"Oh by the way, you're conducting twenty interviews tomorrow at 9:00am"

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 10/27/2020 at 23:02 • Filed to: None

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“don’t forget to make hiring folders for everybody! ”

*checks time*

*checks paper supply*

*dies inside*

Tohru > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:06

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Life hacks - pick a quarter of them at random, run em through the shredder, and say “upon further review you didn’t meet our qualifications at this time”.
Bam, I’ve saved you quite a bit of time.

CompactLuxuryFan > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:08

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What the heck is a “hiring folder” and why is it printed out??

Just Jeepin' > Tohru 10/27/2020 at 23:09

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Exactly: do you really want to hire someone so unlucky as to have theirs shredded randomly like that?

For Sweden > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:10

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Just do this

AestheticsInMotion > CompactLuxuryFan 10/27/2020 at 23:12

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Hiring is very convoluted at my place of work, and of the eight different forms that need to be completed, three of them legally have to be on paper, and at that point it’s better to print everything out to avoid complicating the matter even more.

Believe me, as I sit here printing out my 300th sheet of paper and gaze upon a printer that just ran out of toner, I would do almost anything to modernize. 

AestheticsInMotion > Tohru 10/27/2020 at 23:13

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A few months ago I had seven candidates scheduled for an interview and not a single one showed up. People keep telling me how hard it is to find a job and yet.... 

Jewish Stig > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:14

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One of my worst experiences in my current job was a “recruiting blitz”, i was dragged into.

interviewing 7 people in a day, each interview is an hour long super technical affair.

And then another hour just to fill in the review, and then another hour for the briefing on each candidate.

All the interviews done on a Friday, and the briefing were on Monday.

It destroyed my weekend.

Never again

subexpression > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:17

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I deeply hate interviews, from both sides of the table.

The Snowman > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:18

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What industry are you in?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:18

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*deposits paycheck*

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:21

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What’s that position start at? There are places hiring but I’ve found that some are not paying a far wage based on the work...

Beefchips > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:24

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Bummer dude. I like interviewing where I work, but I don’t do the print outs.

My best/worst interview was the time I strongly suggested a particular candidate not be hired. I thought he was dumb. Well, t he area manager hired him any way and gave him to me to train.

fintail > Tohru 10/27/2020 at 23:25

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That’s effectively how ATSs work, right?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:26

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How many do you need to hire, and how many can drive a manual?

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/27/2020 at 23:27

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Pretty sure we’re advertising $ 200/day at the moment, so $25/h for a standard workday in an entry-level job with tons of room for growth? It would be one thing if they stopped showing up after a few days of work, but it seems so strange that we’re getting maybe 20% of people who show interest to show up for the first in person interview.

I saw the Issaquah Highlands Safeway advertising $21/h for their entry positions. Man. I remember earning ten bucks an hour at Safeway not that long ago...

ClassicDatsunDebate > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:28

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Judging by your picture, you may want to.....delay.

Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

AestheticsInMotion > The Snowman 10/27/2020 at 23:30

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Private shipping/l ogistics. FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:30

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$25 is a great starting pay. I have some friends who I consider grossly underpaid but there's no tactful way to bring that up especially when we all feel like we're teetering on the edge of an economic collapse and whatnot.

Roadkilled > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:30

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OK, I have an odd and unrelated question. What is the wire that comes out of a box on the wall and disappears under the carpet?

AestheticsInMotion > Jewish Stig 10/27/2020 at 23:30

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That sounds miserable. Did you at least know going in that your weekends would be ruined or did you only find that out after later realizing the scope of your work? 

AestheticsInMotion > ClassicDatsunDebate 10/27/2020 at 23:32

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The silence reverberated through the room until a chorus of “boos” erupted from the audience.

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/27/2020 at 23:32

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I just found out my biggest competitor still has a few manual trucks in their fleet and I'm insanely jealous 

AestheticsInMotion > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/27/2020 at 23:33

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*yes boss! Whatever you say boss!*

AestheticsInMotion > Roadkilled 10/27/2020 at 23:35

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Low-profile p ower strip ran below the trim to all of the musical gear on the right ! It bothered me having a long extension cord sticking out like a sore thumb, and this was a quick and easy solution that didn't require hacking up a rental. 

fintail > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:36

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That’s happens when any studio apartment within 20 miles of that location probably rents for at least $1200/month.

Being an old, I recall a wage maybe just under $5/hr, but that was during Clinton’s first term. I remember having a summer job in 1997 that paid $8.50, I was stoked.

ClassicDatsunDebate > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:37

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ECHOED through the room...  c’mon son.

Jewish Stig > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:40

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It was a first for the team, only deep into Friday i realized “hi, this thing completely destroys my weekend”.

But hi, they never did it again, after all of us complained very vocally.

The real sad thing was that most of the candidates that we interviewed were a bad match.

Because whoever screened thier cv’s has no idea what they were doing.

We got 1 hire out of of all that, and even that hire was for a lower level job then originally posted.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > ClassicDatsunDebate 10/27/2020 at 23:42

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*Claps Very Loudly*

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/27/2020 at 23:43

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T hat’s a tricky situation to navigate. It sucks to see people not making what they deserve, especially when there are likely people right next to them doing a third of the work and getting fifty percent more compensation 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 10/27/2020 at 23:45

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That’s why most businesses tell you not to discuss earnings (which I think is illegal). Wouldn’t want the overworked mess to know that the boss’s cousin makes  7 bucks more an hour and does nothing.

AestheticsInMotion > ClassicDatsunDebate 10/27/2020 at 23:45

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.....you win this round

Tohru > subexpression 10/28/2020 at 00:03

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just hit em with the firmest handshake you got and don’t break eye contact or the handshake until either they give you the job or security tasers you.

Tohru > AestheticsInMotion 10/28/2020 at 00:05

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finding the job is hard. getting out of bed for the interview seems to be harder.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > AestheticsInMotion 10/28/2020 at 01:22

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Have you ever seen bumfights?

SiennaMan > fintail 10/28/2020 at 01:56

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I guess I qualify as an old too then.  My first job was in the early '90s at a McDonald's,  $4.25/hour I believe (which I think was the federal minimum wage at the time).

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Tohru 10/28/2020 at 03:41

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What’s the saying again? Better to be lucky than good?

If they made it through the uh... culling... then they’re the lucky ones. 

Sovande > AestheticsInMotion 10/28/2020 at 06:53

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I never made it to $25 an hour as an hourly worker, I topped out at $21 and that was with a captain's license.

Sovande > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/28/2020 at 06:55

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I remember asking for a raise when I worked for a marine construction company. The boss told me no to the raise because then if my coworker found out I was making more than him he might be mad. I told him we could keep it out little secret. 

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/28/2020 at 08:20

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Correct, generally unlawful for employers to prohibit you from discussing pay and benefits with co-workers

However, a company MAY be able to prohibit you from doing so during work hours. It is easy for an employer to not jump through all the right hoops, though.

WRXforScience > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/28/2020 at 10:11

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After teaching for 12 years, I make the equivalent of $27 per hour.

fintail > SiennaMan 10/28/2020 at 12:03

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I want to say it was like $4.75 or $4.90 for me, WA has always been a little above federal, I think.   Looking at the prices of so many cost of living factors since then (housing and healthcare especially), I find it hard to argue the min wage is too high.