I got a message on LinkedIn about a job, it seems legit. The issue is as soon as I replied, she basically told me to apply as quickly as possible because it’s time sensitive.

I don’t know why this kind of rubs me the wrong way, I guess because I’m in a different time zone and I’m expected to literally drop everything for a job I might not even have an actual chance for.

Also she is the person who I would be working with, my potential future boss, and also the co owner of the company.

Am I overreacting? It just seems unnecessarily stressful idk. Also I’m very afraid of red flags now cause I ignored them at my last company and it was a nightmare.

Edit: I responded and asked some basic questions about the timezone/hours, and if applying in the next few hours would be ok, and she hasn’t responded in over an hour. Now I’m wondering if I should even bother applying :/

  • Djfok43@lemmy.worldOP
    4·
    1 day ago

    She hasn’t asked for anything suspicious yet, I’m more so worried it’s a toxic company and they won’t treat me well :/

    • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      Oh, so you think it’s legit and the company just sucks. Yeah, that’d be nearly as bad. What about reviews on Glassdoor or elsewhere?

      • Djfok43@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        16 hours ago

        I couldn’t find any. Just on some random website there were like four 5 star reviews. Either way she ghosted the fuck out of me so Im not going to apply. Absolutely pathetic how desperate she was to then ghost me

          • Djfok43@lemmy.worldOP
            1·
            5 hours ago

            Yepppppp… she just added me on Facebook a few hours ago, I accepted immediately and she didn’t say anything 💀

            Seems she’s literally trolling or insane or all of the above. Wtf is wrong with people I feel like I should block her. Tbh she just looks like an evil person

            • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
              1·
              4 hours ago

              Why is she adding you as a FB friend? Isn’t this work-related? I might not have accepted the request if I were you, but since you did, you may as well message her on there and ask what the next steps are.

              • Djfok43@lemmy.worldOP
                1·
                3 hours ago

                I mean she still didn’t respond to my questions lmao … should I ask them again? Man this is weird

                • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
                  2·
                  3 hours ago

                  No, message saying you’re unfriending until she replies because the relationship is inappropriate given your hiring prospect, and then do so.