Author: Olivia

Thank you to this sub for helping me to make this decision. I only had the free account, so no big deal. The realization finally hit me that it was not helping me in any way and was only another stalking opportunity for anyone with an account. The 'private' views are what finally tipped me over on this. Who feels the need to stalk me or look at my profile in private? Seriously. At least on fb I know who can look at my page. It is like Facebook 10 years ago, a giant echo chamber with everyone sharing and commenting on the same topics. Boring and trite. So long!

Pay is not a game. Pay should not have some secret super sensitive approach to it, where if you miss one step it's game over. Pay shouldn't be something held over a candidate's head, and argued amongst leaders AFTER the role is posted. If an organization knows it has a need, they should know the budget they can afford. In-house negotiation after the fact is redundant. Salary Transparency NEEDS to be standard across all industries. The opposite is old head toxic thinking, that only adds to anxiety, frustration, and an enlongated process for Candidates, Recruiters, and Hiring Managers alike. It's a win-win. We are all in different stages of our career. You being offered something after 5-6 interviews over 3 weeks, that DOES NOT fit your lifestyle is bullshit. This can all be fixed by just being extremely transparent. Edit: Oh and if we happen to be working together, best…

I don't know about elsewhere, but in the UK it's standard practice that when you start a new job you give a contact number to your old place of work so they can recommend you. I worked my last job as a graduate, promised if I started on the minimum wage (8.91/hr) part time, there was opportunity for me to get promoted/pay raise/ more hours. It was hard being minimum wage, especially as I was the only person in the company being paid that little. When my review came along, my boss told me they were looking to keep me on minimum and reduce my hours. She wouldn't even concede to giving me a title only promotion. I was frustrated, but I said nothing and worked till the end of my contract and didn't renew. I legally, didnt even have to quit. My ex boss was mad, told me I…

If someone tries to tell me it's an employee's market again I'm going to imagine them sitting at home, scratching their head like an ape, eating cheese puffs in combat boots. This is not the state of things. Maybe in some industries, but as a whole, I don't believe it. I was comparing notes with a colleague. We discovered in our industry about 70% of all the “employers” out there hiring or fishing with hiring ads do NOT respond at all to applicants after the application has been submitted. Not an email. Not a text. Nothing. And when you call, they get so triggered they are like “REEEEEE don't call here REEEEEEE REEEEE wear your mask on a zoom call reeeereeee”. This number would be closer to 76% if the applicant does nothing to follow up. I don't even know what to compare this to in business. It's just plain…

I work for a very large aerospace company. Absolutely hate it. Dog shit culture, shitty management, shitty business decisions that result in public deaths. It is unorganized. Morale is very low and attrition is at an all time high. Disrespect is shown at every opportunity. Seriously. Fuck them all. I hate 99% of the little union shop floor employees like myself too. Almost everyone is insufferable. (Maybe I’m just a douche, idk) With all that said. I have pretty great benefits and use the fuck out of them. Free college is the main benefit I use. In my 11 years with this shitty company I have acquired a bachelors in business administration, MBA, and a master sun criminal justice. The only reason I did all this was: 1- it’s free, full tuition paid for and 2- this dumbass company gives me 100 shares of company stock for each degree conferred…