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I had a thought on why some jobs require a college degree, without needing a specific degree.

If a job doesn’t need a specific degree, it can probably be performed just as well by someone without one. My thinking is, they want people they know have massive debt, especially if they are young. They probably think these people will be willing to put up with more crap, because they are more desperate.

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Guess it’s time for the hardest part

My wife and I both lost our jobs due to the business giving higher and higher expectations back in july of 2020. We could no longer keep up and our numbers slipped under what was 'acceptable'. We've been applying everywhere we can but havent heard back from anyone. I'm starting to get calls back now but it is to late. Our government assitance has run out. We can't afford our rent this month and are already behind on electric and phone bills. Doordash and uber have kept one meal a day on the table for us both but we're out of options. We've decided to buy a tent, sell anything of value (a few game consoles and a small t.v.) and find a place that we can hunker down. Fingers crossed a job comes in soon and this is only temporary. Her family is unsupportive cause we're two woman and…

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my dad’s letter responding to a job posting in the newspaper. 1989.

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How do you interview for other jobs when your employer won’t give you time off to do it?

I am a health care professional, but I work for a call center (it’s a medical job, but has customer service elements to it). I’m in the process of interviewing for jobs, because my pay is way below the acceptable range for someone with my credentials, and frankly, no one wants to work in a call center. It has been extremely difficult finagling time to interview. When I am at work I am expected to take calls, I am not allowed to have down time for other things. I have been getting away with things by using my lunch for interviews, but many of my interviews are long, like 1.5 hours, so I can only take them by taking time off. I suspect my employer knows I’m trying to get out, because almost every time I try and take a half day/whole day I get denied. I am required to…

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What 9$/hr. Part time in KY looks like. I’ve worked here for almost 2 years. The refuse to give full time hours.

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Important: being paid a livable wage by your employer and adequate free time are human rights.

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights#:~:text=Article%2023,equal%20pay%20for%20equal%20work. Article 23 and 24, to be exact.

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This is how wealth should be used

Dollywood offers to cover tuition, school fees for all staffers

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This is nuts

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I closed my LinkedIn account

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!

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When will they stop wasting time?