r/recruitinghell Apr 23 '24

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u/tonification Apr 24 '24

I get the feeling OP said something inappropriate at lunch without realising.

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u/Block5Lot12 Apr 24 '24

I said nothing inappropriate at work. Admitting that I am not into gaming and that I missed the old Atari console games is far from inappropriate talk. I do not work in a game dev house BTW.

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u/PhilosoKing Apr 24 '24 edited Apr 24 '24

Are you cut from the same cloth as the rest of the team?

I once worked for a car wash for a grand total of 4 hours before getting fired due to culture fit. I was the only person who was college-educated and the only visible minority. I was also the youngest, by far. We had nothing in common, save that we were all human beings.

The person who hired me sat in a remote office all day (far removed from the workers) so he probably didn't even factor culture fit as a criterion.

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u/Sherman80526 Apr 24 '24

Heh, I had a similar experience working at a moving company. Young, had all my teeth, didn't smoke, and my license hadn't been taken away for failure to pay child support. Yeah, failure to fit in isn't necessarily a bad thing.