I just want to be able to submit my resume and be done. Fuck their website making me reinput all the same shit that’s on my resume.
I guess they want to see if you can tolerate bullshit meaningless work.
Seriously. If AI can write cover letters and solve complex philosophical problems, it sure as hell can parse a resume. Not taking advantage of this obvious time-saving device just screams that the entire job is about wasting your time.
In my lifetime I got to watch it go from just being able to walk into any place and ask if they were hiring and you might talk to a manager and hand them your resume to 100% online and you are automatically rejected the millisecond you hit send on the application.
I watch HR jerk my boss around like this all the time lol
I’ve had a few interviews here in town that ended with “we aren’t hiring anymore”.
I got a job interview at Dollar General. GMail filed it as spam, so I missed my appointment.
Whatever happened to just talking to a human in person and saying ‘I need a job, and I’ll try not to clog your toilet’?
I remember being in my twenties. I got a BS in “organizational psychology” thinking I’d be the best at picking the perfect people for some very worthy endeavor.
I should have gone to trade school. Doing electives was cool, but my unused degree is shit. I guess it got me a bullshit job sending emails and updating 400 versions of the same fucking spreadsheet every day.
Do you at least make a decent salary?
It’s livable, but not really commensurate with the stress of the role. Haven’t seen inbox zero in years, and we’re chronically understaffed.
You can still switch if your body hasn’t given out. I’ve met many people in the trades who are on their second or so career path.
It’s on my horizon. I just finished putting my partner through university for 3 years. It’s been a lot of fun watching them go from having a job that makes them miserable most days to having them bring home nice stories every day.
We’re still getting over the tuition debt, but once we do we’ll be looking to find me some work that feels more meaningful. For now I need to stay in the traces while I can.
Just wanted to say “hell yeah” to both putting your partner through school AND having a partner that’ll do the same. Didn’t go so well for me when I went that route, haha
We’re lucky to have a deep friendship in each other. I think the trick with marriage really is just to be good friends more than anything else.
Or at least I hope so, it’s the only trick I’ve got.
Hey, seems to be working!
