Getting a job by doing tricky

[snopes]

Comment: A gentleman that applied for a job, was turned down, and showed
up the following monday and walked into HR and told them that he was there
to fill out paper work. In the confusion he filled out the paper work and
started working for the company. About a week - week and a half later he
ran into the HR person that had denied him the job which was when it was
found out that he just showed up and started working.

Unfortunately never heard a company name or the persons name.

[annabohly]

Dang, why didn't I think of that!!!!

[Diehard]

Wasn't this played out on the show King of Queens?

[Artemis]

A couple of variations of this happened on "Seinfeld," with George.
There's an episode where he's not sure if he's been offered the job and the guy who offered it to him is out for the week. So he just comes in, hangs around, reorganizes files in an accordian folder, and then the guy who "hired" him returns.

In another episode, he's in a meeting where he yells that he quits and leaves. Regretting it almost immediately, he comes back to work the next day, pretending that the incident didn't happen.

[lynnejanet]

I vaguely remember a Michael J Fox movie that included that idea in the plot.

[geminilee]

The Secret of my Success! I loved that movie, when I was a teenager. Of course, I had a huge crush on Michael, so my liking it probably had little to with the plot.

maybe I should try this since I have no problem finding jobs and getting interviews but have yet to find someone to hire me.

[RichardM]

Well, it sort of happened to me. I had sent out hundreds of resumes with little success. But a head hunter got me an interview and a job offer. The Saturday before I was to report for work, I got a letter from the company that had already hired me saying that they had received my resume but did not have a position for me. I ignored that letter and went to work any way.

[Victoria J]

Am I the only person who keeps seeing this thread title and thinking "Who's Tricky ?"...

Victoria - dirty mind - J

[diddy]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: A gentleman that applied for a job, was turned down, and showed
up the following monday and walked into HR and told them that he was there
to fill out paper work. In the confusion he filled out the paper work and
started working for the company. About a week - week and a half later he
ran into the HR person that had denied him the job which was when it was
found out that he just showed up and started working.

Unfortunately never heard a company name or the persons name.

What that gentleman neglected to mention was that the HR manager promptly called security and had him kicked out for trespassing and because of that, never got a real job there again.

Getting to the point though, why would anybody attempt to work for a company where you weren't assured that you were on the payroll?

Originally Posted by RichardM

The Saturday before I was to report for work, I got a letter from the company that had already hired me saying that they had received my resume but did not have a position for me. I ignored that letter and went to work any way.

And...?

Did you get paid? Did you keep your "job"?

Seems risky at best...

As a semi-related aside, I had a friend who got a job offer from a company. When he called to accept it, they told him that they wanted to have an additional interview with him. He came in, and it was discovered that at his current job he was making about 20% less money than their offer, so they prompty re-offered the job at significantly less than their original offer.

He wanted to leave his existing job, so he accepted anyway. I told him to run like hell... As it turned out, he got a different offer, which he accepted the Friday before he was to start at the other company, leaving them high and dry which I thought was incredibly funny and served them right...

-Tim

Originally Posted by MissBethiepoo

maybe I should try this since I have no problem finding jobs and getting interviews but have yet to find someone to hire me.

Well, you're either having really bad luck, or there's some issue with your interviewing that you should try to resolve. Evidently your resume is good enough to get called in, but you're getting passed over after the interview... You should try to line up a 'mock interview' with a hiring manager in your field. It wouldn't be for a 'real job' but only to offer feedback on your interviewing skills and what you can do to better present yourself as a candidate.

When I was a senior in college they recommended this for everyone-- they even brought in interviewers to campus to do this (again, not for recruiting, but only to hone your skills -- they brought in 'real' interviewers as well for recruiting purposes).

-Tim

[RichardM]

Originally Posted by Rehcsif

And...?

Did you get paid? Did you keep your "job"?

Seems risky at best...



-Tim

Worked for them for 5 years. It was a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing.

Originally Posted by Victoria J

Am I the only person who keeps seeing this thread title and thinking "Who's Tricky ?"...

Not quite, but along the same lines--when I looked at the title I thought "doing tricky" was a euphemism for sex that I hadn't heard before.

[Esprise Me]

Originally Posted by Rehcsif

Well, you're either having really bad luck, or there's some issue with your interviewing that you should try to resolve.

Agreed--I've never made it as far as the interview and not gotten the job. I come across better in person than I do on paper; apparently, I need to work on my resume!

[Griffin2020]

Originally Posted by Artemis

A couple of variations of this happened on "Seinfeld," with George.
There's an episode where he's not sure if he's been offered the job and the guy who offered it to him is out for the week. So he just comes in, hangs around, reorganizes files in an accordian folder, and then the guy who "hired" him returns.

In another episode, he's in a meeting where he yells that he quits and leaves. Regretting it almost immediately, he comes back to work the next day, pretending that the incident didn't happen.

And there was one episonde where Kramer "went to work" for a company without being hired.

Originally Posted by Class Bravo

Not quite, but along the same lines--when I looked at the title I thought "doing tricky" was a euphemism for sex that I hadn't heard before.

I saw the title and instantly had Run DMC start playing in my head.

[Mad Jay]

Originally Posted by lynnejanet

I vaguely remember a Michael J Fox movie that included that idea in the plot.

Is that the one where he is hired to deliver mail, but he doubles up as an executive? IMO, The movie was quite silly, but Micheal J Fox made it bearable

This snope seems to totally depend on the HR group. In my experience, the paperwork that "non-confused" HR managers make you fill out is often related to an employment screening. For example, see Employment Screening FAQS

The trouble with these screens is that they take some time to complete. So the HR manager would likely get a call 2 weeks later about the "screened" employee. Once this happens, the game is over. The employee would never make it passed week 2.

So I guess, the key to this TRICK is to look for incompetent human resource managers. Good luck...

[OptimusShr]

Originally Posted by Victoria J

Am I the only person who keeps seeing this thread title and thinking "Who's Tricky ?"...

I actually post on a message board where a user has "Tricky" in their screen name.

Maybe I should post this there...