Your wisdom for job interviewing via Zoom? Not the typical....

i had multiple interviews so I thoroughly prepared by researching and creating my scripts. 1st interview: The recruiter was welcoming and asked all the questions I prepared. 2nd interview: The recruiter read the job description again and gave a brief history about the company before asking my availability to meet the hiring manager.Script wasn't needed but still great that I made it 3rd interview: Recruiter was invisible because I was ghosted

I recently started a new job and it is fantastic. My boss is great....to a fault. He is very open to my ideas and really respects my opinion. However, I can tell he is just bursting at the seams with a desire to overshare about his past, his ex-wife and stuff like that. I have a lot of respect for him, and because of that, I really don't want to know this stuff. I think a therapist would be better. When he starts bringing it up, I try to change the subject or not respond. Sometimes I just want to tell him that because I respect him I think talking with someone outside the workplace might be better. Has anyone gone through this - what has worked and what were the results? Thank you Fairygodboss community!

I got hired for a contract job 2 weeks ago. The first impression was already horrible, they sent me the contract to fill out and send it back, in return they would send me the training materials and the login info for the actual job. I filled out the contract and sent it back in less than 5 minutes from receiving their email (they also required to fill out my DOB and last 4 of SSN). I didn’t receive the response for 4-5 hours and I sent a simple follow-up email just asking for a confirmation that they received my contract. The next day I got an email saying thank you for the application but we are not onboarding any more contractors. I called the company and talked to the manager saying that I already received the Congratulations email and signed the contract !!!!! Of course, after my frustrated speech about the contract and my personal info given to them, they said it was a misunderstanding and sent the training material etc. I worked on the project for 10 days, absolutely horrendous communication with them, no replies to my questions and requests. Yesterday the CEO sent me an email accusing me in lying about my geolocation and using VPN to falsely show that I am in US and they were sure I wasn’t (when I am indeed in US in my cozy house). I called and was disrespectfully told that I shouldn’t call and communicate via email only. They asked for a link of my profile in one of the social platforms for jobs and didn’t get a response from them. They are supposed to pay me today, but I haven’t received anything yet. What should I do?

This is in addition to the last 4 of my SSN Is this legal? And isn’t this asking for having your identity stolen?

I joined this team a little over a year ago, and unfortunately, I think we’re going under. We have two problem people on our team. The first one, I’ll call Bob, and the second one is his manager, Sally. Bob appears to have no specific accountabilities, which results in him being all over the place and having his hands in others’ accountabilities (in a sneaky way). He has been given feedback about this behavior from nearly everyone on the team, and most of us really dislike working with him. Additionally, Bob does not actually execute any work. He talks, talks, talks - but no actual execution can actually be attributed to him. The problem is, his manager is the same person, and they knew each other from a previous role which is why he was hired. His manager will not correct his behaviors, and his manager spends most of her time competing with other team members at her level. We will be going through a reorganization soon, and not only am I terrified of losing my job, I’m terrified that somehow Bob and Sally will come out on top. Is there anything that can be done?

I'll start. I had an interview as a VP for a very "corporate" company. I dressed in my usual black suit, white shirt for this interview (this was pre-COVID) and headed out on the subway to Manhattan. I took off my jacket, folded it over my lap, had a seat. After about 15 minutes on the train, the train kind of lurched and the man standing in front on me swayed and spilled his coffee down the front of my white shirt. (he felt bad!) My typical luck. I didn't want to be late for the interview so I got off the train and looked around for something, anything to buy quickly (I only had about 20 minutes). I found a NYC gift shop, ducked in and found a pretty decent looking white woman's t-shirt that had a great round neckline. I thought I could put it on under my jacket and it would be a good look. The only thing was, it said "Suck it, I'm a New Yorker" on the front. But with the jacket buttoned up, you couldn't see it. I bought it, the owner let me change in his bathroom (a miracle in NYC) and I got to my interview 5 minutes early! I interviewed with 4 people over 3 hours, and I was feeling pretty good about it! The final interview was with the COO and he wanted to take a walk from one building to another, which we did. It was summer and probably 90 degrees. When i got to the other building 4 blocks away, I was sweating bullets. Instead of going IN the building, he wanted to sit outside in their courtyard and talk more (schmuck). I had a napkin in my pocket and was wiping my face when he started pressuring me to take off my jacket. I kept declining and he seemed to be angry, so I explained about the coffee and the change of shirt. He still pressured me so I took off the jacket and he saw the shirt. Many people would have found my initiative a good thing and laughed at the shirt. He did not. Interview over.