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Is it common for companies to share others' information?
Thread poster: Mason Maas
Mason Maas
Mason Maas
United States
Local time: 13:32
Chinese to English
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Apr 19, 2022

I was in the process of applying to a company and they asked me to do a transcription test. It was a minute long and I decided I'd do it. They later said there were some issues and asked me to do another which I wasn't comfortable with but I thought I'd at least see how long it was. When they sent me the second test it was a forwarded message with someone else's full name and their email address. I was surprised they were this relaxed with another person's private information. Is this sort of th... See more
I was in the process of applying to a company and they asked me to do a transcription test. It was a minute long and I decided I'd do it. They later said there were some issues and asked me to do another which I wasn't comfortable with but I thought I'd at least see how long it was. When they sent me the second test it was a forwarded message with someone else's full name and their email address. I was surprised they were this relaxed with another person's private information. Is this sort of thing common? ▲ Collapse
 
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 22:32
Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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Happens ocassionally. Apr 19, 2022

It happened a couple of times (rarely) to me, and they eventually turned out not to be good clients in many other ways as well.

Elena Feriani
 


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