50 Posts From People Fed Up With Unrealistic Requirements And Expectations When Trying To Find A Job

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The most frustrating of all!!. Should be higher.

YES! The only reason they don't include it is because they want to try and pay you as little as they can get away with.

THIS!!!!

Throw out the algorithms and metrics and once again have HUMANS read applications. Don’t give me the excuse that you don’t have enough personnel to read them all. F*****g HIRE some!!!

my wife works in a "pink" collar profession. She took a few years off when our kids were young. Now after she reentered the work space the women who dominate the profession have black balled her reentering at a professional level. Mean girls.

We don't. We value family and care about health. Just be able to explain the gap without sounding shady and it's all fine.

Yes!!! Some people are just totally clueless.

In Germany, it is becoming normal to just add 'Care work' into a resumee. It is a job, after all. But long illnesses are still a stigma :-/

You can't expect companies to stop using algorithms. I find most management types see them as labor savers and aren't smart enough to know when their algorithms are being used poorly or even destructively. Just look at how many managers rely solely on reports to make all of their business decisions, and usually only focus on one number no matter how complex the decision or situation. And any office employee who has to generate these knows how easily they can be manipulated to show whatever you want them to show.

Can you not put your employment gaps and the reasons for them on your CV or covering letter? Or is this just a UK thing?

YES EXACTLY!!!!!

It’s even worse if you’re a guy who has an employment gap for raising a child. Hiring managers (all women) got super judgy and condescending after learning that.

I don’t even read your resume that carefully. I just want to talk and see if you’re a fûcking idiot or not. And even then, an idiot can do a lot of jobs. I just want to see if you’re presentable and not a bîtch.

So accurate it hurts. Don't forget the mountain of student loan debt because tuition inflation is so much higher than normal inflation. I started college in 2008 and since then the tuition cost has gone up almost 1.5 times.

That is absolutely epic. :D

You should have applied, for the bants.

It is normal to discuss salaries. I am an employer, had some interviews as I hired three people (small office). While I liked their enthusiasm and their willingness to work with me, I always told them the net salary at the interview. It isn't fair to find out your salary only after working for a month there.

I'd like a gameshow type deal where a bunch of folks from different countries try the job applications from around the world.

shoudn't this be much higher? so funny!

We call it internship culture.

A lot of the content on LinkedIn is so pretentious it feels like a social network for bullshitters

I like this idea. But for now there is Glassdoor

LinkedIn has its own language

Don't forget that this is an entry level job with the corresponding salary.

Ah...the circle of life!

and also you're working in an office full of karens and kyles (male karens)

"Firings will continue until morale improves", I hung that sign on my door once. Didn't know then but it was a few weeks before I left that employ.

But if they fire you, are you entitled for compensation?? O.o

Nice!

According to my annual evaluations, I am the most efficient employee in my team (my manager wants to promote me). I am severely underpaid, not only for the work I provide but also compared to my colleagues. I asked for a raise and they denied, saying that I should be happy I have a job at this day and age, so I decided to underwork so it matches my salary. I'm still and by far the most efficient employee T.T

Funny, did s/he expect basic human decency from a hedge fund? That's adorable.

thisssss.

Speaking as someone who once worked in admin at a recruitment agency, avoid recruiters like they're coming at you wearing a suit of flaming bees. They give ZERO f***s about you, and keep people holding out hope they'll get jobs that don't even exist. I have so many horror stories.

People praise me for working at a homeless shelter. I work there because I don't want to live there.

Maybe that's how the CIA recruit these days? 🤔

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Well I would have had 9. I started programming when I was 11. More difficult if you are counting employment, as like most people I graduated at 21.

I honestly learned to not casre about this. You don't come back with feedback in 5 working days, I move on. I had cases where the feedback came after about 3 weeks saying ok you made to the next stage. And I was like do I know you? Don't take c**p folks.

This might actually do the job.

As long as you shut them up!

This annoys the f**k outta me! 🤬

Yes, but you still haven't answered the question... hmm??

Because you fire them for the most absurd reasons.

Literally it’s the only way when you’re in that position. Lie lie lie.

Re: thank you so much. Saved another quit and job search.

Who gets Ramen cups?? I sure don't....

Or, work hard play hard means work a 60 hour week, then participate at least weekly in late night boozing with your colleagues because if you don't, you're not a team player.

In a better place, with a better salary and thinking about you, still stuck in this same position.

Whats the difference?

I worked as dispatcher for a trucking company and when we booked loads they emailed them to us so we could print them out to sign then fax them back. I always wondered if there was an easier way to do it...

This is sick.

I loved that interviewers facial expressions.