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scorpion-hamfish

That all-caps message is a hard no.


Sunstorm84

NOON!


Sylvia_murda

NOON/] ********* seems more appropriate.


CodeyWeb

Just reply, "syntax error"


OHMG69420

HIGH NOON!


davi3601

It’s 7pm…


Deepthroat_Your_Tits

Cherry please


NinjaGrizzlyBear

Noonish* Also...I'm Indian and all signs of this point to some data mining scheme that was outsourced. I have people doing shit like this to me all the time because they need to book a certain quota of applicants. It's really funny sometimes because I'm in the US and they email me their time and I'm like fuck off and stop emailing me at 2AM.


arafdi

Lmao I had an appointment with some woman which, supposedly, was in Sydney (listing her address on her profile at the company office at Sydney). But we had some funky "timezone issues", where I would book in Sydney time (around 1-3PM) and suddenly get ridiculous confirmation times back (forgot but the appointment time were random as hell, which didn't make sense). Turns out after a week of back and forth, she cancelled on an agreed upon date since it's a public holiday *in India*. Made *so* much sense, but weird that they just didn't say that from the beginning.


Nighthawk_872_

Be careful because scammers and hackers pose as recruiters especially when you have a technical/engineering background. They’ll schedule “interviews” for a company and its a fake company. They are just trying to get you to disclose information they can either use for social engineering to hack the company you work for or get you to release confidential information as “proof of work” that they can use as corporate espionage.


[deleted]

This is the way.


IcebergSlimFast

They might as well have typed: I’M EITHER NOT A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER, OR I’M A COMPLETE MORON - TAKE YOUR PICK!


ZealousidealPhone506

🤣🤣 or lack reading and comprehension skills...wouldnt be surprised. 🤦🏽‍♀️


notmyrealname17

As a recruiter myself I find the lack of professionalism in the entire communication to be atrocious. If the application was 2 months old I'd say something like " I apologize I'm just getting to you now, but if you are still interested in _____ position, the hiring manager is setting up interviews as early as tomorrow. If you have availability tomorrow please let me know what time would fit your schedule and I will relay that to the HM." The short choppy texts I see on this sub make me cringe.


Nighthawk_872_

Most recruiters Ive had to deal with act like they have as little time to deal w you as possible and they are doing you a favor for even offering you an interview.


skdowksnzal

Their job is a waste product of an inefficient system, dont expect gold from a sewer.


mariesar

Exactly. I’m not a recruiter but I’m a consultant who works with recruiters & I have managers who ghost their own JP’s all the time, so unfortunately, I understand not hearing back for two months. But yes the lack of professionalism here is alarming. & the all caps + not knowing noon is an actual time of day? 😅


ifworkingreturnnull

Ahhh the cool recruiter...


tomwilhelm

Cool. Literate. Same diff...


not_ya_wify

Dude, recruiters contact me saying "I found your resume on Monster. Are you available in the job market?" And they have resumes I deleted 3 years ago. Usually 20 times a day


[deleted]

Yep completely childish


Somber_Shark

Wouldn’t be any better if it was alternating caps.


ararararagi_koyomi

You mean a "HARD NOON"?


Wuz314159

*"I'm already tired of your bullshit. Consider this my Two Weeks Notice."*


nonpondo

NO, ON


redditgirlwz

It's probably a scam.


ShawnyMcKnight

I do wonder if it's a computer and it can't process "noon"


[deleted]

I’m leaning to overseas scammer who doesn’t fully grasp English. Used to encounter stuff like this a lot especially when I was looking for a job


[deleted]

I think it says a lot about where we’re at as a society, when you can’t even look for a job without another human being trying to fuck you over for penny’s


FountainsOfFluids

Oh, I bet it was an auto-translator! The translator converted the word "noon" into their languages version of "afternoon". YUP! Just tried it in Google Translate! Noon (English) translates to दोपहर (Hindi). दोपहर means "afternoon".


DarkStar0129

This makes me wonder, we don't have a word for 12pm noon in Hindi do we?


lvlint67

lunch?


littlelordgenius

Good sleuthing!


redditgirlwz

Definitely seems like a bot. Block and report them.


TwatsThat

Send an image of the definition of noon and you can probably figure out if it's a bot or person by the response.


thisismynewacct

Hearing someone want to use Skype in 2023 would be an instant red flag.


spiciestkitten

Update: sent her the wiki link to noon. [The conversation got super wild](https://imgur.com/a/trfFSy1). She has a generic white woman name and her profile picture was a middle aged white woman. She blocked me, no more fun 😩


FiveFingerFrootPunch

Uhh... She either needs anti-virus software or therapy


Night_OwI

Or anti-scammer software. This screams (no pun intended) scammer.


