Earlier this morning, I called the recruiter I was working with to ask if he was at his office. I needed to fill out some paperwork for the job he’d told me I had gotten on Friday. I asked if the written offer had come in yet and he told me that it had, and they wanted me to go through orientation tomorrow morning and start Friday of this week.
I responded that I had to give my current job at least two weeks’ notice. The recruiter said, “you should have told me”, then continued angrily, not letting me respond. I hung up and texted that I had told him. He texted back, “you obviously didn’t tell the company.” I had told them. In fact, I told the guy who interviewed me I wouldn’t have been there if my hours hadn’t been cut.
Basically, they expected me to ghost my current employer. I’d heard that the company was a job mill, but I’d expected that they’d at least require a background check before my start date. Apparently, they don’t require anything other than a warm body. People probably regularly ghost them, so they expect new workers to do the same thing with their current employers.
It’s good that I found this out in time. The only thing I don’t like about my current job is the lack of hours. I don’t need money badly enough to talk further with someone who yells at me for being responsible.
I blocked the recruiter’s phone number. I’ll continue in my current role. Eventually, a full-time position will either open up at my current employers or I’ll start to look again. I’m in no hurry.
A Different Way 
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