On time is so rare

[HotelMinion]

So the number one thing to do in job interview is to be on time. Pity no one's told the interviewer though.
Today I went to a secured building for an interview. When I arrived, I could see a huge gate that wrapped around. I drove up to the gate....only to find the call box on the right! idk why people design call boxes on the right. This isn't Britain.
Instead of hopping out, I called the interviewer and after a long time, she said that I wasn't supposed to go in there! There was a parking lot that wasn't enclosed. Oh really? So I go to take a better look, and she's right! Great now she thinks I'm an idiot who can't drive...
So I go to park and I'm scanning around, trying to figure out where to enter this gate and I nearly twist my ankle. I'm clumsy as anything but seriously? Wtf, triply gods?
So I right myself up and hope that no one saw that, even tho there are cameras everywhere and finally make it into the office where the interviewer isn't there! I tell the receptionist and she calls for him.
20 min later I'm waiting and I'm really pissed off, though I'm trying not to show it. I'm considering just making a dash for my car. Obviously there were bad signs that someone is trying to tell me that this job is bad.
The interview went well Though, and I got all hopeful when I was told they give raises here. Raise? What's that? I found it really ironic that he said that attendance and BEING ON TIME is important. which bring me to my point. How can he want US on time when he is NOT??? My family says that bosses can show up whenever. I think this is unprofessional and bosses should set a good example. What say u??? In the past year I've been on so many interviews and most of them if not all were late.

[EricKei]

How can he want US on time when he is NOT???

There's a terrible epidemic that's been going around businesses for years; it only seems to affect management-level personnel. I believe it's called "Do as we say, not as we do."

[Pixelated]

It seems to imply that their time is extremely valuable ... but the interviewee's is not. Oh, and the interviewee should be grateful they are being granted an audience at all (ask me to kiss the ring and I leave ... )

I would try to assume there was something going on that required the interviewer's attention STAT, but when it happens over and over ... yeah, I start to think the interviewer is just showing off. And it tends to make me wonder IF I actually want that job, and even IF I do, how long I plan to stay ... 'cause with that attitude right from the get-go I have to wonder how they treat their actual employees.

[Blue Ginger]

The longest I had to wait for an interviewer was 1 1/2 hours. Which I was fine with because there was a medical emergency of some kind and the HR person was the first aid person.

BUT the reception people let me know what was happening and they gave me hot chocolate and biscuits while I waited. If I had somewhere else to go that day, I would have rescheduled, but I was unemployed so was fine to wait. I also had a book (because I always have a book) so between that and chatting to the reception staff, I was not bored.

Ended up working there as a mail room temp for nearly 2 months until I moved to a different part of London and didn't want to travel for 2 hours each way.

Any interviewer that makes you wait longer than 5-10 minutes is probably on a power trip. Or is so bad at time keeping that you might not want to work with them.

[RealUnimportant]

First day at my job, orientation sessions only. After a brief tour of the local area office, the orienteerees were scheduled to meet with their direct manager for the next stage. After his boss called him three times, he finally showed up over 2 hours late, and then had the gall to mention his strict requirements for punctuality in the work place. I lost any shred of respect I might have been building. Funnily enough, he was gone within three months...

[Pixelated]

The longest I had to wait for an interviewer was 1 1/2 hours. Which I was fine with because there was a medical emergency of some kind and the HR person was the first aid person.

That is a totally viable reason for the HR person to be late, and it also says a lot about the rest of the staff that they let you know what was going on! (Not to mention the hot chocolate and biscuits. )

[Shyla]

It may be a red flag, it may be something to accept. There's a huge epidemic of bosses not being subject to any rules. I know they're the bosses but they should want to set a decent example. My boss always brought me work that had to be completed that night. So I worked late frequently while he never worked a minute past 8 hours. There were other examples. You could have this problem in lots of jobs. Look at all the aspects of the job.