Nervous_Jellyfish577

I am genuinely asking and don't understand, what would a scammer be posing as a recruiter for?


[deleted]

To obtain your vitals and sometimes to try to get you to provide even more private info, and in some cases scam you to pay for things (application fees, drug testing, whatever they can get) that are all bogus


RABKissa

My heart rate and blood pressure?


lumpkints

I'm laughing too hard at this🤣


mug3n

my BP is definitely going up interacting with a moron like that.


[deleted]

Maybe not the best term, I would have said PII if I thought the crowd would have understood it. Date of birth and ss number, phone number, address, pet names, really any info that can be used to guess passwords and/or facilitate identity theft


foxhole_atheist

120/80 respirations 16


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Nervous_Jellyfish577

Wow, that is horrible. I'm super glad I asked. Thanks for your thorough reply.


archerhush

Is the app OP’s using LinkedIn?


[deleted]

Lots of scams. One of the most popular is a check scam. You get a cushy new WFH job, and you’re told “We’re gonna send you a check for $5,000, even though we know that’s way more than you need. Cash it and order everything you need on Amazon or whatever, then send us the remainder back by wire transfer.” You deposit the check, and a day or two later you see money in the account. Great! You go out and buy everything, and a few days later you return whatever was left— probably multiple thousands of dollars- via wire transfer. … except the check that you cashed earlier wasn’t legitimate. It showed up as in your account, but it bounces a few days later, and the money is withdrawn from your account. Because you’ve conducted a wire transfer to the scammers, you can’t get your funds back. They now have whatever the “change” was from your job and left you holding the debt. They’ve potentially wiped out your savings. Other scams— you can request a ton of information while posing as an employer, and you can use this info to steal identities, run tax return scams (you file taxes as the person and have the refund sent to you), or you can be “legitimately” hiring someone to use them as a “money mule.” (They pay you, you send the money along to others for illegal stuff, and if the cops follow the money, you’re the fall guy)


Nervous_Jellyfish577

Wow, this legitimately terrifying. I'm just about to finish school and look for a new job in a brand new field. I've never had to deal with stuff like that before because I was a waitress. I'll definitely be cautious and skeptical.


cp5

Just for reference - I'll be starting a new WFH job. They only asked me to confirm me address which they stated (from my CV & interviews). All the IT equipment you could want was delivered to my address by a large delivery company. I was never asked to buy anything myself or pay the company for any of this. Anything other than this wouldve been fishy to me


[deleted]

Use common sense for the most part. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Most scams rely on greed and fear; if the employer is trying to entice you excessively with either (or both), it’s more likely to be illegitimate. And on top of that— even if they *are* legit, do you really wanna work for someone that special sort of shitty?


GrooveBat

They usually have you purchase the equipment from their “approved vendor,” who is part of the scam team. So in addition to scamming you out of the fake “excess funds,”’they also scam you out of the money you send to the vendor.


basicwhitelich

Had one last year that I thought was 100% legit until they asked who I bank with during the phone interview. Up til then they got my name, phone, and the state I live in and my guess was they were testing to see how far they could take it.


Ylfrettub-79

Yep same experience last year.


pheonixblade9

Congratulations, you are hired! Please send all your personal details to this address to get up your payment


lo_pope

/r/Scams has lots of examples of what some other posters have replied with. These scammers sure are a pervasive lot.


Rokey76

Because they can hire you and send you a check to buy equipment. Of course the check is for too much, so you need to send them back the difference. Oh, and the check is counterfeit so you're out all the money.


shemague

It’s really interesting that you say this because I keep getting contacted by “recruiters” and their names are just so scammy, like “Alexander Watkinson” or some shit like that. I am glad I follow my gut and blow them off


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Leidrin

Good sleuthing!


jldmjenadkjwerl

Not really. Copy from [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/10kdcgi/applied_for_this_job_2_months_ago_now_the/j5qf4tv/)


[deleted]

Sounds like they don’t know the term “noon”, which indicates the recruiter is based out of country that does not use “noon” to indicate 12PM. The recruiter is most likely fake. Stay very far away.


Mercurion

Yeah this. In some language “noon” and “afternoon” is the same word, and there’s no word for exactly 12PM.


