First Round
- HR person took first round
- Asked about my previous role & responsibilities
- Asked the name of recruitment agency through which my profile was shared with them
- Asked if I am holding any offers- Answered yes, clearly said we will not be able to give counter offer then why have you appeared for the interview
- Asked and drilled down why I left the last organisation
- Asked and tried to understand the reason why I took a break and left the las organisation without an offer in hand
- Told clearly that PwC has policies which does not entertain employees with a break without any reason. The reasons have to be reasonable like maternity leave or sabbatical only.
Suggestion:
Being the Big 4, you are expected to be arrogant, paying less, least bothered about employees.
But you should start understanding and taking care of mental health of your employees too.
Employees are human beings and not machinery that would work without a break.
Not every break would justify to be on paper and formalised. To your surprise, employees have started taking a break before their machinery break downs while continuously working for employers like you.
I had taken an informed decision and a well planned break and future of people like me definitely is beyond understanding of types like PwC.
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