I got a message on LinkedIn about a job, it seems legit. The issue is as soon as I replied, she basically told me to apply as quickly as possible because it’s time sensitive.
I don’t know why this kind of rubs me the wrong way, I guess because I’m in a different time zone and I’m expected to literally drop everything for a job I might not even have an actual chance for.
Also she is the person who I would be working with, my potential future boss, and also the co owner of the company.
Am I overreacting? It just seems unnecessarily stressful idk. Also I’m very afraid of red flags now cause I ignored them at my last company and it was a nightmare.
I would definitely be suspicious. Be wary of them trying to get you to “buy supplies” for the job that you would be reimbursed for or any other excuse to get you to pay money in order to start the job, that is a common employment scam.
I think the only thing in the list I don’t have is noise cancelling headphones, but I can buy those quickly and I don’t think she’d want money for them (there’s no way she can ship them to me anyways)