I’m happy in my present job but feel it’s wise to keep my options open. I told that to a recruiter who somehow got my number from an ex-co-worker (ex-cow-orker?) but he badgered me to come in for an interview.
A closet size “lobby” in the office with instructions to fill out an app and knock on the door. Ordinarily I would have left right then but filled in just my name and phone number.
He wasn’t pleased that I didn’t give him my SSN but I said he had no business with it since he wasn’t hiring me. The interview went on until I said I had to leave and get back to work. I explained that I wasn’t unhappy at my present job and that I would not compromise my work ethic there.
He then insisted I sign an agreement that in the event I took a job and for some reason it bombed in the first 90 days I’d pay back the hiring company’s fee. I hadn’t even decided to let him “present” me. To myself I’m thinking “f**k you and the horse your mama rode in on.” I said “no. I won’t sign that until I’ve had my lawyer look at it or at least I’ve reviewed it for a day.”
I hit a nerve because he snapped back that he couldn’t help me then. I said “fine, in that case you can give me back my application you’ve been writing notes on.”
It floored him. When he said he’d make me a copy I said “no, the original.” He stammered that he wouldn’t use the app, to which I replied, “even more reason that you don’t need it.” He handed me the app.
This is the really good part.
“…and the carbon copy.” The look on his face was priceless. He handed me the carbon and as I turned to leave I said “no hard feelings.” I heard him smash the clipboard on his desk as I was walking out.
As you may have noticed pressure tactics do not work with me. I don’t let it piss me off though. I remember a great line from Mario Van Peebles in some Clint Eastwood movie, “don’t go away angry, just go away.”