The interview began with a manager from another location. She seemed focused and friendly. She discussed numbers mostly and the expectations of the owners. I was called back for a second interview with the owners. The owners were not hairdressers and were from India with heavy accents. I was offered the position with a promise of a raise based on a 90 day performance review. I took the position not realizing that the interviewing manager was a micro managing general manager and the owners had no plans on giving me the raise after fulfilling the expectations in 60 days.

The hiring manager said in the interview that “people just don’t want to work these days” referring to a struggle to keep staff on board. This was a red flag to me, so I asked questions and dug deeper only to find many internal operations issues that might cause people to just not want to work for them due to perpetuation of toxic work environments and exploitative practices. I did not accept the position offered.