Last night, I received an email from Lillian Griffith about a potential job opportunity. I'm not actively searching for a job but I'm open to hear what else is out there and curious about this position. So I bite.
She texts me today and sets up a 2pm call. Then is late for the call. How very unprofessional. Strike one.
When she finally calls, she comes off as very disorganized and unpolished. She reads the job description very quickly. Does not enunciate. Mispronounces several basic words. She's literally bumbling through the whole spiel and is dodgy/shady about specifics. Repetitive. She sounds like a high schooler who has to give a presentation in front of the class but desperately doesn't want to, trying to get this over with as fast as possible. Same energy. I have to ask her several times to tell me who the employer is and it's like pulling teeth. She FINALLY gives up the employer, but why withhold basic information like that? So sketchy. Red flags are going off. Strike two.
Then she proceeds to tell me she NEEDS to know my current salary bc she wants to make sure that the employer's rate (which is clearly posted within the job description) isn't "too much of a jump" from what I currently make. Um, what?! 1) It's absolutely NO ONE'S business what my current salary is and I'm not going to be disclosing that information to anyone. 2) The salary for this position is posted so my current salary is irrelevant. 3) I literally don't even know this woman and she begins bullying me into giving her this very personal information. She sounds like she has zero clue what she's even doing, which gives me even more pause to disclose any more information about myself. Even if there was "a significant jump" between my current salary and their offering salary, isn't that to be expected when you're taking a higher-ranking position? She proceeds to talk over me when I'm asking for clarification, interrupts me repeatedly and becomes argumentative until I just hang up. I've had more than enough of this harassment and shadiness. Strike three.
She then texts me to continue arguing with me, clearly unhinged, and I finally had to ask her nicely to stop text messaging me. Who does that?! My hanging up the call wasn't a clear enough message?! So she continues to harass me via text?! She was completely unprofessional, psychotic and rude.
I've never worked with a staffing agency before and this was far from a good experience. If Lillian is a reflection on how things are done at Cornerstone, they might want to reevaluate their business model and training methods. She is a poor reflection on their company and a liability to potential employers. You don't need to BULLY potential candidates into giving you their certainly personal information when it's not necessary. read more
