On 07/23/2014 09:09 AM, Francois Labreque wrote:

>> <rant>
>> Got this email last week about a position I had applied for back in
>> early May ... stated "Please contact me ASAP if you're still interested
>> in this position". Evidently the person that was hired wasn't working
>> out. Replied ... "Sure I'm still available and I would be glad to meet
>> with you at your convenience". The next day as I was heading home from
>> helping brother-in-law clean up two storm fallen trees, I get a call on
>> my cell asking if I could come in right away for an interview. I
>> indicated that I'd needed to get home first and get cleaned up. His
>> response ... "We're very informal here so come on ahead". I thought how
>> odd, but I was there within a half hour ... wait it get's stranger.
>> Before I'd even finished introductions (hand shaking etc) he told me
>> that he wasn't even going to bother with technical aspects of interview.
>> He added that he was ex US Navy and had gone through the same
>> electronics training that I had and that my credentials weren't going to
>> be an issue. We swapped Navy stories for about 45 minutes, then started
>> a tour of shop area ... then on the way back to the office he turned to
>> me and ask what my religious beliefs were!!!! I thoughtfully offered
>> that I hadn't been to church since I was a young man, however I did take
>> a theology course in college to fulfill my humanities requirement.
>> Things proceeded normally and as we parted he indicated that he needed
>> some time to "pray on it" and that he would get back to me shortly. Two
>> days after interview I sent follow up email thanking him for his time. A
>> week after interview sent another email asking if there had been any
>> movement on his opportunity, and got a reply indicating that he was
>> swamped with quotes to new clients, and that he would get back to me by
>> the end of the week ... this past Friday. Monday afternoon sent another
>> email that went unanswered ... I think the handwriting is on the wall,
>> that I won't be made an offer. Now you wonder that given what I've
>> written so far, why would I want to work for such a person/company ...
>> well I desperately need a job. Finally I'd like to add that it's my
>> understanding that asking about my religious beliefs (among other
>> things) is a no-no here in the US (don't know or care about elsewhere)
>> and that if I wanted to be a prick about it I could make trouble. Fat
>> chance of it going anywhere if I did stir it up, as it was just us two
>> and it would eventually boil down to my word against his. Sad state of
>> affairs ... don't you think?
>> </rant>
>
> If you did raise a stink about it, and the company was forced to hire
> you, you'd know that this person would probably never fully trust you
> and it would make the workplace atmosphere very heavy.
>

no kidding ... i guess my task now is to burn off a few calories in a 
more productive manner (wax on wax off)

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