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- A jobseeker who sought to negotiate the pay for a job that demanded she work every weekend is shocked by the rude response
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A woman in China was called a “mistress” and an “ornament” during a job interview for trying to negotiate better pay and conditions.
The unnamed woman from Chengdu in Sichuan, southwestern China, saw a job ad from an electromechanical equipment company seeking an HR specialist. She was interested in the role and sent an online inquiry to the company’s human resources department.
After clarifying the working hours and the monthly salary from 4,000 yuan (US$600) to 6,000 yuan, an interviewer asked the woman if she was happy with the company policy of only one day off on weekends.
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The woman felt the pay was too low to give up half of every weekend.
“One day off on the weekend with this pay, I can’t accept it,” the woman told the interviewer.
The interviewer, who was from the company’s HR department, was blunt when responding.
“The purpose of hiring an employee is not to have an ornament nor a mistress,” they said.