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Community User · 10d ago
Is this normal? I interviewed for a role with the potential boss/manager and the person who is leaving - so Id be taking their role basically. The boss was warm and friendly, but the other employee seemed kind of disinterested and it's really thrown me off knowing if it was a good interview or not. Does anyone had this happen before? I feel like it's a bad sign?
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Community User · 3d ago
I've had similar happen before, and I can only assume it means either the person has lost interest in their role and are just there to do handover OR the workplace has some issues, and they are unhappy. People may not always leave over unhappiness, but this would make me think something is going on.
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Daryl · 2d ago
Procurement Officer
Don't put weight on the person leaving, as the others said, they're will 100% checked out. I would however want to know why they're leaving... what the rest of the team are like, what the environment is, the team culture. They may genuinely not have fitted in the team but, it also might be a bad work environment so, see if you can look into that.
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Sienna · 9d ago
I wonder if they were already pretty much checked out, and possibly so invested in whatever they are going to next, that the interview wasn't their priority. Does not excuse the behaviour, but it may not necessarily be anything you did, or didnt do. It also could be a sign that something isnt right in the workplace, but if everything else seems great, I wouldnt focus on it too much.
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SEEK Admin · 13h ago
Thanks for jumping in to share advice everyone. This really is a bit of an unusual situation to have on your plate Community User.
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