Job applicant stunned after discovering 'red flag' reason she was rejected
Topics: TikTok, Social Media, Viral
Poppy Bilderbeck
Featured Image Credit: Getty Images/Basak Gurbuz Derman / TikTok/@ben.askins
Topics: TikTok, Social Media, Viral
Social media users are slamming a potential employer's reasoning for turning down a job applicant.
If you haven't come across one of Ben Askins' iconic videos raising awareness of some bizarre, outrageous and sometimes downright unacceptable interactions between workers and their bosses? Well, you're in for a treat.
One TikTok video shows him argue why one candidate's questions weren't 'red flags' like the employer made them out to be.
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In the video shared last month, Askins reads out a conversation between a job applicant and presumably their recruiter.
The recruiter says: "Hi Katherine, just tried to call you. I am sorry to say that you didn't get the job. I just heard from them."
"Ah that is such a shame, I really thought that it went well. Did they say why?" Katherine replies.
The recruiter continues: "Yeah they said they absolutely loved meeting you, but your questions were too financially oriented."
Summing up what we're all probably thinking, Katherine asks: "What on earth does that mean?"
At this point, Askins notes he 'already knows what's going on' and 'absolutely hates it' - prepare for your blood to boil too.
The recruiter informs Katherine she apparently 'asked about money a lot,' Katherine clarifying she 'asked a couple of questions at the end' as wanted to 'clarify something around what was included in the benefits package' but all her other questions were about the role.
Askins argues there's 'nothing to defend' on Katherine's part because 'it's a job interview'.
"Of course people are going to be interested in the price and the benefits and the package which comes with it. That's the sole reason why they're in that room. I know people want the love of the game and to show keenness and all that utter bulls**t," he continues.
"And of course that helps, of course it's nice to have a place you want to work and the job is interesting. [...] But ultimately the reason people go to work is to get money to support themselves."
And it's not taken long for others to weigh in.
One TikTok user said: "Why do employers want people to pretend we work for fun?"
"When the job advert says: Salary - competitive," another added, as a third commented: "To me if they refuse to talk about money it’s a major red flag for a company."
"We trade time for money, there needs to be transparency and negotiations," a fourth added.
And a fifth argued: "I have never understood why employers think I not in it for the money. Yes my career path is about the satisfaction of the job but the money is about how well I live outside the job."