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WWYD-Interviewer wants Feedback
I interviewed with a very unprofessional company yesterday. Upon arriving I was greeted by receptionist who was grumpy and kind of mean I told her I had arrived early to fill out paperwork. While filling out my application three people approached the receptionist and started to bad mouth their positions. The general conversation was they all had put in their resumes with other companies and pretty much agreed if they got an offer they wouldn't give two weeks notice. They continued to talk about two of the supervisors (the two I ended up interviewing with) and how terrible they were, and how poorly they treated the staff.
The rest of the interview went well and they offered me a job on the spot with a salary about 15k below what I could accept. I have already declined the offer, but HR contacted me this evening and wanted to know if I would provide feedback since I'm the third person to turn the job down.
Should I just say salary requirements were below par and just go with it or mention the upset employees who were ultimately the reason I turned the job down.
Re: WWYD-Interviewer wants Feedback
If you're sure you're not going to take this job, I say tell them everything. Tell them that the salary is much lower than expected (you can back up whatever you say with stats from the Labor Department, which is a tool I used when job hunting). Tell them that the chit chat with the receptionist was a huge red flag. If you want to be less specific and not call out the receptionist in particular, you can just say that while you were waiting, you overheard several conversations of unhappy employees, and their complaints were the first thing you heard upon arriving, and they really set the tone for the rest of the interview.
Or say nothing. You have no obligation to do it. I'm the type who really would though.
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I agree with the PPs who say tell them what you heard but do not identify who said what.
If they ask who made the comments or identifying questions I would simply respond, "I am not comfortable answering that question."
I agree with PPs.
I would say the main reason I did not accept the job is that the offer was significantly below what I could accept. (If you want to state $15K or a %, I think that is fine).
Also, while I was in the lobby, waiting for the interview, I overheard some concerning things from current employees stating how unhappy they were.
That, on top of the low offer, made me realize this position wasn't a good fit for me.
Thanks guys!
I sent my feedback in this morning. I was polite and explained the salary requirements were a little too low for me to accept, and told them I had witnessed some unprofessional conduct in the front office. The company has emailed me back asking for names or job titles, but I've told them since I don't know these people or their titles I couldn't give them anything, and decided to leave the receptionist out as well.