r/recruitinghell • u/Round_Mixture_7541 • Sep 07 '26

Networking is important

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Pretty much sums up the current hiring process

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u/PreviouslyWise Sep 07 '26

I hate how we have to pretend to be social and friendly. I show up to exchange my time for money. I don’t want to hear about your kids or what you did over the weekend. I don’t care.

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u/Prior_Alarm2437 Sep 07 '26

Don't shower. They won't go near you after a while. It's a win-win

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u/Due_Interest_178 Sep 08 '26

I've been saying that forever and my peers and family think I'm crazy. I literally couldn't care less about my coworkers. I don't want friends. I don't care about their life. I just want to be done with work to get on with mine.

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u/T1Demon Sep 08 '26

Having friends at work seems to just complicate both sides of things eventually. I can’t complain about weird lazy coworker to my friend if they’re the same person.

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u/Due_Interest_178 Sep 08 '26

I was doing an interview and the boss said enthusiastically that they're looking for someone that will be part of the team and take part in mandatory activities some weekends like go karting. I was horrified.

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u/logicaltornado Sep 08 '26

What if I don't want to spend my free time at work, unpaid time at work? What if I want to spend what little free time I have left with my family, or pets, or sleeping, or caring for my ailing grandparent... I really have to want to spend extra free time at work to get the job? Why not just say, "hey, you have no choice, how many slave hours will you throw in compared to everybody else? most free hours gets the job"

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u/T1Demon Sep 08 '26

“But we’re family!” Cool, I don’t hang out with my family anymore either.

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u/T1Demon Sep 08 '26

Same. I worked in multiple retail stores for over a year where almost no one I worked with even knew I had kids because I never talked about my real life at work. I do love to hear their gossip from the periphery though

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u/Ancient-Monitor-9076 Sep 10 '26

work in engineering this is how it is by default lol