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I had applied for a position about a month or two before GPAC looked me up. At that time the recruiter of a different company told me I was too much of a generalist. However, when GPAC spoke with me I didn't know who the company was. Had over an hour and a half of just getting to know them and they getting to know me, all over the phone. Towards the end they started going over the position in greater detail and where and what the company does. So I asked, as it sounded familiar, if it was the same place? It was. They still liked me as a candidate so they pressed forward and sent my resume to the engineering manager. They sold that company to me like no other. "If I was an an up and coming engineer in (your city) this is where I would want to work for the next ten years." Statements like that, over and over and over. It was a local company that went through some recent turmoil but had a solid historical reputation of being good to work for and hard to get into. I was coming from a company location that was failing so my questions were decidedly about finances, strength of orders, diversity of products, market strength, and so forth. Every question had a predetermined answer spit right back. It was awesome. Went on a face to face with the engineering manager a week or two later. I already the same questions and got very similar answers; all positive. He sent me an offer later that afternoon. I accepted the next day. GPAC called me and again talked up the place, congratulating me on the position. My first week, started out VERY slow. By day four, I had somehow gotten copied in on a vendor email that had not been paid in over six months. I asked a fellow engineer that was sort of mentoring me into the company and he let loose about the financial position they were in and said it sucks that I just joined as things looked dire. Four months to the day, everyone in the facility was laid off indefinitely due to lack of work. Lesson learnt. They lied through their teeth.