Long story short: UK tech companies went crazy. Just yesterday I had this encounter.
I was interviewing for 2nd line IT Support role which required a degree in IT, at least 1 year of work experience and had a nerve to offer a minimum wage.
Same day had a call from random agency offering me a Warehouse picker role. No need to finish high school, “we get you up to speed in 3-5 days”, will give you 10% over minimum wage.
Don't get me wrong, both salaries sucks, but an IT job is something of another level. I have just graduated recently and I do understand time is ticking and as the time goes it will be more difficult to secure higher paying role due to gaps between my work as IT Technician, degree and now a gap where I'm searching for work. I did tell the guy this offer is an insult and equals to the spit to my face. The worst part – I believe they still get someone accepting those kind of offers (someone living with their parents I guess). Whilst I got a side hustle of reselling PC components (mostly GPUs) and it would allow me to survive – I find it morally wrong and felt I need to call out this attitude, otherwise they will think it is acceptable. It simply makes no sense logically. Am I the only one thinking this is a bullsh*t?