Social media is full of aspirational content: Extensive beauty routines, constant travel, and suites of pricey products flood our feeds. But what about all of us with regular, unglamorous jobs? Turns out there are influencers for that too. So-called «9-to-5 influencers» like Davis Clarke and Connor Hubbard. They do their best to show that the …
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Husband chastises wife for turning down a job that pays $85k for fewer hours, doesn’t understand why she wants to stay at her current position making $65k: ‘My wife is constantly stressed about working and juggling two kids’
The reasons we like our jobs can be mysterious. There is a constellation of factors that go into whether or not we’re going to like a job. It’s not all about title and money. Maybe our commute time perfectly matches up with the length of our favorite podcast. Maybe there’s a really good coffee shop …
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‘Is this even legal?’: New employee signs contract to work remotely, employer rug-pulls and demands they come in once a week
The difference between working remotely sometimes and working remotely all the time is a huge one. When you’re fully remote (and with the ability to work asynchronously) you could be anywhere in the world. You could decide to give up your apartment and spend every month in a new city. You can come and go …
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25+ Job Search Memes Avoiding Writing Cover Letters
Looking for a job is one of the hardest things that most of us have to go through. There’s the obvious element: it’s annoying to have to continually sell yourself, to put so much effort into something that will likely get looked at for 15 seconds, and to feel the mounting pressure of money lost …
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‘True friends do not force beggar yourself pay them’: Mooching roommate asks friend to cover rent and utilities for 2 months, refuses to look for a new job
Finding a job can be a rough gig, especially when you’re just starting out. The amount of viable jobs available is not as high as you’d like it to be, and every posting gets thousands and thousands of applicants. So some of us end up being unemployed for longer than we’d like. And in times …
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Job seeker purposefully tanks interview after recruiter tries to lowball him: ‘I was told this role would pay $Y but sure, I could put in $X amount of effort instead’
Negotiation is an art and a science. It can be very difficult to do successfully, especially if the initial offer you’ve been given is so paltry that it will take a lot of work to get up to a range that you’re comfortable with. If you’re offered so much less than you’re initially looking for, …
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30+ Job Search Memes on Their Hundredth Round of Interviews
Looking for a job can be one of the most soul-sucking things you have to go through as an adult. You’re constantly setting yourself up for rejection. It’s incredibly draining, especially in the era of online applications, where most apps you send through fall into an abyss, never to be seen or heard from again. …
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‘I have 8 years of experience, and I’m not finding a job’: Computer programmers complain their degree isn’t the cash cow it once was, giving humanities folks schadenfreude
The feud between STEM kids and humanities kids is long and storied. In a society where you’re made to feel you’re either one or the other at a very young age, the division becomes as real as cat people vs dog people. And both sides have grievances. Humanities kids are generally jealous of the economic …
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‘The absolute state of the LinkedIn community’: Hypocritical CEO attempts to champion Gen Z by decrying rent prices and £21k salaries, offers similar salaries at his company
LinkedIn is a wild, wild place, full of high school classmates becoming junior analysts, CEOs performatively crying about having to fire their employees, and most of all, people doing the best they can to sound… good. We all know social media is fake, and everyone tries to put their best foot forward, but if Instagram is a fib then LinkedIn is a flat-out …
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Candidate takes a week to consider job offer, recruiter has a biting response: ‘Please do not assume you still have an offer from us’
Deciding to accept a job offer is one of the biggest decisions you have to make in this life. Your job takes up so much of your life that’s not eating or sleeping that we better be sure we have the right one. Sure, you can always leave a job, but that’s a whole process. …
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