https://recruitmentstill.sucks/tags/underestimated-effort/ Recent content in underestimated-effort on recruitment still sucks Hugo en-gb Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/ten-hours-for-a-four-hour-task/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/ten-hours-for-a-four-hour-task/ Told it would take about four hours. It took ten, across two days. Then two weeks of the silence they’d asked him to wait through — and more after that. https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/the-company-that-said-it-pays/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/the-company-that-said-it-pays/ Fifteen-odd requirements sold as a couple of hours, which took days — from an employer that had publicly stated it pays for every stage regardless of outcome. https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/three-hours-six-endpoints/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/three-hours-six-endpoints/ A recruiter sent a zip file with a three-hour budget for work that could not be done in three hours. He worked out what the exercise was really measuring.