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idea: an app that gives people “fake” employment history

If someone made an app for the sole purpose of providing people with fake employment history, i think that would be a good step forward for many people in this sub. I know it wouldn't fix the issues with greedy, bloodsucking corporations underpaying their workforce, but it would at least give people more opportunities. The app would essentially be 1099 independent contractor positions for office jobs, like assistant/data entry/record keeping/payroll/etc. Maybe as a service, where the app gets a few tasks for them, they log a few hours doing them, they are paid for their hours. Like an uber/lyft/doordash/etc contractor. So they have a physical paystub to verify employment. The app could have links for online free training for common software tools in office environments, so you can actually learn new skills. It seems to me that a lot of people end up in dead end menial jobs because they're…


If someone made an app for the sole purpose of providing people with fake employment history, i think that would be a good step forward for many people in this sub. I know it wouldn't fix the issues with greedy, bloodsucking corporations underpaying their workforce, but it would at least give people more opportunities.

The app would essentially be 1099 independent contractor positions for office jobs, like assistant/data entry/record keeping/payroll/etc. Maybe as a service, where the app gets a few tasks for them, they log a few hours doing them, they are paid for their hours. Like an uber/lyft/doordash/etc contractor. So they have a physical paystub to verify employment. The app could have links for online free training for common software tools in office environments, so you can actually learn new skills.

It seems to me that a lot of people end up in dead end menial jobs because they're just trying to survive, and they become so swamped by life that they can't even get into better entry level positions due to having no prior work experience in those fields. Missing opportunities they won't ever be considered for or simply didn't even try to apply.

It seems like a company that iss sort of like Uber but for work history would help people get out of the rut of dead end jobs. Maybe there is already an app like this that exists. I have no idea; but I empathize with some of the people posting in here, feeling trapped in their jobs with no opportunities to get out. Maybe just one job on a resume that isn't retail or fast food would be enough for someone to get an opportunity they would have otherwise been overlooked for.

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