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Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by kergonath »

ramesh31 wrote: post #11
RajT88 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Lying is not a solution Agreed. You should not lie in interviews. A common way of avoiding having to lie is registering your own consulting company after getting laid off. No resume gap! As far as if it fools recruiters, no idea. It's got to sometimes, right? I see it too often on LinkedIn for it to be useless.

>A common way of avoiding having to lie is registering your own consulting company after getting laid off. No resume gap! As far as if it fools recruiters, no idea. It's got to sometimes, right? I see it too often on LinkedIn for it to be useless. "Consulting" is the programmer equivalent of claiming "Entrepreneur" as a job title. Sure it exists, but it generally translates to "Unemployed".

I’ve seen consultants make around £30,000 a month. Including at least one case where the person in question did that after being let go, consulting for the same people who were her customers when she was employed. Not too bad for unemployed people.

Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by apelapan »

Buttons840 wrote: post #47
jfrbfbreudh wrote: post #40

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Fools lots of people in my experience.

Some people think, "he says he was consulting, whatever, he's got the skills and seems like a good guy". Are they really fooled? Or do they just not care? The real question is, will "consulting" fool the people who would reject you for a resume gap?

You would obviously need to give an overview of the types of customers and assignments and you had while consulting. And provide references on request.

No different to any other job.

Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by mfaler »

cochne wrote: post #6

I think their HR culture may be a little toxic. When I told them their offer was not enough, they got very irate. They said if I only care about money I’m not a good fit for their culture of builders, and that I should watch out because there are lots of lay offs happening. It all left me with a very poor impression of them.

Knowing your worth is a big red flag, maybe?

Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by larsrc »

jfrbfbreudh wrote: post #38
cochne wrote: post #6

I think their HR culture may be a little toxic. When I told them their offer was not enough, they got very irate. They said if I only care about money I’m not a good fit for their culture of builders, and that I should watch out because there are lots of lay offs happening. It all left me with a very poor impression of them.

At that point, I would have taken their offer, collect my paycheck while still interviewing elsewhere, and wait to get fired.

Which would then leave a genuine red flag on your CV.

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Post by autoexec »

kergonath wrote: post #80
lmm wrote: post #61

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I've had plenty of employers tell me something in the interview that was technically true but very misleading. They seem to think that's quite different from lying.

It’s a lie if you get caught and are in a position to be punished. You cannot do anything against a recruiter, ergo they cannot lie. Or rather, even if they lie they can give as many bad faith explanations or further lies as necessary and there is nothing you can do about it. Unless it is so egregious that you can sue them, in which case you have either a fat settlement or a court that demonstrates that they did in f…

If you can't do anything against them, but they can do many things against you, there's not much hope for a fair agreement/outcome. I don't know what the fix would be, but it sure seems like there's something fundamental that needs fixing to make it so that when a would-be employer and a would-be employee meet to decide if they want to work together they meet on equal ground.

Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by lunfard000 »

larsrc wrote: post #85
jfrbfbreudh wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At that point, I would have taken their offer, collect my paycheck while still interviewing elsewhere, and wait to get fired.

Which would then leave a genuine red flag on your CV.

would it? Best case you would last 2-3 months if you are doing nothing, and you dont have to put in your cv.

Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by larsrc »

polynox wrote: post #69

What a disgusting but revealing story. By saying "being laid off is a red flag" they are loudly signaling that actually they have no way of measuring interview performance and are just trusting the former employer's judgement? So why even bother with the interview then? It would be like if someone is selling me their car and I run the car history report and see it was in a minor collision but was repaired. I look ove…

More like the car had gotten stolen and recovered.

Re: Databricks counts being laid off as “red flag”

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Post by atemerev »

Waterluvian wrote: post #9
RajT88 wrote: post #8

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> Lying is not a solution Agreed. You should not lie in interviews. A common way of avoiding having to lie is registering your own consulting company after getting laid off. No resume gap! As far as if it fools recruiters, no idea. It's got to sometimes, right? I see it too often on LinkedIn for it to be useless.

I’d personally see that as lying.

Well, you can actually, you know, consult. Or don’t, if you don’t feel like it. That’s the beauty of consulting.
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