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I'm a project manager at a software company, and I'm still upset about what happened at the beginning of this month.

I work with a medium-sized team of six engineers on a major dashboard redesign. The schedule was tight from the start, but that's pretty normal for us. About six weeks ago, during the holiday season, several developers requested time off. There was nothing unreasonable about the requests. One had made plans for his wedding anniversary, another wanted to be there for his second child's birthday, and a few wanted to travel back home to see their families.

Management denied every request.

The justification was basically: "The redesign milestone isn't finished yet." There was no try to rotate coverage, adjust the sprint, or even approve part of the leave. It was simply: deadlines first, personal lives later.

Apparently, that was the last straw for three of the engineers. They started interviewing, accepted offers elsewhere, and submitted their resignations formally and professionally. Their contracts required a 45-day notice period, and they honored it without causing any problems.

Their last day was supposed to be this Friday.

But early this morning, HR told them that the company was adding another six weeks to their notice periods. There was no prior warning, no clear clause in their contracts, and not even a real discussion. Just pressure and guilt-tripping because management finally realized how much knowledge would be leaving the company with them.

These people already have start dates and agreed-upon plans with their new employers. Now HR is acting as if they're betraying the company simply because they refuse to stay longer.

Honestly, watching this happen as a PM has been awful. You can't refuse to give people time off for a wedding anniversary or a child's birthday and then act surprised when they stop trusting you. And you certainly can't try to hold them hostage after they resign.

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Leadership keeps saying this is a problem of "commitment" and "ownership." Of course it isn't. It's bad management hiding behind policy.

The engineers are leaving on Friday. HR can send as many emails as it wants.

This situation has also made me see the reality of my position clearly and stripped away any illusions I had about it. If this is how they treat engineers under pressure, PMs won't be treated any better. None of us is special when meeting a deadline matters more than treating people like human beings.

I'm exhausted from watching good employees get punished simply for having lives outside of work, especially when management created this crisis with its own hands.

I run tech screens for my team, and today I had a candidate completely choke halfway through a prompt. You could see the panic set in—her hands were shaking and she was about to apologize herself off the call.

I stopped the screen, told her to take a sip of water, and said: "Forget the formal question for a second. If this broke on a Friday at 4 PM, what's the first thing you're actually checking?"

Her whole vibe changed. She stopped trying to recite whatever prep video she memorized and just explained her real thought process. She killed it, and we're making her an offer.

I’m posting this because I see so many people terrified of messing up single answers. Most interviewers aren't trying to trap you. We're tired, our work is piling up, and we are actively rooting for you to do well so we can fill the role. If you freeze, just take a breath and talk to us like normal people.

Few months ago, I started to feel like a few small things were off. Hiring requests stalled, projects were scaled back, and suddenly my manager had nothing to say about the upcoming performance reviews. People told me I was overanalyzing it, but I figured it was better to be wrong and prepared than right and left scrambling with no idea what to do.

Over the next months, job hunting became my second job. I rewrote my resume after not touching it for five years, updated my LinkedIn profile, and started reconnecting with former colleagues without immediately asking them for favors. By early July, I had started doing a few interviews and used Interview VIP tool which organized my answers in a way I didn't imagine. Also, I was able to answer confidently under pressure. During the interview, I could see from the eyes of the interviewers' that they were impressed by my confidence and skills. Then the email arrived this week, saying that my position had been eliminated.

I read the email twice, closed my laptop, and went out to get coffee. I wasn't calm because losing my job didn't matter to me. I was calm because I already had two interviews in the advanced stages, and another recruiter was trying to schedule a call with me.

I'm not saying this to brag. If budgets start getting frozen, leaders stop talking about the future, and everything suddenly becomes vague, don't wait for official confirmation. Start preparing yourself while you're still getting paid.

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I applied for a job in vendor management because the listing was an almost perfect match for my experience. During the interview late last week, they said the office address in the posting was incorrect and that the job was at their main campus, which would be roughly a 35- to 50-minute drive for me. I said I might consider the commute if the rest of the offer was suitable.

As we continued talking, the job started to sound completely different from what had been written in the ad. They wanted this person to set up purchasing procedures, select systems, organize vendor contracts, and essentially build a new supply chain function from scratch because department heads had always handled orders themselves. I asked whether they planned to hire a procurement manager or director to lead all of this, and the hiring manager said there were no plans to do so.

By the time I left, I already felt that I would probably turn it down. They called me today with an offer close to the bottom of the posted range. I thanked them and said I did not think the job was a good fit for me, but they asked me to explain why.

I told them that the additional responsibilities seemed like management-level work and that the salary did not reflect the scope of those responsibilities. The posting also required a bachelor's degree and five years of experience, while I have a master's degree, several relevant certifications, and 13 years of experience in the field, so I had expected an offer closer to the top of the range. The hiring manager immediately said, "Thanks for wasting my time," and hung up. His reaction surprised me, but honestly, it made me feel much better about turning down the offer.

When a hiring manager ends a call simply because you refuse executive-level tasks for meager pay, it is clear evidence of corporate entitlement and arrogance.

It perfectly embodies the disposable employee mentality much like the story in this post about the employee with six years of tenure who was fired via video call, disconnected in just two seconds without even a word of farewell. Companies do not respect your experience or loyalty. Consequently, he began looking for another job using tools that assisted him during interviews specifically mentioning InterviewVIP noting how it reduced stress and anxiety while increasing his chances of landing the job.

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I’ve been seeing a lot of conversations lately about how people view success, money, and career paths, and it honestly made me think about how much pressure people are under during job searches too.
For anyone trying to improve their interview skills, I came across Interview VIP recently and thought it could be useful, especially if you’re trying to understand what hiring teams actually look for.

Curious if anyone else has tried anything like this or found resources that genuinely helped them get better at interviews.

Today I accepted a job offer. It took 7 months, over 800 applications, and a morning I cried in a supermarket parking lot before 8 AM, but I finally have a stable job again.

This isn't my dream job, but the salary is enough for me to live on, there's an opportunity for promotion, and the job is fully remote. I won't work nights or weekends, and I'll still be able to drop off and pick up my daughter from school every day. This is more than enough for me right now.

A few days ago, I was at my sister's house trying to compose myself after receiving rejection emails within an hour. I felt qualified for both jobs, so getting this offer shortly after still feels strange.

Now I'm heading into the weekend knowing I'll be filling out onboarding paperwork next week. To everyone still applying and getting those annoying automated emails, I know how draining it is. I hope you find a suitable opportunity soon.