p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>When you ask a direct questions about pay, promotions, or benefits and they cut you off mid-sentence and change the subject. - Back2Bach</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;Be willing to wear many hats and fill other responsibilities as needed&quot;</p> <p>AKA, we don&#39;t have a real job description for you but we need someone to do the work of 5 people but with the pay of 1. - Juicenewton248</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;We work hard but play hard&quot; - kukukele</p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;Must have thick skin&quot; is my personal hell no. That means the boss is an abusive bully and they can&#39;t/won&#39;t do anything about it. - SharkEyes31</p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;My wife is the office manager&rdquo; &ldquo;My son/daughter works here as well&rdquo; - Visible-Ant1949</p> </blockquote><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>When a job listing says &quot;1 year to less than 3 years experience &quot;.</p> <p>As a 47 year old with 20+ years experience in my field, this tells me they want younger people and have high turnaround. It also tells me they don&#39;t want older staff who they feel might ask for better pay. - PixieTheApostle</p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;infinite vacation time&quot; or any variant of flexible vacation hours are all code words for &quot;no, nobody ever takes vacation&quot; - cant_go_tlts_up</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 people share the worst and most common red flags they've seen from potential jobs.

Applying for a job can be a stressful experience, especially when red flags keep popping up during the interview process...Trust your instincts when an employer is telling you the truth about what the position requires or the office culture. If you&#39;re not going to sign up to arrive early, leave late, and feel guitly about taking a vacation day, it&#39;s important to really listen carefully to the not-so-subtle hints. Vague or suspicious excuses for why the position has such a high turnover rate or a hiring manager who says that the office is &quot;like a family,&quot; could all be signs that the job wants to get away with paying you very little to do a whole lot. Shout out to the retail job I had that told potential staff during the interview that the job requires you to regularly lie and trick customers into spending money they don&#39;t want to spend.So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What are some red flags when talking to potential employers?&quot; people were ready to share the signs you should bail on a job opportunity mid-interview.1. Everyone assures you the dozens of people, who had your position before you, were simply disgruntled or had political agendas to damage the organization. A bigger one is verbal statements become totally different, whenever it becomes a text or e mail, after you start. - ThePoetZiggy 2. When they hire you on the spot they&rsquo;re understaffed and you&rsquo;re gonna be doing the work of at least two people. - peachu_ 3. We can start you off at ____ because we are a small buisness but we can talk about a raise in 6 months. ( you will never have that convo) - qwertycbnmasdfkhgfs 4. When they don&#39;t offer salary/pay rate info, or are reluctant to give it. Or if they imply that you&#39;re there for something other than a paycheck. They&#39;re trying to guilt you into taking less pay than you&#39;re worth. - VVillyD 5. When they start questioning the legitimacy of your resume. I applied for an IT position, and the director was &quot;concerned&quot; that I had a decent amount of technical knowledge on it. He said &quot;It brings up a lot of red flags for me when I see this much technical experience on a resume&quot; I&#39;m applying for a specific IT role. What do you expect to be on there? - bangersnmash13 6. Not being able to define what you will be doing in your position. - Cheesemonger543 7. Finding out they want you to use your personal phone for work. - M116110 8. When the interviewer makes insulting remarks about their current employees. - WebsiteArchivalBot 9. &quot;We&#39;re like a family&quot; (we demand unconditional loyalty) &quot;We work hard, we party hard&quot; (we expect you to work 60+ hours per week and we will go bowling once a year) &quot;A self-starter&quot; (we will invest no time and energy in you) - Ellsworth_Chewie 10. during an interview &ldquo;Okay. There&rsquo;s this many of you who applied, and only half of you will be accepted!&rdquo; hires everyone RUN! - a_prime98 11. When you ask a direct questions about pay, promotions, or benefits and they cut you off mid-sentence and change the subject. - Back2Bach 12. &quot;Be willing to wear many hats and fill other responsibilities as needed&quot; AKA, we don&#39;t have a real job description for you but we need someone to do the work of 5 people but with the pay of 1. - Juicenewton248 13. &quot;We work hard but play hard&quot; - kukukele 14. &quot;Must have thick skin&quot; is my personal hell no. That means the boss is an abusive bully and they can&#39;t/won&#39;t do anything about it. - SharkEyes31 15. &ldquo;My wife is the office manager&rdquo; &ldquo;My son/daughter works here as well&rdquo; - Visible-Ant1949 16. When a job listing says &quot;1 year to less than 3 years experience &quot;. As a 47 year old with 20+ years experience in my field, this tells me they want younger people and have high turnaround. It also tells me they don&#39;t want older staff who they feel might ask for better pay. - PixieTheApostle 17. &quot;infinite vacation time&quot; or any variant of flexible vacation hours are all code words for &quot;no, nobody ever takes vacation&quot; - cant_go_tlts_up 

Applying for a job can be a stressful experience, especially when red flags keep popping up during the interview process...  Trust your instincts when an employer is telling you the truth about what the position requires or the office...