Good thing she asked! If that happens, they were probably going to give you an insultingly low offer after you had invested a bunch of time in their interview process.
This is just another random company that has their heads stuck up their arse about culture. Not a single one of your employees cares about company culture, they are the to get paid not to absorb company culture.
Lots of things wrong with this. Her handle "feministjourney" coupled with how she reacted by displaying this needless outrage in the public doesn't bode well for her general attitude.
Whether or not you agree with the company—I'm on the fence—, at the very most it was just not to her liking. If that's the way someone handles a situation that's simply disagreeable, I wouldn't want to work with them.
Winnipeg is a small town, literally and figuratively. I'll be surprised and disappointed if this helps her career.
On the other hand, I'll more carefully consider applying there in the future.
Edit: I don't agree with Skip. Poor choice. But still unprofessional to go off on them on Twitter.
Edit: None of this bodes well for the company and to be clear I think it's a dumb response on their part. But, they can do that. Its a damn good indication the company has key problems though. I think trying to shame and boycott them for this doesn't show strength of character.
I could do so, but unfortunately I can no longer read your comment. If you're seriously interested in figuring out what's faulty in your approach, let me know and we can try to reconstruct this discussion.
"I think trying to shame and boycott them for this doesn't show strength of character."
It's very sad when workers sharing information about companies is considered poor character. Should we be completely divided, blind and deaf to corporate behaviour, except for what we directly experience?
I thought she was right and probably right to share the information, but I did think that her advocacy of a boycott rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not interested in getting the pitchforks and making it a moral issue, I just want people to mention stuff like that so companies doing it get a bad reputation as employers.
It was a reasonable email asking a reasonable question - and companies need to be called out on this sort of bullshit or it's not going to change. I hate renegotiating my own work conditions/package, but it's the conversation with the single greatest impact on my quality of life.
Neither companies nor candidates should be afraid of discussing salary. It can be awkward, but it's also really really important. As an employee, you trade your time and skillset for remuneration. It shows an incredibly exploitative attitude towards employees to respond in this way to what is effectively a simple question.
"Culture fit" has little, if anything to do with money. More likely, they cancelled her interview because they knew that if they wrote down their intended pay/conditions she'd cancel first. If a company's scared to talk $$ with you, it's the biggest red flag there is. Only sketchy companies like multilevel marketing (and apparently SkipTheDishes) try to pull these sorts of shenanigans.
This is pretty typical of Western Canada. I'm not shocked at all. You're talking about an area of Canada that is all about oil, gas, and mining--natural resources. The tech industry is non-existent out here with the exception of Vancouver. I also heard that this particular company is notorious for letting you go if you don't catch on quickly. If I were her, I'd run far away from this joke of a tech company.
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[ 6.1 ms ] story [ 58.6 ms ] threadYes, I'm sure that interview will go fine and they won't find anymore "culture fit" issues /s
Whether or not you agree with the company—I'm on the fence—, at the very most it was just not to her liking. If that's the way someone handles a situation that's simply disagreeable, I wouldn't want to work with them.
Winnipeg is a small town, literally and figuratively. I'll be surprised and disappointed if this helps her career.
On the other hand, I'll more carefully consider applying there in the future.
Edit: I don't agree with Skip. Poor choice. But still unprofessional to go off on them on Twitter.
Edit: None of this bodes well for the company and to be clear I think it's a dumb response on their part. But, they can do that. Its a damn good indication the company has key problems though. I think trying to shame and boycott them for this doesn't show strength of character.
It's very sad when workers sharing information about companies is considered poor character. Should we be completely divided, blind and deaf to corporate behaviour, except for what we directly experience?
Neither companies nor candidates should be afraid of discussing salary. It can be awkward, but it's also really really important. As an employee, you trade your time and skillset for remuneration. It shows an incredibly exploitative attitude towards employees to respond in this way to what is effectively a simple question.
"Culture fit" has little, if anything to do with money. More likely, they cancelled her interview because they knew that if they wrote down their intended pay/conditions she'd cancel first. If a company's scared to talk $$ with you, it's the biggest red flag there is. Only sketchy companies like multilevel marketing (and apparently SkipTheDishes) try to pull these sorts of shenanigans.