8 Major Employer Red Flags

Red flags differ for everyone based on their current situation and mindset.

You might be ok with toiling on weekends at a younger age but the same factor can become a no-no in the later years of your career.

While that holds true on situational front, a lot of factors hold true on all fronts of employment i.e. these red flags should not be missed.

Here is a comprehensive list of red flags to keep handy during your next job search:

1. High Employee Turnover: This is a complete no-brainer. People leave companies for various reasons but if most of them leave a company too early or just when the sun sets on the second day of their job then you should definitely stay away from this company. I helped my mentee spot this in one of the prospective employers by conducting an assessment of company's talent turnover on LinkedIn Insights.
2. Only promises and absence of written commitments: If "it" isn't given in writing then it will never happen.
3. "You join us now at X salary and we will increase it after six months to Y" which loosely translates to "we cannot assure Y at the moment but in the future we might think of it" and of course, point 2 proves itself to be true here again.
4. Recruitment processes which are: lengthy + only focused on how they can benefit from your talent + one way communication only + ghosting + rude + hurdles which should get you a national level honor award = you run!
5. Culture that is based on values which you do not support i.e. overworking is common, burnout is real but to be hidden, "we are a family and your actual family holds no value for us" are few of them.
6. Lack of mental health compliance policies.
7. Ninja expectations.
8. And the worst: expectation of work on holidays, festivals and on personal days off.

Do not let your desperation or frustration take the front seat while selecting your next place of work. If it goes against your checklist: RUN.

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