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[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 10 hours ago

Why do these people always look like cursed mannequins?

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 20 points 22 hours ago

I mean... that's exactly what's happening right now for us. Those fucking idiots at HR don't want to pay higher salary, so we get people with mediocre talents, and the odd amazing person who will soon grow dissatisfied once they realise what they are actually worth, and how much they're getting shafted. The whole model is built on deceiving good people long enough to use them. Because in their head, people are all interchangeable. They absolutely do not understand the benefits of continuity, and the impact of turnover. It's just so fucking exhausting to be faced with such stupidity.

[-] nothrone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 23 hours ago

Why are these shallow, vapid, stupid, pretend-smart pieces of shit in front of companies? Like, how the fuck have we built a society in which these idiots are successful? Holly fuck.

[-] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml 9 points 23 hours ago

Because capital is more important than human happiness in our arrangement of society.

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

What does he think will happen here?

If you trick the person making $135k through a few interviews, they won't change their mind and take the lower paying position.

You still end up hiring the $75k person, but with extra costs, overhead, and waste of time.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago

HR loves to do busywork, its to prevent themselves from being unemployed.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

...yes?

That's exactly why we want them...?

[-] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Ugh why do they talk that

It's silly

You look stupid

Stop it.

This one even has the cadence of someone revealing one of their pithy little epiphanies, but the text is a braindead nothingburger.

[-] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I interviewed for a lab position, everything was going great, and then this fuckwad from HR said starting was $18ph for a job with a required BS and multiple years of experience.

GL with that one, LMAO.

Made me understand why the reviews for the company from customers were so negative though.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

this like for most biotech jobs out there, its why most people dont go into bio/tech research foot in the door they first put up that barrier as a listing , and it becomes a catch-22, its a law of diminishing returns for the industry. plus they also have preference of which "group" they will hire. im not surprised theres a bait and switch. dont know how often bio uses linkedin, but ive seen people have thier profiles for thier bio experiences if they are in that industry.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

that's literally pushing wages down. fuck the free market let's rig it for myself to profit.

this is straight up quiet part out loud stuff.

[-] plz1@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

He's so close to a realization...

[-] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 8 points 1 day ago

The problem with r/SelfAwareWolves is that they never were, they were never actually aware unless they were actually being sarcastic.

[-] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago

"We're trying to trick you into giving us more value than we pay for.". What a genius...

[-] NotAnOtter@lemmus.org 69 points 1 day ago

Right exactly, if you want someone already making $135k then you should offer $135k or more.

Requiring salaries was passed as a pro-labor move. We know it increases wages over time. That's the point.

[-] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

HR would like to see you. We've had reports of you using toxic "logic" and propaganda on the floor.

...yes, that's the point....

[-] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 109 points 1 day ago

So you waste your time interviewing the 135k guy and he obviously rejects your shitty offer?

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Almost realized their problem is expecting higher talent at lowballed prices.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 104 points 1 day ago

I'm almost convinced this guy realizes it?

It's so on the nose, surely no one is that dense

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[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

If you wanted someone making 135k to come work for you, then you should probably pay at least 140k.

Greed. The answer is always fucking greed.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 103 points 1 day ago

"If people knew I was going to underpay them, they wouldn't apply for a job!" 🤡

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago

It's almost as though you're not supposed to get that person because you're not fucking paying enough for their talent… 🤔

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 33 points 1 day ago

It's almost like if you want talented people, you need to pay more for 'em. Weird.

He's confused. Can you ELI1 for him?

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Goo goo ga ga fuck CEOs

[-] socsa@piefed.social 204 points 1 day ago

So instead you are going to spend how many hours interviewing people who will just turn down the lowball offer?

[-] xylol@leminal.space 110 points 1 day ago

Then you can say things like "people dont want to work anymore we need ai"

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[-] Pratai@piefed.ca 29 points 1 day ago

How to say “I’d pay you less if I could” without saying it. What that clown doesn’t realize, is this post he made just cause a fuckton of people to pass on his shit.

[-] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Won't somebody think of the low balling companies!

[-] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago

So, he wants to hire a person who is valued at 135k for 90-110k.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 day ago

he wants to hire that 135k person at 75k.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago

No, it's even worse, what he wants that 135k person to go through the application process.

The guy seems to be from a placement agency so he doesn't actually care that the 135k applicant is going to tell the hiring manager to fuck of at the end of the application process when they get a 110k offer and thus not get hired, what he cares about is being seen sending tons of applicants.

He literally has different motivations than those doing the hiring.

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[-] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

so you rather waste all the time going through all the interview process for them to reject your offer during salary negotiation phase, and then after enough times they just stopped applying to jobs without a salary range and you are back to your shitty limited pool

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[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 68 points 1 day ago

If you want the 135k guy then offer to pay 135k idiot.

[-] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago

Why would a guy change 135k job for 135k? 150k is what 135k guy wants

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago
[-] tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 117 points 1 day ago

This guy later:

Nine people ghosted me after I offered them a job. People just don’t want to work anymore.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 23 points 1 day ago

Fuck you, pay me

[-] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 129 points 1 day ago

So close to being self-aware.

Because its not the low-ball wages that are the problem, it's being honest about them that's the problem /s

All you're gonna do by being dishonest like this is waste people's time and make them avoid you in the future.

[-] fonix232@fedia.io 151 points 1 day ago

They genuinely believe this.

I interviewed at a place a few weeks ago. They promised everything I wanted - mostly remote, salary range what I was looking for, and so on.

Did the full circuit: initial screening, initial tech call, then a ~4 hour tech challenge + talk with the team, team lead and finally the CTO.

The CTO, at the very end, tells me that the salary range actually tops out £10k below the minimum they advertised (£60-80k instead of the advertised £90-120k) AND that remote work would look much different - they need people 4 days a week in the office plus at least 2 weeks a month full 5 days. Basically, if you're lucky, you get the inverse of the advertised 1-2 days a month from the office...

Of course I stood up and left, but these assholes are banking on people being desperate enough to ignore massive red flags like constantly being lied to from the very beginning.

[-] ChokingHazard@lemmy.world 77 points 1 day ago

You have to start black balling these companies. Leave named reviews everywhere.

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[-] iuseasahibtw@ani.social 7 points 1 day ago

LinkedIn is like some cursed realm where YT hustle culture grew like mold.

[-] Janx@piefed.social 79 points 1 day ago

The person making $135k probably keeps scrolling.

This is nonsense from the very beginning. Of course they'll keep scrolling, would you accept more than 30% pay cut when you already have a job? I wouldn't, for pretty much any position. Even if you're being selfish and choosy, you want to filter them out so it doesn't waste your time.

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[-] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 68 points 1 day ago

That's too many words to say "I'm a piece of shit".

[-] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 day ago

Everyone wants nugget numbers posted on every menu.

Fair enough.

Here's the question:

If you post chicken nuggets are 3 piece or 4 piece who is more likely to order?

The person who wants 2 pieces is going to get a good deal.

The person who wants 6 pieces is going to need to order two.

So your customer base isn't the purchasing pool because you won't convince the 6 piece person to come in.

It's the people who only want 2 nuggets that are willing to order.

That's the difference.

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[-] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

While we're at it lets rip out price tags in stores. People should learn prices at the till or they will never try Dijon Ketchup with Champagne Mayo...

Typical used car salesman approach for entrapment. He doesn't give 2 shits about the fact that person who is looming for $135k+ job just wasted sh#t ton of time on company that is a poor fit AND company wasted it's own resources interviewing that person. I'd be firing that n'fluencer guy right this moment.

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