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It's actually not breaking the rules to accept an interview and then bring up things to dissuade them from making an offer.
As the ex employer, they would likely tell the DOL if the interview was offered, and the OP declined to pursue.
If they were not the employer whose claims record was affected, they likely would not inform the DOL.
If you can show me a jobaba relative with 3 decades experience in seeing people disqualified for violating rules, please elaborate.
Sure, sandbagging the interview will probably work fine.
Sure, sandbagging the interview will probably work fine.
Done it while employed several times, when my first impressions of the people I met with were not good, but they liked my qualifications. I use the tactic to allow a cordial parting of the ways.
It can easily work for OP, as it does not allow the employer to complain to the DOL and get anywhere.
Would you ever want to work for this company again, doing what you were doing?
Or a different position from the one you're interviewing for?
IF no, then totally blow the interview. And I'm sure we ll know how to do that.
If yess, then it's trickier. You don't want to be a good fit for THIS position. But you don't want to be sooo bad they they won't consider you for something else....or even hire you back at your old position.
It used to be that if a company changed the hours on you, or the pay, that you could still qualify for unemployment because the original job you agreed to wasn't honored. Working 13 hours a day sounds like what you were not doing previously. Not sure if any state can say that an employee has to work so many hours when told to by an employer.
If you do go to the interview, you can't later say, I don't agree to work 13 hours because that's not comparable to my first job there. If you go to the interview, you'd be agreeing to their terms and conditions for the job, which you don't agree to.
If you go to the interview and attempt to sandbag (good terminology, above poster), they may know it since they know you, and hire you anyway. Also, if you say you don't like doing the job, they may still hire you anyway.
It's risky not to go to the interview. I just wrote what I wrote so that you could possibly investigate some of these things by web search. Maybe you can explore the "comparable" avenue in terms of number of hours.
No you're right. It's so much better for you to stay on unemployment insurance rather than actually working. Why go to work and be inconvenienced when you can collect money and just stay home watching you-tube.
Come on, there is no call for that. It's YouTube, not you-tube, got it? ;-)
Hello, so long story short i was laid off due to covid. the company wants to rehire, for a totally different position with crazy hours. i dont want this job, but i didnt think about it before and i already said yes to the interview. im on unemployment and i dont think i can turn down an interview.
i know this sounds horrible but i need to fail this interview. first, i was going to tell them i dont have any experience in the job they are posting, and it involves calling people, in my first position i had to call people and i hated it. so im gonna be like i answered phones, etc, but i did not like doing it.
im also gonna ask why the hours are so long? the shifts are 13 hours friday - sunday.
any more tips, i dont wanna be super rude. but i also dont want to be offered a job for this position
I don't know what state you are in, but you should check with the circumstances of what you must accept and what you can reject. Does the job pay less than what you were making? Is there a transportation issue, such as the job is too far away, or that public transportation you use to get to work doesn't sync up with the crazy hours?
You could go on the interview and ask questions about the work and hours, and simply be honest by saying you don't think this job is a match for your skills and would find the 13 hour shift not manageable. I don't think that would be failing the interview, you would be selling them the truth. They would decide not to select you, so you wouldn't be turning down a position. Many times job posts are what they seem until you interview for them, where you can ask questions.
I'd go to the interview and do my best Jim Carrey impersonation and answer all questions with movie quotes. Fill any vacant time with coughing, snorting, and sighing. Make frequent mention of the rigged election and covid hoax.
Accept the interview but spend the entire time repeatedly questioning whether 13-hour shifts are manageable for you without burnout.
Or transpose all the words and numbers.
Mgr: on weekends we have 13 hour shifts.
You: Not sure I can handle 31 hour shifts.
Mgr: What? No. 13 hour shift. One three.
You: One three, three one, so confusing. So do you have 104k matching?
Since this is basically a layoff recall interview, the rules are not the same as some company calling you for an interview. Compounding it is that under the regulations, you CAN NOT refuse the interview once you agreed to it. The time to decline the interview was during the initial contact where you could have qualified the position and turn down the interview if the new work position was unsuitable as defined by your state regulations.
So, since your unemployed and probably have a bunch of time on your hands, read up on your state regulations, board decisions and court cases as it relates to suitability and new work in. If the position or terms & conditions makes the job unsuitable, it's unsuitable.
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