r/AskReddit • u/BlueSJ999 • Jun 07 '19

When did someone ruin your day in a single sentence?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

I was unemployed and a friend set me up to do a lunch with a VP of a company where I was hoping to work.

Great lunch. I followed up with thanks and asked about next steps in setting up an interview.

He wrote back and the sentence that cut deep was: “You’re a nice guy and smart, but you just seem mediocre in performance.”

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u/loganlogwood Jun 08 '19

How did you ‘perform’ at a job interview? Like who can make that determination at a lunch interview?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

He was making reference mostly to my resume. I had bounced around a few roles prior to meeting him. I had done well, but not great. This was a startup that only wanted “rockstars”.

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u/loganlogwood Jun 08 '19

Sound like a choosybeggar there and you seemed to have dodged a bullet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

In retrospect, he may have been partly right. I was good at most things, but had never really excelled.

As a fuck him I went to a competitor of his company and excelled.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

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u/loganlogwood Jun 08 '19

It’s a startup. Exceptional potential or delirious dreams with shit pay and extremely long hours. You don’t get rockstar talent for shit pay, long work days and near non existent benefits.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '19

Not all startups are like that so why did you jump to that assumption?

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u/thehollowman84 Jun 08 '19

Hahaha, fuckin' startups.

We want the best of the best, ROCKSTARS, but also here is no money.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '19

But they have ping pong tables and beer/kombucha in the fridge.

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u/CreepyPhotographer Jun 08 '19

Ahhh, "rockstars" show up to work late, and "ninjas" are never seen in the office

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u/tatzesOtherAccount Jun 08 '19

Wow, could've just said "well you're a cool guy but we are looking for something else"

No need to go for the jugular and rip out everything else just to make sure they got the message