I Got Catfished by a Candidate

Post by mrbill » Sat, May 19, 2018, 7:46 PM UTC

LloydPickering wrote: post #648

mrbill wrote: post #640

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That's pretty much how it's done here - if you freeze up during the "official" presentation you'll get helped and prompted and so forth. The Certificates I refer to are completely separate from proficiency - they're "add-on" exams / certifications from Grand Lodge that show you've learned the work 100% backwards and forwards. I think GLoTX now requires an A certificate for anyone moving up to WM. I do have to say I l…

Shorts and a t-shirt would very much be scandalous! In fact there's a good chance the Tyler wouldn't let you in. Normal lodge dress code is a dark suit and black tie (or the relevant masonic tie). Some lodges like mine are Dinner Jackets (Tuxedo). Provincial and Grand Officers wear a 3 piece morning suit (striped trousers with a black waistcoat and jacket). My lodge is meeting tonight so I'm sat at work with my DJ tr…

In Texas, of course our WM's head covering is a cowboy hat :D

Post by nocman » Sun, May 20, 2018, 11:03 PM UTC

learc83 wrote: post #657

nocman wrote: post #654

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Neither of those things is relevant to the point I was making. The legal costs often incurred by firing someone (and they are very real) makes it more difficult to fire them. Also, the time spent by employers dealing with legal issues is very expensive also. The fact that it isn't unique to the firing process doesn't change the fact that it often makes it more difficult to fire someone (again, even if the case goes n…

>Neither of those things is relevant to the point I was making. The legal costs often incurred by firing someone (and they are very real) makes it more difficult to fire them. Here's why that's relevant. Because you're trying to reduce the amount of frivolous lawsuits from firing employees, you decide to be more hiring averse. You interview more people and turn many people down than you otherwise would have. Each add…

If you are speaking on experience, yours is much different than the person I was speaking of.

I've heard of plenty of cases of legal action taken because someone was fired. I've never heard of a single case of someone taking legal action because they were not hired. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I just have never heard of a single case.

And personally (and I'm sure the same is true for the relative I was speaking of), I would be never be afraid of frivolous lawsuits from someone who did not get hired (again, because I've never heard of anyone ever filing one). So in my view the point is still irrelevant. However knowing about multiple cases of people bringing legal action due to being fired, I'd still argue that it isn't as easy as people think it is.

And no, I'm not referring to the employer doing any of those stupid things you listed, though some of them were cases where the employer was accused of doing something illegal in firing, but it was unfounded.

I'm talking about relatively small companies for which the hassle of having to deal with these things is expensive - in time lost and hassle dealing with it, if nothing else.

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