ASK THE HEADHUNTER Is this employer a Mickey Mouse operation?

[deanwebb]

Is this employer a Mickey Mouse operation?

How can you figure out whether a company is a Mickey Mouse operation before you start working there? A reader wants to know, in the November 17, 2020 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter. Question Once I determine that I can “do the work” for the prospective employer, and that I really do want the job, how do I find out if it is a Mickey Mouse operation? In my experience, it requires being an insider and six months’ time to determine that. Are there any ways to figure it out in advance? Thanks. Nick’s Reply Perhaps you’ve heard the old saying,

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[deanwebb]

My rule of thumb is that if red flags are going off in the application process, it's not a place you want to work at. They can promise all kinds of future potential and benefits, but where are those when the company is hitting the rocks a few months or a year down the road?

I had a lot of friends who got wrecked in the dotcom crash of 2000-2001 at places they started working at in 1998-1999 thinking that this dotcom boom was a forever thing.