• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 months ago

    Rookie numbers. I get emails asking me if I am interested in jobs I haven’t done in twenty years.

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I get this but with college offers.

    It’s like “tour our campus this weekend!”. My brother in christ I am 5 years into a 4 year course.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I got a rejection email from a job I applied to in November. It took them six months to say no.

    I’m not sure what they expected? But I found a job less than a month after I applied, they never even called me for an interview.

    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      I mean this is exactly it, right? If instead of posting a new job, you canvass the people who applied months ago, then anyone who says yes has been out of work for months and will probably accept whatever shitty wages and conditions you offer. You are guaranteed a strong bargaining position.

      • vrek@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        This a actually worked out for a co-worker. He interviewed for a position and the interview went of like 6 hours. He waited 6 months and never heard anything. He applied for another position at my company. Different team, lower pay and not in his specialized field. He got that job. Another 3 months and the boss for the first job called him and said their initial hire didn’t work out and asked if he was still interested.

        He laughed and said he was already working but would be interested. The boss asked where he was working. He replied “I’m actually down stairs”.

        He got the job, more money then the initial offer and he was happy in the new position. Probably an unlikely event and I wouldn’t recommend trying to duplicate it.