Bring your kid to work day

This is not my story but someone I used to work with a decade ago. I remember the story because it was so insane. I almost didn’t believe it at first but some of my other reps used to work at the comp

This is not my story but someone I used to work with a decade ago. I remember the story because it was so insane. I almost didn’t believe it at first but some of my other reps used to work at the company and remembered hearing about it…and they knew the sales manager who pulled this. The guy was interviewing as an inside sales rep for a company called fiberlink (they’ve since been purchased by IBM). He was prepared and had multiple phone interviews before being brought into interview with the sales manager. It was ‘bring your kid to work day’ and people in the office had brought their kids in…including the guy interviewing my pal. My pal waited in a conference room for 30 minutes before the manager came in (late by 20 mins) with his daughter in tow. The manager introduced his 11 year old daughter, explained it was being your kid to work day…and proceeded to tell my pal that his daughter would be conducting the interview. At first he thought it was a joke, but to his shock the kid had a list of questions to ask. She started off reading, “why do think my dad should hire you?” My friend was shocked. He looked at the manager and asked, “Is this serious?” The manager informed him that he was indeed serious, and that he was teaching his kid what his job was. My friend told the guy flat out that he was there to speak to HIM not his daughter, and that he was a serious candidate who had taken time off from work to come in for this interview. The manager told him he obviously didn’t want the gig that bad if he wasn’t willing to interview for the role. At this point my friend stood up and told the guy he didn’t want to work there since it was obvious they didn’t respect their employees or his time. This effing manager turned to his kid and said, “this is what we call a loser”. My friend was so pissed off that he was prepared to fight the guy, and asked him if he wanted to take it outside. My friend was told to leave. He was humiliated. I had never heard of something so insulting. I mentioned the name of the company because …eff that place.