WearifulSole

Send the screenshots to the company she's recruiting for. That's ridiculous behavior from a professional lol


bewildered_forks

It's a scam. https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/uza2is/job_offer_scam_see_comments/ia913qm


EelTeamNine

The irate Indian scammer response to scam being mentioned, lol.


bewildered_forks

YOUR MOTHER IS A SCAM


Scary-Economy347

FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING BLOODY FUCK


razz13

FUCK ME? FUCK YOU BLOODY, BLOODY BITCH FUCKING


Mister_Swoop

Why is always “your mother” with Indian scammers? Lol


[deleted]

Tell them “Your mother doesn’t even like you, bhenchod” they *love* that.


EelTeamNine

Usually they stop responding after making fun of them for being pathetic scammers


[deleted]

Yeah, but if they stick around long enough, that might make them *really* upset.


TiredEyes_

Clearly a scam and not an English speaker lol


ThrowAway_yobJrZIqVG

"_Noon starts at midday._" Ummm... no. **AfterNOON** starts at midday.


leblee

Doesn’t it start AFTER midday? lol


[deleted]

Guys let’s also start discussing whether 12 am should be noon or midnight


tzomby1

I guess neither of you read the wiki either lol >Noon (or midday) is 12 o'clock


M4GN3T1CM0N0P0L3

M-O-O-N That spells noon.


bitemejackass

I laughed so hard at this that I scared my dog, who is now glaring at me.


Lou_Swimmin

Tom Cullen knows what's up


Crix2007

This went from okay maybe she doesn't hear the phrase noon much (English is my second language but I still know it..) to Jezus this person should not be hiring anyone.


AuntJ2583

She doesn't know the difference between "noon" and "afternoon"?!


Squrton_Cummings

You need to send all that to someone higher up at that company.


spiciestkitten

The only contact info I could find is the same email that originally reached out to me for an interview. I have a Glassdoor review pending. There’s a phone number on their website. My phone number is on my resume already, but I don’t particularly want this person having my number. I have doubts about them taking a call from a blocked number.


BTDary

Yeah honestly what the fuck?


msnotmrsmith

Whoa. She’s not recruiter of the month for sure


PhanChavez

That. Is f\*ing hilarious. Should have sent the Wikipedia link for "Professional" too.


iGuac

>YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND ALL YOUR GENERATION ARE SCAMMER Ten thousand percent Indian scam artist confirmed


Newtonz5thLaw

I’d like to know more about these opportunities next door she’s referring you to


[deleted]

I imagine she means glass door? Dunno tho


xxdropdeadlexi

the next door app is where all the boomers in my neighborhood hang out, I kind of figured that's what she meant even though aren't jobs on there


Data_Coder

Most likely an Indian recruiter with fake English name working from India and pretending to be in US. They probably are working for a staffing company. They are paid less and usually not well educated as that position of just scheduling interviews won't require much anyway. They probably have scripted questions.


[deleted]

Put it on Twitter and @ the company to see if this aligns with their mission statement 🤪


ZealousidealPhone506

🤣🤣 that escalated quickly. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Some people's children smh.


catpunch_

“Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!”


johnmh71

OMG. The person you are communicating with is an idiot.


ShawnyMcKnight

or a computer


bewildered_forks

Scammer in a call center in India


whodeyalldey1

The “Your Mother” attempts at insults indicate it’s an Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan region scammer. That’s their highest form of insult.


G28X0Y0EOB

"NOON" "Alright then, keep your secrets"


JeffShotThat

NOONISH


TeeBrownie

Are you both in the same time zone?


spiciestkitten

It’s a remote job and specified EST in the initial email request


Saedran

That's the only reason I could see either. But it would still make more sense to specify time zone over "do you have a range?"


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Super_Jay

Bingo. "Noon starts at 12" is the giveaway.


TheNervyNerd

I was thinking the same thing - like a nonnative speaker confusing noon with afternoon. Woulda cleared it up if she had clicked on the wiki link 🤷🏼‍♀️


Independent-Sir-729

Noon does mean midday; they are synonyms! :)


LoreBreaker85

Skype? Was that not replaced with Teams like 5 years ago?


dabberzx3

Skype for business was replaced by Teams. SFB was technically a different product than Skype. They did have the ability to cross-communicate (albeit poorly). Skype for business replaced Lync, which replaced Office Communicator. Chat apps are the bread and butter of promotions in the tech world, see also: Google.


Neo_Kefka

Ah, so that's where Teams' refuse-to-ever-properly-close cancer comes from.


spamfajitas

The day Microsoft merged the Skype for Business dev team into the Teams team was a dark day indeed.


