The Most Surprisingly Effective Way to Judge a Potential Employer
I discovered it by accident, and I should have turned around and left before the interview even started.
Early in my career I was changing jobs usually more often than every 2 years. I went through a record-breaking run of 5 or 6 employers in a row which went belly-up in the 90’s, and at other times a job change was the way to get a raise or promotion.
The more things change…
I had taken a job at a small “Computer Shopper” mail-order shop, but that only lasted about three months. I wish I had known this trick back then.
I drove to Greeley for my interview. I had no intention of working in Greeley, but was eventually hired to stand up a new location in Denver (from a networking/IT standpoint).
Upon arriving at the HQ in Greeley I made a quick trip to the men’s room. As I came around the corner in this warehouse-like facility, there was flooding coming out of the restroom, and workers were being told to go over to the ladies room across the floor. A manager was put in charge of monitoring who went in and out, so as to help maintain privacy.
