I got screwed

[Benton]

(02-28-2020, 12:49 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I would think that but it was the owner and one of his sons that interviewed me. Looking back, I should have taken more notice of the less than professional way the interview was handled. It was the 2 of them, they were both dressed casual and didn't ask the usual interview questions. It actually made me want the job more as I felt as if this was a more casual job. Now, it's clear that it was a sign of something else entirely and I should have taken it as a red flag.

My guess would be the wife, given your description of the structure. Or one of the sons might've had a buddy lined up for the job and you were in the way.

Family businesses are great when run right. The company I mentioned was corporately owned by the family and run by some of it. I hired in when the second or third generation head of it was alive, but he had cancer and stepped down shortly after (threeish years). When Fred was alive, the company was great and cared about employees. Dude used to come in on Christmas because he said if his employees had to be apart from their families, he did, too. Things were fine for a year or two after he stepped down, but when he died, it basically became 'how fast can we fill our pockets' from the remaining family, which left it open the hiring culture I mentioned.