Would you continue with this?

[u/Christen0526]

Hi all. I answered an ad on Indeed yesterday for a "confidential" company. They answered my resume and want to do video interview today. After seeing the man's name and the address, my fantastic memory popped into gear. After questioning him, I have realized this is the same man I was referred to 2 years ago.

2 years ago, I was referred by a colleague at that time. The man's wife spoke with me first, and she managed to reveal that they were replacing their "older bookkeeper with health problems and bad personality". I thought 'Fuck you bitch', to myself at the time. I'm also an older bookkeeper and I've got arthritis in my hips. I've managed to confirm I have the right people in question. I'm supposed to zoom with him later today. He says he does not recall our chat, but I recall speaking with him in the parking lot of the place that referred me.

Would you proceed with this interview fully knowing what God wife to me 2 years ago? It was so uncaring, that it resonates with me to this day. I think I'll just tell him my reasons and pass.

I just got canned from a job yesterday that I barely started. But I don't want to go from bad to worse right off the bat.

And since he's running his ad as confidential that means he's not retaining anyone in this job in less than 2 years.

Thoughts?

[u/Limp_Service_2320]

Do the interview, but be totally honest and tactful. Don’t tell him what he wants to hear, tell him the brutal truth

[u/Christen0526 → u/Limp_Service_2320]

Well thanks. I did the interview and he cut off at 5pm to take the next zoom call. He wants to try me out on a freelance basis, I have my own D B A

Turns out he's in the same industry as the place I got canned from the vet day before. So when he asked me if knew that industry, I was vague. How ironic to be canned from a firm and the next day face one of the same.

But I'm not sure I want to do freelance with him. I had to reopen my unemployment claim and today I had to fill out the questionnaire, to determine my eligibility. Then if I throw freelance in their, it makes it hard to report.

I've had the worst luck finding a job with my skill set at my age.

But already knowing and never forgetting what his wife said that day, tells me a lot about them.

I talked to a pre-legal girl I worked with at the job I just lost, and she said it's better not to point out to him the brutal truth. She just told me not to work for him.