• gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    Thank you.

    People who post shit like this seem to think the streets are littered with such a rich variety of job offers that we can pick out the best ones like we’re shopping for avocados, completely oblivious to the fact that the vast, vast majority of us need a job right fucking now to survive, and are going to happily snag the first offer we get no matter what evil fuck it’s for.

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      5 hours ago

      I’ve been there, too. I ignored warning signs because I was desperate, and then wished I hadn’t later. Saying that you will accept any job that comes your way is a good route to getting fucked over.

      You might think that you need the money, but it really isn’t worth it when you lose your job a week later and your temp agency won’t answer your calls anymore. There are some crazy, toxic workplaces out there.

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      12 hours ago

      Remember post COVID how people were quiet quitting and CEO’s were talking about how workers had too much power?

      I remember.

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        6 hours ago

        I think that was before mass firings because the CEOs think that the ai will save us or at least overworked employees will that have to save the company. Trying to apply for a tech job right is terrible.

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        11 hours ago

        If your argument is that this is good advice, mine is that it’s only good advice for someone who has the luxury of putting it into practice.

        Let me make sure my family has a home and won’t starve, and then I’ll happily join you on your quest to improve corporate culture.

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          11 hours ago

          No, my argument is that there is a class war and we’re losing it.

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            10 hours ago

            Attention, single moms working at McDonald’s: In case you were unaware, there is currently a class war going on, and according to this guy I was talking to on Lemmy, we’re losing, and it’s your fault because you chose feeding your kid over being a smart ass in the job interview.

            Edit: for those of you making yourselves mad over my little splash of reality here, kindly do the following once your breathing normalizes:

            1. Re-familiarize yourself with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

            2. Examine your own life and circumstances and ask yourself if you’re truly the revolutionary you’re pretending to be right now.

            This post was never about class war. It’s bad interview advice and that’s it. Settle down.

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              10 hours ago

              You’re itching for a fight, when nobody started a fight with you. I am not saying whether this is good or bad advice. I am saying that the fact that this looks like bad advice is because we are losing the class war. I am saying that I remember a time when the balance of power was different, when we temporarily had the upper hand in the class struggle due to the COVID weirdness. During that time, people were actually doing things like quiet quitting, and strong-arming employers, and that in that environment advice like the one in the meme did not come off as bad advice.

              I’m describing a dynamic, not blaming workers. If I had anything to say to the «single moms wokring at McDonalds» (you did an instrumentalization there, like the «kids in Africa») that would be «hey, how can I help you folks unionize?».

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                  9 hours ago

                  If you wanted them to explain their point more, why was the only thing in that comment a aggressively rhetorical appeal to no one based on your presumptions? Instead of articulating yourself that their point was unclear, you launched directly into an attack. Does the dissonance of that not…register with you?

                  You didn’t even apologize for the unwarranted and unflattering mischaracterization of their message. You just acted like they were the one holding out from a civil conversation: “That’s all I needed to hear.”

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                    9 hours ago

                    Did you deliver a similarly sanctimonious lecture to the people who told me to shut the fuck up and called me names? No? Then you can fuck all the way off.

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              10 hours ago

              It is about class warfare. Of course it is. You being bad capitalism by having kids and buying a house without a stable job sure sounds like a you problem. Maybe you should settle down and put some more job applications in?

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      10 hours ago

      You’re right. Better to lick the boot. Don’t even think about saying anything that might even be slightly uncomfortable, just accept what they let you have and be happy, right? Fuckin scab

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        If licking boots is the only thing keeping someone alive, maybe don’t berate them for licking boots. It must be really nice living rent free in your mom’s house but many of us have to choose between having jobs or being homeless

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      10 hours ago

      The “elite” don’t have any more power than what you give them. At the very least, shut the fuck up if the only thing you can think to say is negative, defeatist garbage.