This process started with a phone interview with a recruiter, 30 minutes, then a phone interview with the General Manager, 30 minutes, then onsite interview with the General Manager, 1.5 hours, then onsite interview with the Regional Ops Mgr, and Regional HR Mgr, 1 hour. Just before completing this lengthy and time consuming process, I was told that they were actually looking to hire for an Operations Manager Shipping for their shipping department, a swing shift position with later hours, This was a 'bait and switch' approach that they used just to get applicants who are as almost as desperate for a job as they are to fill their numerous open positions. After interviewing, I was told there would be a follow up call for my interest in the shipping position, a position I didn't originally apply for, the following week. The GM followed up with a call and asked if I was interested in the Operations Manager Shipping position, a swing shift position, and I said that it wouldn't work for me. Over a week later, I received a very generic email that said I am no longer being considered for the position. Please note that this company requires 5 work references, 2 from former managers or supervisors, managed by a 3rd party company. You have to continually pester former colleagues and managers to respond to this survey in order to advance in the process. This practice is totally unprofessional and places the entire burden of references on you, instead of the hiring manager or HR. If this company had been truthful in what they were truly hiring for, I wouldn't have put my references through this unnecessary process and wouldn't have wasted so much time and energy.
