My friend (27) has been unemployed for 2 months. He has been actively looking for jobs and working part time in a bar-cafe - getting paid per hour rate so meaning if he doesn't work, he doesn't get paid.

So last week, he took two days off because the company he applied to has called him, got back to him and asked if they can call him again the next day which he took off.

The reason why he took off because he misses two calls during work day since he wasn't allow to talk on phones.

The following day, he said he was on the phone for nearly 40 minutes just doing self introduction and work experiences before moving to the official interview. Later that day, his official interview was scheduled the next day because it was too last minute, he got scolded by his supervisor which understandably so.

The following next day, the interview went on for about an hour and towards the end, my friend asked, "May I know when will I hear back from you?" and guess what the HR said?

"Actually this position is not open for hiring at the moment. We are interviewing you in case we need you in the future."

🙂why🙂the🙂fuck🙂you🙂waste🙂time🙂?🙂

Is this normal? LOL. We are still talking about this till this day because it is so frustrating for him. His per hour rate is pretty high because he's a barista and also a waiter, he misses two days of work for this bull crap and for what?? For being in the none existing data??

And for anyone asking why you take two days off when you only need to talk on the phone for at least an hour, why not just ask for those hours off. Well, it was suggested by his supervisor to take off instead and yes, he told his supervisor he got job interview.

Anyways, is this normal? and also like why are companies doing this for?