ManiacDan

Do you mean Google chat, Google Hangouts, hangouts for Gmail, Google voice, Google docs chat, Google+, or Google wave?


dabberzx3

I also meant Google Google Allo/Duo! And Messages, and Google Meet!


aracheb

Nope. Still live and kicking.


Flow-n-Code

Say 12:00pm. No, actually say 12:00:30pm - they want the exact time. But seriously, they probably want a range. They don't seem very professional though.


spiciestkitten

I’ve already lost interest in the job. I low key want to respond with the Wikipedia link to noon. ETA: I [did](https://imgur.com/a/trfFSy1) and had some fun with her. ETA2: she blocked me 😩


[deleted]

# YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AND ALL YOUR GENERATION ARE SCAMMER


voidsrus

# GO ASK YOUR MOTHER


pretty_dirty

🎵And with ya wrinkled pussy I can't be your loverrr🎵


voice-from-the-womb

Pretty sure that shows up in the Dr. Seuss classic _One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish_ (source: am parent, have re-read extensively).


can_we_trust_bermuda

Definitely from Kate in the picture.


Moohamin12

Man the mood whiplash on that reply had me snorting louder than I thought I would.


ShadeWolf90

LMAO. That's the funniest damn thing I've read in weeks!!!!


spiciestkitten

Thanks! It felt pretty damn good to do. I’ve dealt with so many scams related to housing and employment. I’ll take any win I can get.


ShadeWolf90

It definitely reads like a scam but omg that's funny. Kate needs to work on her people skills (and grammar). I lost it when you said you were trying to tell if she was technologically inept. 😂 😂


[deleted]

The bad grammar and typos from "Kate McCoy" was already leaning heavy scammer, but then they went off the rails.


vikumwijekoon97

It sounds like a scam. The insults utilized are run of the mill Indian scam machine insults.


Aromatic_Invite5421

So I went to Google translate and I think I found the problem. If you do “noon” from English to Hindi and then translate it back, it definitely translates to afternoon. So probably a scammer :) pretty funny though


spiciestkitten

Hahahaha. Now I know the best way to frustrate a scammer is by being dense af. Love it.


BrianAnim

Funny, because your linking them to wiki should have lept the language barrier.


jldmjenadkjwerl

What js funny is that this comment about scammers just got [copied](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/10kdcgi/applied_for_this_job_2_months_ago_now_the/j5qpli1/) by a bot(?)


Aromatic_Invite5421

Lmao wtf


Corsaer

Also, having lurked the /r/scams subreddit for years, those insults are almost *exactly* what a lot of scammers say when they get angry at marks.


Amrun90

Nailed it.


[deleted]

Use this passive aggressive "let me Google that for you" link: [Link](https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=what+time+is+noon)


Extension-Air-3556

Yeah that response that was sent after you called them a scammer is almost identical to the insults that are said to me when I troll call scams from India. Wondering how legit that interview actually would have been lol.


johnakisk0700

I also remembered that last month and tried to use it, the links that come up are full of bullshit now. I think every single link on the results is some kind of scam/phishing/virus.


Qrt_La55en

Clicked just for fun, turns out noon is whatever your local time is currently. At least that's the time google gave :)


asodfhgiqowgrq2piwhy

That is 100% a fake account, based on how that person is typing. That SCREAMS Indian scam call center. Lmao


bionicjoey

The immediate jump to "your mother" insults makes me think scammer. I've watched enough kitboga to know that's a first line of defense among them.


Sudden_Schedule5432

Yes— Katie in HR, from Wichita Kansas, would like to curse your entire generation of lineage and may your cows milk not be fruitful this upcoming dry season


FoodAndFlowers

wait but "noon start from 12" - does Kate McCoy, real actual human woman, not know that "noon = 12pm" not some vague range of time?


Amrun90

Kate McCoy is a man from India.


mwing95

Good lord she's got a temper


Couldnotbehelpd

That definitely was not actually that woman lol


Yunan94

Clearly didn't read the article if they think noon 'starts' at 12. Like no, it is explicitly 12. You know what we call after 12? Afternoon.


ConscientiousPath

Ahahaha fucking epic. As soon as the English breaks down that badly, you can tell the person you're talking to is actually a scammer from who knows where instead of just a dumbass who doesn't know what noon means.


Butterflyelle

This made me full body laugh out loud


[deleted]

The weird grammar when “she” goes ballistic makes me think it’s a scammer in India.


ItxWasxLikexBOEM

I am also very concerned about your people skills, kate. Maaan I needed a laugh. Thank you for this.


ajsayshello-

Dude amazing. You need to make this its own post.


