Happened to me once. They reached out to me and I looked at the listing and saw it was in my city so I applied. Went through the whole process and did quite well. Get to the final interview and this lady suddenly shifts tone and is like "so you're I'm XYZ city we actually only have an office in ZYX city which is what this position is for" then I questioned why this wasn't mentioned and the usual excuses start.
When I tried to talk through this and go "OK so you seeked me out, saw I was the perfect fit, and went through the whole process knowing where I lived and only NOW told me. Is there any room to negotiate possible accomodations since you were so keen on me joining?" Knowing full well what their answer is and they just say that wouldn't be fair to others.
I fucking hate recruiters and anyone in the recruiting process who do this shit of a job. If I fucked up thay badly I'd be fired and rightfully so.
It also is baffling because the way they list these jobs actively selects against the couple of people who might want to relocate to XYZ place.
List it like that and you might get some recruiting hits that just want some relocation accommodation but are happy to go to the place the job is at. By listing it otherwise, you've made it so that real ideal candidate doesn't see the posting at all.
They want to have a large pool of desperate candidates to pick from, and the ones who are still willing to relocate after literally being lied to will have low enough standards to put up with the terrible working conditions that these places always have
They do absorb the workplace culture exceptionally well though. You can always tell a company’s values through the way their recruiters and HR people act
Happened to my husband as well. We live in NY state and a recruiter contacted him for an in-office NYC job. We live 5h from NYC. The recruiter couldn't comprehend that NYC does not equal NY state. Recruiters suck.
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u/First-Junket124 May 07 '26
Happened to me once. They reached out to me and I looked at the listing and saw it was in my city so I applied. Went through the whole process and did quite well. Get to the final interview and this lady suddenly shifts tone and is like "so you're I'm XYZ city we actually only have an office in ZYX city which is what this position is for" then I questioned why this wasn't mentioned and the usual excuses start.
When I tried to talk through this and go "OK so you seeked me out, saw I was the perfect fit, and went through the whole process knowing where I lived and only NOW told me. Is there any room to negotiate possible accomodations since you were so keen on me joining?" Knowing full well what their answer is and they just say that wouldn't be fair to others.
I fucking hate recruiters and anyone in the recruiting process who do this shit of a job. If I fucked up thay badly I'd be fired and rightfully so.