Recruiter Gets Mad After Applicant Answers Question About Their Expected Salary, Sends A Rude Email After The Interview
Finding a job can be undeniably daunting—from the endless scrolling of job postings to finding a suitable one that just fits right into your schedule with a decent salary. And when you finally receive an offer, you are about to encounter one of the most challenging steps of all: the interview process.
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You can never exactly know beforehand what might happen in an interview because it could only either end well or you leave the meeting feeling like it was a total disaster. But if an interviewer is nice enough, you would most certainly feel relieved all throughout the course of it because it definitely helps with the nerves when you know the person you are speaking to is kind enough to cut you some slack.
However, the opposite happens when you kind of sense that the person interviewing you has some sort of attitude and is just forcing themselves to be nice because their job is also at stake. People who have been jumping from one job posting to another definitely know how it's like to be interviewed by obnoxious recruiters, and it mostly never ends well because their hidden attitude just keeps slipping up.
One daunting part of the interview process is when the recruiter asks, "What is your expected salary?" because you never know if you're undervaluing yourself or if you are asking for too much. That sounds like a trick question, right?
When this particular Redditor with the handle Main-Yogurtcloset-82 shared their experience regarding a rude recruiter, other users were applauding her because of how she answered the million-dollar question. Spoiler: the recruiter was not happy with it.
Just check out the story below!
A certain Reddit user posted her experience on the Antiwork subreddit about how she dealt with a recruiter that offered her a potential position that is well within her expertise.
Her resume was still up on some websites because she went on a job search journey months ago, so recruiters were still able to see her details.
As of now, OP works as a gig worker and hops on from job to job but she is still able to sustain herself more than enough.
Given that, she's still on the lookout for a more stable job so she's not exactly closing her doors for opportunities.
So when a recruiter contacted her for a 9-5 office job, she got interested enough to agree for an interview. However, things went down the drain when the recruiter asked her about her expected salary.
OP (and most of us, really) hated being asked this, so she jumped in on the opportunity to ask for an amount she knows that the company won't give her.
And sure enough, the recruiter wasn't happy with it.
The recruiter sent her a rude email, telling her that she will never find work with the kind of attitude she has.
OP, however, is amused—given that she's already making the amount of money that she told the recruiter to surpass.
People flocked in to support her and posted a lot of questions. OP was nice enough to entertain some.
She gets her gigs through a union, if you are also wondering.
90k was the lowest she made!
This one's way beyond the point, though.
She did file a complaint to the job site. Good for her!
Take a look at some of the responses in the thread:
Yep, they tend to ask for an experienced person but won't be willing to pay accordingly!
For job seekers out there, this one is for you.
And she was just bitter about it.
Their job doesn't excuse them to be rude.
Be careful of lowballing recruiters!
True enough.
This is how it should be!
Quick tip:
No wonder they're getting cranky.
Watch out for the red flags—they ain't worth it at all.
Don't let a bratty recruiter tell you what you're worth.
Well said!
Hmm, we might have to take this story with a grain of salt.
You must be unhappy, here's a job that pays $1,500 less than your current salary.
This post in a nutshell.
But at the end of the day, they're victims of capitalism, too.
Shots fired. Wish OP did that.
What kind of answers did you tell the recruiters when you were asked what salary did you expect to receive? Did it turn out fine or were they trying to lowball you?
Running a business is never easy, but it's never right to willingly underpay people for the skillset that deserves more. Do you have a similar story to share?
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