Marisa Sung’s Rules of Etiquette for the Modern World Number 33

Don’t offer a deed of kindness to me just to charge me or the others involved later for that effort! An ex-friend of mine offered to refer me to a start-up company years ago due to my love of photography and technology and then called the hiring manager after the fact in an effort to collect a big finders fee! 🙁 Needless to say, I was mortified!! She merely gave the man my contact info when he asked and after several interviews and the usual interrogation, I managed to land the job at a higher salary than she was earning. This supposed “deed of kindness” ended up being a sneaky attempt to earn a commission on me. And then when she learned how much my base was she basically said that I never would have come close to getting the job without her representation?? All she did was introduce me to the man at a Party. He merely called her to get my 411 for the job interview. I later realized that this woman would charge you for the air that you breath given the chance because when I referred a friend to her she promised him a fee for finding the right person for the opening. Hence, he did and she in turn tried to duck out of paying him the fee! Negative woman and negative energy! Glad I got rid of that one! Better late than never!! 🙁

Working Girl