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I've been asked if I had children (illegal) because the supervisor didn't want any call outs for childcare issues (hmmm, too bad children exist as far as she was concerned!), been asked to get fingerprints before I was offered the job (usually that comes after the offer). I had one job where the woman asked me if I could wear polyester!! I kid you not. I had an all cotton outfit on and I guess she didn't like any wrinkles!! I just chuckled (90's).
One job I already had & the psycho boss wanted me to wear all whites w/ my home care visits & white stockings if a skirt. So, when I dropped off my paperwork (to her house 1/week), I'd wear the "appropriate" outfit & on other days, it was casual clothing without socks even. Hehe. It was Florida & w/ the humidity probably 100. Nowadays w/ the job market being what it is, I'm sure there are some strange stories out there.
I have worked in homecare as an RN before,and i understand wearing all whites.
Many clienst and their families want to know who is and who is not the nurse.
People respect you more when they see you in all white,in my experience.
I had a supervisor tell me never ever wear a black scrub again.
Plus,i did work in a low income area,so many people in front of apartment buildings would know i was the nurse and not bother me.
2.I have never heard of being fingerprinted after being offered the job.
Its usually before you are offered the job.
I was working for a state government agency and I applied for a transfer to a different department of the same agency. I liked the job I had, but I thought I might like the work that the other department did a bit more.
I was in my mid-50's at the time. When I had the interview, the person interviewing me told me (and I am not making this up), "Actually we're looking for someone younger."
Of course that's illegal but I didn't want to jeopardize the job I already had, so I just said, "OK then," and walked away.
I had a similar experience. I applied for a job at a mom-and-pop hardware store and interviewed with the male owner on the spot. Before he even looked at my application, he told me point blank that since I was a woman, I was not a right fit for the position because the job required heavy lifting and in his previous experiences hiring women, they always quit within days because it was too physically demanding. So he wouldn't hire women at all. I suppose this was a basis for filing a sex discrimination lawsuit, but I just decided to apply somewhere else, even though his attitude infuriated me at the time. At least he was honest.
Circle K had offered me a position in one of their gas stations. I was asked if I would be willing to learn how to fill the ICEE machine. I was like: Heck No!!!
I got the job. Been there for 20 years
Walmart had offered me a position in one of their stores. I was asked if I would be willing to learn how to restock shelves. I was like: Heck No!!!
I'm sure there are some strange stories out there.
I never did well as an interviewee. Usually froze up. The strangest -- actually stupidest thing -- I ever said was "You're bragging about that?" when the interviewer described one of the agency's policies that she devised, developed, and implemented. It just blurted out.
The interviewer was an alpha female pit bull, much feared. Needless to say I didn't get promoted. In subsequent postings within her shop, she wouldn't even interview me even though I made the "Best Qualified" list based on job appraisals. It wasn't until a couple of years after that disastrous interview and she had moved on to another Division that the promotion happened.
I had a similar experience. I applied for a job at a mom-and-pop hardware store and interviewed with the male owner on the spot. Before he even looked at my application, he told me point blank that since I was a woman, I was not a right fit for the position because the job required heavy lifting and in his previous experiences hiring women, they always quit within days because it was too physically demanding. So he wouldn't hire women at all. I suppose this was a basis for filing a sex discrimination lawsuit, but I just decided to apply somewhere else, even though his attitude infuriated me at the time. At least he was honest.
"Sorry, but this position really requires a tall person to do some heavy lifting."
That might have been enough; of course what they need's a man. Shouldn't even need to mention such an obvious fact.
I never did well as an interviewee. Usually froze up. The strangest -- actually stupidest thing -- I ever said was "You're bragging about that?" when the interviewer described one of the agency's policies that she devised, developed, and implemented. It just blurted out.
The interviewer was an alpha female pit bull, much feared. Needless to say I didn't get promoted. In subsequent postings within her shop, she wouldn't even interview me even though I made the "Best Qualified" list based on job appraisals. It wasn't until a couple of years after that disastrous interview and she had moved on to another Division that the promotion happened.
Yes, it was only because the interviewer was a woman that she had a problem with you insulting something that was a pet project of hers. Because any male manager would have patted you on the back and offered you a promotion immediately if you had said the same thing to him.
I had a very brief interview with a partner at a Boston law firm who thanked me for coming in, but told me he prefers to hire female associates. I'm not female.
Whenever I interview at a place and see only members of the opposite sex, I know my chances of getting the job are slim to none.
I had a phone screen with an old geezer shortly after I graduated college. The conversation went very well and we talked for nearly 15 minutes until he explicitly told me that he was only looking to hire older women for this job. Oh man I was ticked when he said that. I should have thanked him for wasting my time (I mean why even bother calling me up) but I remained polite and professional.
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