Antiwork

Sorry for the small rant I’m just so pissed right now. So last night I started having trouble breathing and couldn’t catch my breath enough to sleep. I decided in the morning that I would just go to the hospital as I wasn’t gonna risk my help. Well I called my boss, who has been a family friend since I was a little kid, didn’t even ask if I was alright and even had to take the time to berate me for something that happened 3 days ago and mind you this is all while I’m laying in a hospital bed on the phone with him. I guess once you get that nice paycheck and the ability to lord over people even someone you once considered family your willing to screw over.

I hate that term, but basically I’m currently interviewing for management positions at multiple large corporations. I am 28, have a certification in business and 6+ years of similar management experience, physical knowledge in the trade, have worked corporate full time jobs for larger positions and currently manage a business completely on my own. I have two job offers in writing, one is 75k and the other is 85k at separate companies The third company, which i interviewed for yesterday called me back for a second interview after my first interview went well, because they thought I would be more suited to a management role. This time I wasn’t being interviewed by a more youthful HR group, they brought out 2 corporate level directors to interview me directly, and of course they started to tell me that my experience was not good enough for management pay scale, due outlying factors…

Keep the market on it's head and in the power of the worker. Fuck all of these greedy corps dragging us down with them.

I'm an upper level hiring manager, I have been for 20+ years now. We always know what pay for skillsets are. Always. We have tools upon tools upon tools that give us ranges to set. We have budgets, we know what we can pay in a range, ALWAYS. If a company won't tell you during your first initial phone screen or doesn't post it in the listing, don't talk with them. Ever. Hiring managers attend trainings on how to “hook” employees if the salary isn't high enough. Companies will spend money on these trainings and seminars rather than just fucking paying more. Know your worth, if you aren't getting it, move the fuck on.