The other day, I was weighting the pros and cons of being deceptive. I had a job applicant and she was pretty clueless about how to go about her job search. The big boss wanted to take advantage of that and tried to give this overtly rosy picture of our workplace, i.e., lied. He also tried to coax her into pre-signing the contract. I sort of went along with it, but then later on I felt ashamed.
So I emailed the applicant and told her how shitty the workplace actually is, and gave her some pointers for her search, including what to look out for. I felt good about it.
But I guess my question is, am I an idiot?
This is sort of coming at my own expense. Her entering the team would've pretty much secured my promotion.
I feel like I work in a shitty workplace and, while I could reshape the entire shithole in principle, I feel like my shitty boss will lord over everything and end up ultimately making the workplace into a shithole no matter how much effort I put into making it better. I think I'm starting to realize that my boss has put incentives out there for everyone to turn into a shitty person.
