all my jobs I got from recruiters ringing me

no its not, not paying that

If that happens, we can also throw in the bucket that he had put in his 2-week notice and ended up losing his job. Which is totally possible and could totally happen. No loyalty to the company. Will use them for whatever I need and bounce.

I've VERY RARELY got Feedback in Canada, in the UK it IS REQUIRED

Why isn't the employee referral just directly contacted, rather than waste everyone's time.

I never think I am a chance now. I just keep applying when I see a job that I think I can do, and wait. I just go on in life and no longer put too much emotional investment into it.

Her opinions off the clock should not interfere with her employment. She's 100% correct and several people empathize with her. It's horrible; she's entitled to her experience. There's NO time or energy to do ANYTHING and it was INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED that way. I hope she finds employment where they actually believe in and practice work-life balance.

Its seeming to me like companies are trying to pump their numbers to look good to investors. I'm at the bottom of priority lists, as a high school dropout with a HiSET equivalency degree *and* college dropout from an associates degree. But I'm struggling to find a stable, consistent job. I'm currently employed at a temp agency in the tech industry (specifically spotting field technicians physically installing CAT5e networking in stores), but I've also worked for a railroad for almost 2 years. I got fired so that the trainmaster (lower management like team leads at a WalMart location) could get his christmas bonus. In my experience, the labor market is *fucked*.

Last week, I was invited to interview with a company that clearly did not value my time and scoffed at me for not entertaining a salary 15 grand below my asking range. (She appeared to not believe me about my past salary because I don’t have a degree, though hers was not even in the field I’ve been in 15 years longer than her.) In contrast, I met a potential future employer today at a hiring event that clicked off every green flag I could observe during our brief meeting. I came away truly encouraged and hopeful. Thank you for your videos; I’ve been watching and implementing many of your tips. Hopefully they will result in a position that values not just my time but my worth.

I've been out of work for almost three months. I found out today that two jobs I applied and interviewed for a month ago were filled without being contacted by the firms. I spent some time today considering day labor (PeopleReady) if this goes much further since I can't even get a conversation with an employment agency of any sort in New York City, even though I submitted my resume. I have two masters degrees (Political Science and Data Analytics) and am more than halfway in terms of credit in my pursuit of a PhD in Global Leadership, plus more than 20 years of work experience, so I fail to understand what's going on. I will be posting about the experience I had with one of the firms that ghosted me (a prominent global law firm based in New York City) on LinkedIn on Monday, since they were far worse with the lack of communication. The other firm's recruiter was embarrassed that I figured out that the job had been filled, but she said that she hadn't heard anything yet (an obvious lie). I expect to hear tomorrow from her that the position has in fact been filled.

You want a personal brand - start riding a motorcycle and hit the gym.

I currently work for a small, family owned company. I truly like everyone there and I admire the hard work they put in to be successful, as well as their work ethic, but what I don’t like is the inherent need for conformity to how things are done. I’m constantly being compared to my peers and feel like I’m branded with a scarlet letter just because I prioritize my life outside work.

I used to send thank-you notes to try and speed things along and stay on their brain. However, it never worked. The worst job I ever had was the one who took the longest to extend an offer. They hired 2 people ahead of me who had quit, and my offer came 30 days later after those people didn’t work out. It’s obvious the company was the problem.

Demand to be paid in gold instead of worthless fiat currency.

Just got laid off. The business is totally my passion. Death care, ive made the decision to share to mych about personal life struggles. And dealing with them. I made myself a liability in their strategic planning. Without the information, i would be having the job. Moment for learning. ✅🤠🤓

Glassdoor deleted negative reviews for years. This is the logical conclusion to their business model.

Basically, work less and brown nose more.

I blame reagan for all of this!

But the Democrats said the economy is booming...

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@ALifeAfterLayoff Thank you! I combined your suggestions when I answered the salary expectation question during a phone interview today with a recruiter. The job ad lists "Pay will be based upon experience, education, certifications, and skills." I replied that I'm flexible and the whole compensation package is important to me, and I'm aware this company offers good benefits. I am expecting a fair market salary, and my research for similar roles in this area shows a salary range of [xx,'s to xx's thousand]. Is that in line with what [this company] has budgeted for this position? The recruiter, sounding excited, said yes, and gave me an estimate of what my salary would be considering my background, which is in the middle of the range and $5,000 above my minimum (plus there will be awesome benefits). We then scheduled an in-person interview with the people who would be my bosses :) I've watched videos on how to negotiate a higher salary when the offer is lower than desired. When the offer meets or exceeds your expectation (i.e. they offer what you feel is an accurate value), should you still try to negotiate a higher salary? This is the first position I've tried to get where negotiating the salary was even an option (It's usually, "This is how much the position pays"), so this is new to me. But I understand an important part of negotiating is to expound upon your value. If it's a great company that values its employees (which is one of the reasons why I want to work there), and I feel their initial offer is a good one, I know on one hand it's "okay" for me to accept the offer, but should I assume they're going to expect me to negotiate and therefore they will most likely be willing to pay me more? Or if they give me a great offer, it's because they value me and it's not a "you should have negotiated for higher" scenario?

