About The Pygg Stories Page
This is a collection of interactions with recruiters that I've had over the years. Some were posted from memory, others are captures of forum posts long gone. All are my direct experiences. Names, save mine, have been changed to protect the guilty.
This used to be hosted on pygg.xyz, thus the name.
2002
I'm gonna need a photo, the tale of someone who just wouldn't take "please wait" for an answer.
2003
We'll stay late! A story of distances, and the lack of understanding them.
The Apple Cart Is Upset, a sordid recount of a blue-plate lieburger special with a side of lies.
It's really great! In which we don't take a job even though the picnic is really great!
2004
The recruiter needs a filter, an angry love letter telling us we don't need to know about the job, we just need to take it.
2005
We're never calling you again! talks about knowing what questions to ask and when, and how promises aren't kept.
2007
The best in our made-up class is a most spectacular production with multiple characters played by the recruiter, far-off locations in Italy, and the fall of the banhammer - all telling us how good we aren't. This is a long read!
Are you serious? Wherein the recruiter wants us to show up without knowing why, and we get told why we're wrong for not doing so.
2015
This doesn't normally happen speaks to managing your time and how this does happen, quite often!
2018
How about tomorrow? A light accounting of how a company really doesn't want to schedule someone for an interview.
Companies don't do that! A captivating wordplay regarding things that actually do be like that.
Leftovers
Little bites that aren't long enough for their own page, but are still memorable to me for some reason.