Interviews are always interesting in the most unexpected ways but by far the most interesting one for me took place three years ago. It was an Executive Assistant position for a parking lot company supporting the owner, Mr. X. Apparently Mr. X is a BIT difficult. The very nice HR Rep started out by asking me if I had a thick skin. (Danger, Danger Will Robinson!) Then she proceded to tell me the following horror stories:
Mr. X’s favorite thing to do is scream profanities at his assistant. It’s a good day when he has only called you an idiot once. (Have you ever had an HR Rep ask you if you get offended by being called an idiot? It’s a first for me)
Mr. X likes phone conferences, but only when he’s driven into the mountains where there is no cell phone coverage. He fired several assistants because they couldn’t get his cell phone to work without cell coverage, but he didn’t want a satellite phone he wanted to use HIS phone. (Don’t you love a reasonable boss?)
Mr. X fired an employee because she had a bad haircut and then sent the HR rep who hired her home to “think about what she had done”. (I thought it was a joke but it turns out that the girl who was interviewing me was the HR Rep he sent home!) Mr. X asked his last assistant to write him a memo about why she was such a fucking idiot! She did, it goes as follows: I’m such a fucking idiot for ever agreeing to work for an asshole like you. I QUIT!’ (You go girl.)
The HR Rep was happy to tell me about the bonus you get for working with Mr. X. If you make it 3 months you get $3,000, if you make it 6 months you get $6,000 and if you make it 10 months you get $10,000. No one every made it to the ten thousand. (Run, don’t walk, to nearest exit!) Needless to say I didn’t want the job (Whipping Girl Wanted?) but kudos to the brave HR Rep for her honesty!–Submitted by Nina, San Diego
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