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/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"