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Blogs > DonnaChang > Journal of Annoying People

Bait and Switch Tactics  

DonnaChang 54F
457 posts
12/13/2016 11:40 am
Bait and Switch Tactics

Everyone knows about bait and switch tactics that sales people use. They advertise something without telling you the whole truth. Then when you approach about the item or service you find out it is not as they advertised and then they try to sell you something else.

So basically, they lie to get your attention and then hope that you won't see it as lying and still purchase something from them.

I've never had an employer do this, but I guess there is a first time for everything. So I applied for a job 2wks ago for a security company. The advertisement was for a position that paid $14.40/hr. That is actually a decent pay rate for security because most of the time the pay is $8-10/hr. I get a call from a recruiter and he seemed hesitant when I told him I lived about an hour from the job site. But for me the pay is good and there would be benefits, so I'm okay with driving an hour. We scheduled the interview. That was today and boy was I bamboozled! I get there and I realize it is not a formal interview, but more like a session to fill out paperwork. There were others in the room like me. The recruiter takes myself and another into his office and looks at the paperwork and then tells us these are the days and times available. Pick what works for you. Hey and by the way, the job only pays $11.50/hr. WTF? I continued to listen to his bullshit and then he said this is when orientation is.

I'm not fucking going to this orientation and I'm not completing any more paperwork AND I'm not taking the security freeze off my credit report for this company. Now I get why they advertised such a high rate of pay...gets people in the door. his selling of the job was complete bullshit. I bet the others are going to take the jobs they applied for. Such a crock of shit!

I<b> wasted </font></b>3 hrs on these clowns today. Between driving there and back and sitting in that fucking room with some Arab guy that needed a damn translator.



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