You are not even safe then. I started a program management position the same day this rather large corporation started a new CIO. What does every new CIO do when they first start? Portfolio Review! He cancelled my program. I started on a Monday and ended that Friday. This is what happens when we allow congress to legalize bribery. No more employment law, workers rights rolled back 70 years...at will employment, unlimited PTO (no PTO), pensions gone, schemes to lower wages go unchecked. And we are somehow supposed to be prepared for anything to protect our families.

This just happened to me but I never stop looking until the paperwork is signed. Verbal offers are meaningless.

This commentary is again a reflection of the privileged new generation. When I entered the work force during the recession of 1991 just getting an interview was a big deal. The first job I worked was brutal, yes our company had more money to spend on employees but basically the company attitude was of no mercy, you could pee in your pants at a meeting. Bottom line was you needed to be tough and make room for your self. Change has always been there we need to be tough and not take things for granted.

I’ve been putting a lot of effort into applications lately I have a degree, 5 years experience in my field (not counting college extracurricular that added experience) I always write a cover letter, tweak my resume for the position, and still get nothing. I’ve always wanted to move to this specific city I’m applying for, and idk if it’s because I’m applying out of state, or because I’ve now been on the search for almost a year, but it’s been a rough time.

Maybe if you guys didnt have such a bad attitude companies would want you.

You can compensation for being laid off. The employers don't

Wow! How depressing. Why would anyone still want to work for other people? If this is the case, being your own boss and making your own schedule is the only way to go in this society.

I have hated all my bosses but, one sadly he passed. The new boss just another tyrant.

It all depends if you hired as full time employee or not. Here in Europe if you cannot just fire someone just like that. If you worked for company for 3 years at least, they need to give you 3 months notice.

Roland Parker at Impress Computers in Houston, Texas fired me for "small mistakes" - This man fired me with the DOORS OPEN to his office, couldn't give me an explanation, and said he approved my unemployment IN THE SAME MEETING. -He instantly went to the Unemployment Office in Texas with a list of reasons to fight against my Unemployment Benefits. Cybersecurity security job promised to hire me as a technician kept me at the front desk for 3 years, pulls me at the front of the entire staff to make a fool of me countless times in Monday Meetings - repeatedly points out my mistakes, moves to the next person and never heard anything like a mistake, discipline, or warning to stop towards anyone else, only me; Our staff had to stop him from taking a slideshow to a business meeting with photos of dead bodies in Zimbabwe, where he migrated from. Totally fired me for the ZERO reason, doesn't have the position filled in the spot since he fired me in March(2024), went to the Unemployment Office after promising someone benefits for firing them for "small mistakes"? Thanks for my $10,000 Roland, I'll never move my livelihood down the street from my job like I did with your company, I won't help watch your house & 2 dogs while you go to the airport, I won't help you with any extracurricular credit like your best buddy Roy Du Puis who fratenizes with you at Formula 1 races, Christmas, all of those photos we see of you both having vacation. I will quietly quit every job from now on, thanks to understanding how SHIT employers treat their staff no matter how talented.

Here’s an example of a specific company not hiring. Target is always hiring but they never employ anyone. That’s a minimum wage job btw.

What you are describing about managers is one of the greatest issues in business today: managers who were never trained to recruit, hire, manage and develop humans. Recent studies put the number of managers not trained or prepared to manage people at around 70%. This leads to the kind of ridiculaous narrow hiring practice that you described.

The most I've applied for is like 3 at a time and always get a call back because honestly, if you're so desperate coming off they aren't going to hire your ass

I started a job in October, and got laid off in January. Same thing, came right out of the blue, had no idea it was coming. It's infuriating.

Thanks!

Thank you for the words and advice of encouragement.

There is NO way to solve this problem by yourself. Having a plan, knowledge or strategy will not help you at all. Individualism by definition will only raise the bar of expections for everyone that works for a living. Create or join a union. The only power is in numbers.

I just want to know how do they live if they are not working?

A two week notice is customary, but it’s not required. The most a company can do is put you down as ineligible for rehire, they still have to abide by employment laws and cannot make any comments other than your job title your dates of higher and your salary (sometimes). As a PI we were often hired to pose as someone wanting a reference and recorded HR people making illegal comments.

The solution is: UNIONIZE when & where you can, vote out Republicans and neoliberal Democrats (look instead for pro-union Democrats!), and support one another always.

You're right: it's the employers and their complete disavowal of any loyalty or sense of owing workers. It used to be that wage gains tracked productivity. Those curves started diverging circa 1980.

I wonder if it's this tough to get a job in the blue collar sector. You always hear about how they're begging for people...

Now she needs to stop paying for the fake eyelashes. 😢

since the 1980s house prices went up 45x and the average wage went up 4x. you tell me i have to work harder and be more educated for less reward and im lazy because the semites ruined my future. lol

It is really a numbers game/ If you see 20 decent openings in local area as exact match, deal with dead field now, not later. It will suck 5 years from now too.

Lol.. I'm a manager.. I would definitely never ask about past attendance.. Two reasons, none of my business, and what honest answer am I expecting..

Unionize...

@ALifeAfterLayoff. I was curious of your thoughts regarding getting reclassified from salary to hourly in the way that you are getting paid. Would this be a sign that I may be getting quietly fired.

I've quit a ton of jobs with out notice. You can do it too.