Bait and Switch Jobs

Started by Arthfach, Jun 24, 2024, 04:43 PM

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Arthfach

Anyone else have any experience with "bait and switch" type jobs? They present the job as one thing, hire you on, and then tell you with a smile on their face that what they told you that you would have and be doing are at best tangentially related to what you actually will have and be doing? Basically, lure you in with something that sounds good and then blatantly lie to you about it after?

In my case, I feel pretty pissed off by how bad it was. Here's what they presented:

* Management position with a team of employees
* Private office
* Five day a week, set schedule
* Occasional travel and extra duties, maybe once a quarter

Here's what I'm actually seeing:

* Listed in the system as a "supervisory" position (so no union) but with no employees to supervise
* Cubicle with half-height walls in the middle of the single shared room
* Five days a week with no set schedule
* Regular, less than one day notice of random travel and work changes

I can't say that I'm particularly happy with this environment and the bullshit that is behind it, and this is definitely cementing that I just need to survive one year here and then bail as fast as is humanly possible.