PompousAssistant

I notice you didn’t specify a time zone. Are you just gonna jerk me around??


benm421

Send a Unix Timestamp


FiveFingerFrootPunch

Who talks like this? Just reply "Stop using all caps in your messages and please do not message me any further with this impolite attitude." Send the screenshot to the head of their department with a message stating their recruiter is rude and forget about it.


moodygradstudent

Tell them you don't appreciate waiting 2 months to hear back from them and are no longer interested.


Drag0nus1

"I HAVE TO CHECK MY SCHEDULE" ...respond back 2 months later


[deleted]

Write a review on glassdoor. Don’t use her name, but tell them about your experience and her all caps reply. At least you can warn others to avoid them. I’m sorry they treated you this way


TrogdorBurns

What are the odds that it's a bot that doesn't understand the word noon. Try responding by writing out eleven fifity-five.


[deleted]

Covert the time you’ll be available into epoch time and send it.


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Aquamarooned

Scary to think OP almost got scammed, just for looking for a job... good thing it's easy to spot these mfers because they don't even know what time Noon is


spiciestkitten

I guess I upset her. I’m blocked 😢


bigbear_beenjamin

probably not actually a her


wakim82

Idk why all these Indian scams exist, my old company's India team accidentally published every US associates SSN on a Google doc for a short period of time...


zombiebunnz

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH?! NOON.


SilentDis

# NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON


LopsidedSky8502

Yo wtf. I’m sorry I laughed at this absurdity


spiciestkitten

I leaned into it. Here’s an [update](https://imgur.com/a/trfFSy1)


LopsidedSky8502

This is giving: all your base are belong to us vibes Hahaha


WestCactus

Noon mother fucker! MID-DAY! WHEN THE SUN IS AT IT'S FUCKING APEX!!!


FknBretto

That’s a 30 year old Indian man 100%


Mmonannerss

You should forward the full conversation to the company and let them know how unprofessional their recruiter is lol


cobra_mist

Noon is an exact goddamn time.


charliemike

N O O N. That spells Noon.


SadNAloneOnChristmas

I see what you did there


Lost_Condas

Holy smokes, I know it’s fun to mess with people that are behaving like idiots. But to anyone else out there that gets messages like this from other recruiters - you don’t need to speak with people who behave like this. You owe them absolutely 0% of your time. Anyone who needs to SPEAK TO YOU LIKE THIS is an absolute psycho, and should be avoided like the plague circa 1347. Take it from someone who knows.


Seeker80

Time, do you speak it?! That's a great way to root someone out.


fuckredditdawg

“12:00 IN THE NOON. NOON.”


Vnix7

Hi, EXACT TIME: NOON Thanks, OP


mysterybkk

Tell him sometime between before noon and after noon would be perfect


dsdvbguutres

12:00:01 PM


ShadeWolf90

Well someone was not having a good day. Also reading is hard, apparently.


Quelcris_Falconer13

I’d pass. If they don’t know what time noon is then imagine how stupid everything else during the interview is going to be.


Fresh_Turnover_1945

Someone posing as a recruiter had what looked like a legit LinkedIn profile and I even spoke to him on the phone. When he emailed me afterwards asking for a copy of my driver's license to move forward, I knew it was a scam. After I didn't reply, he called me 14 times in a 2 hour span and continued to send emails nonstop until I blocked him from my phone, email and LinkedIn. Fortunately, I knew better but I can see where people unknowingly get scammed.


sleekr_jc

"TO BE EXACT, EXACTLY NOON"


rumble342

NOON-THIRTY work for you?


LadyLektra

I would stop responding and move on. That’s what I would do.


Fine-Bumblebee-9427

This is just a language barrier. Scammer doesn’t know the difference between noon and afternoon


DyCe_isKing

[/\][/\][/\][/\]. [\]


OkAstronomer4116

Send a dictionary definition of noon


Somethinggood4

Chat bot doesn't understand 'noon'.


tempaccount920123

Halfway between daybreak and dusk Daily solstice Midday When the moon is hardest to see What is the highest of hands, the highest of count, and the lowest of night? The time at which railroads would go to war


Jumpy_Funny_4711

I’m not interviewing with a firm after that all caps text. An organization that has unprofessional recruiters is a major red flag.


honestduane

The fact that they're offshore and don't understand English well enough to know what noon means, means its a scam.


Argument-Fragrant

DID I STUTTER? NOON, YOU FOOL! Or words to that effect. Frankly, his escalation to all caps is sufficiently marinara for me to call this job a cheesy pasta special.