Employment fraud: Joe Pishgar and Future
There’s a fascinating thread on Reddit about how some sleazy companies are using job interviews as a way of prying knowledge and expertise from job candidates, with no intention of hiring the applicant.
I recently had just such a bad experience interviewing with Future. I applied for an Online Community Manager job and had two interviews. I didn’t consider writing about it here until I saw that Reddit thread and I realized I had an obligation to share my story for the benefit of other job seekers.
The first interview I had for the Online Community Manager job at Future PLC was with Joe Pishgar, the Vice President of Community. It went well as he asked me various questions about my background and different online communities, etc.
He concluded that interview by saying he wanted to do another interview, this time with two of his community managers, and he said they would “fire questions at you while I watch.”
That should have been my first indication that something was off about him. Howeve…
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