Unpopular opinion: you should lie as much as you can get away with..

I’m not sure how much of an unpopular opinion this is, but I truly believe that when looking for a job, you should lie as much as you can get a way with. Let me be clear. I don’t mean to say if you have no idea about IT to start looking for a $100,000 system admin job. I’m talking about jobs in which you have experience but are looking for the next thing.

I’ve worked in a corporate environment for almost 8 years, and I can say I’ve seen the ugly part of them. Companies are not this righteous and truthful institutions.

• They will also lie as much as they can legally get away with.
• They will make you take 4 or more interviews, knowing something damn well; you are just the backup option in case their first option ends up not taking the job.
• They will promise a pay increase or promotions, knowing it won’t happen, so they can extract as much work from you before you quit.
• They will make you move across the country and change your entire life knowing their place of work is a completely shitshow and may quit with within the first year.
• It doesn’t matter how hard you worked; if you are not with the inner click (just as in high school), you will not get that promotion. They would rather hire someone from outside.
• No to mention all the typical double standards and BS we all know, such as firing you on the spot while at the same time requiring you to put in 2 weeks notice or else you are unprofessional. Firing you just before your company vested stock is about to be done. Selling the company and promising they would not be firing people, just to have them do a massive firing after they get you to work.
• They are so much more than you know about.

That is why I say you should not feel bad about lying here and there when getting a job.

• Are they asking for 5 years of experience on a technology/software, but you only have 3.5? Would that 1.5-year difference really make that much of a difference? No, it won’t. Just say you have 5.
• Did you got fired within the last month of so? Just say you are still working there, but not to contact them because you don’t want them to know. I did this 2 times.
• Do you have a gap? 2 jobs ago of 5-8 months cuz it was hard getting a new job. Change the ending date of one of the jobs and the starting date of another to look like you took a one-month break.

Lie, lie, lie as much as you can!! Companies don’t care about you, and you should not care about them. CEOs would rather fire 5% to 10% of their employees than have their bonuses for the year reduced.