Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession

Re:Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession by ramesh31 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @06:21PM (#31498203)

>Isn’t that pretty great? Get paid for 6 months of relatively light ramp up time and then a few months worth of severance for some time off once fired?

Nah that'll torch your resume for years. Unless you're a total rockstar otherwise, I'd be terrified to explain a 6 month stint.

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Re:Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession by giaour on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:28PM (#31499605)

You only need to worry if you have a series of very short stints, especially if there's any gap between them.

But one six month stint is fine, especially if you can explain it away with something pithy about how the economy tanked and the company shed a significant percentage of its workforce.

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Re:Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession by no_wizard on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @10:41PM (#31500015)

Depends honestly. If you have a collective experience that affected the industry it’s easy to explain. It’s more of a red flag if it’s a constant even during good times IMO

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Re:Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession by ghaff on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @07:42PM (#31498867)

As a one-off, during a rocky economic time? Not really. And I say that as someone who has mostly (except during dot-com) long employment times.

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Re:Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession by Tao332 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @08:54PM (#31499411)

Then don't put it on your resume!

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