The hiring manager [30sF] where I [30sF] am interviewing is someone I fired last year.

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A Redditor shared their predicament after realizing the hiring manager for their upcoming interview is someone they fired from a previous role. The situation is tense, as the former employee had described the user as having a bad temper, which contributed to her dismissal. Now, the Redditor wonders if they should proceed with the interview or step away. Read the full story below.

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‘ The hiring manager [30sF] where I [30sF] am interviewing is someone I fired last year.’

I hired a girl over the summer. She didn’t make it through her probationary period. She came highly recommended by her references; she was a fast learner, had worked through a merger and helped it go through seamlessly. I thought she was terrible at her job with my company and fired her on her 89th day.

On her exit interview, she stated that she felt she had been poorly trained and that my temper made her worried about asking for further training, stating that I blew up on her when she asked for clarification on something a few weeks in. She then packed her things and left without so much as another word.

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I found out through a mutual friend the day she was fired she was offered her job back with a $3 an hour raise and added responsibilities despite having quit just days into her two week notice. Well, my boss had to lay us all of because of recent events.

When I called and got an interview, the woman who spoke to me said that the hiring manger/trainer would be seeing me in the office despite it being closed and everyone working remotely. I was given her name and I instantly felt sick because it was her.

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I didn’t realize the company had changed their name since I had seen her resume. Should I even go to the interview? I admit, I do have a pretty bad temper that she had witnessed within days of being hired, but I was great at my job. I know her company is desperately hiring workers to meet demand and I need the job.

Take a look at the comments from fellow users:

vivalaramones −  Maybe this experience will teach you how to treat people in positions below you. You never know when those “people” might one day be above you and you will regret having behaved so awfully.

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MammothPapaya0 −  You blew up at someone at work and didn’t sincerely apologise for your actions. This is karma

gwcommentthrow −  Have you ever posted a picture of Marilyn Monroe on Facebook with the caption “If you can’t handle me at my worst, you don’t deserve me at my best?” I admit, I do have a pretty bad temper that she had witnessed within days of being hired. Tempers, much like arseholes, shouldn’t be shown off in work. They’re both disgusting and unprofessional.

Noononsense −  You know what they say. Be nice to people you pass on the way up for you may pass them again on the way down.

roadtrip-ne −  How the turntables

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egru-no −  Having an obvious bad temper and yelling at employees is extremely unprofessional. She either wants to tell you off, now that she’s in the position of power, or she wants to see if you have reflected on your behaviour and have improved.

If you feel that you can handle that and show her how you have improved since, then go for it. It’ll feel good to apologise and the worst that can happen is she starts yelling and you leave.

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Lavatis −  she knows the interview is with you because she’s seen your name by this point. if you don’t go then not only are you weak willed, it shows you can’t even live up to your past mistakes. If you go into the interview and she gives you a shot, it will absolutely show you who the bigger person is.

Beat9 −  I admit, I do have a pretty bad temper that she had witnessed within days of being hired, but I was great at my job.
If part of your job was training new hires then evidently you weren’t that great at it.

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hikingboots_allineed −  First of all, stop calling her a girl. She’s a woman and being called a girl when you’re in your 30s is demeaning. Personally I’d still go to the interview to practise but with the understanding that you probably won’t get the job. You admitted you have a temper, she also mentioned that, and that she had been poorly trained.

It sounds like you offered no psychological safety, which is recognised as important for learning, and that would be a negative for her team and bringing you on board. Really, I think this is a learning moment for you about controlling your temper and changing how you treat your colleagues.

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HungUpTheJersey −  Oh sweet karma! You act like an a**hole to one of your employees and it just comes back around. Take this as a lesson to treat people how you’d like to be treated. Go to the interview if you want, just know you’ll be wasting your time.. Score:. Assholes: 0. Karma: Infinity

Should the Redditor take the chance and attend the interview, hoping to prove their professionalism, or would walking away be a wiser choice given the history? How would you handle such an awkward dynamic in a professional setting? Share your thoughts below!

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