I think this is substantially correct from the employer's perspective. From a candidate's perspective, there is no upside to giving an extended explanation of a recent gap on your resume, for the same reason there is no upside to giving an extended explanation for why one left. https://twitter.com/jennskiezz/status/960740793630601216 …
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a) As 50% of the people in a failed relationship, knowing nothing about either of you, one would assume you're 50% likely to be primarily at fault, a fact which is not known out about the next candidate they interview. b) You're transgressing the No Backstabbing rule.
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Professional norms in the United States regarding backstabbing are really complicated but broadcasting "My understanding of the backstabbing norm is that you do it openly, without shame, really early when working with someone" is a thing that causes most people to run screaming.
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So what should you say about why you left your last job? I'd just straight-up steal
@tqbf here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9930311 >> I feel like I contributed everything I could contribute to that team and now I'm looking for a new challenge.Show this thread -
A variant of this: if you leave a company which is widely known to be a total #$()show, or an interviewer asks you "I heard your last employer is a total #$()show" to see how you react, understand that the goal in this conversation is not to provide free market intelligence.
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"Every place I've ever worked has some things I liked about it and some things I didn't, but that's the past and I'm focused on the future. What's it like working at
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I got surprisingly little pushback for saying, "My manager and I didn't have a healthy relationship"—and in fact I think it was even in that context that I first heard "Oh, of course, people leave managers, not companies."
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Maybe it still factored into some No Offer decisions, but even if it did I don't really regret it. Now of course I'm white and usually present as straight, so it might not work for everyone, and I do think that *exact* phrasing matters.
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