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addctd2badideas t1_j25rsek wrote

Salary is too low for a supervisor. You're not going to get a lot of qualified or appropriate candidates.

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j25wh3r wrote

They likely don’t want qualified or appropriate. They want “willing to ignore shady bullshit because they’re not paid enough to care”

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dopkick t1_j261zkm wrote

I’ve been on the receiving end of a few contracts or subcontracts that were lowest bid rather than best value. You definitely get what you pay for. Hiring people from HUBZones for rock bottom prices to do technical work sounds like a great idea. Until they have to show up in NYC and there’s no travel budget. So you tell them they have to commute from WV… so they never show up. Fuck you Ron, you had the dumbest idea ever.

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dUc0N t1_j26a70f wrote

But the ad is cute though, and they did that whole "company using what it thinks snarky social media sounds like" thing 😮

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j25wtx8 wrote

False.

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addctd2badideas t1_j26dd1l wrote

"Lessons in How Not to do Social Media Engagement" by u/BmoreCityDOT

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baltinerdist t1_j26m7s3 wrote

Wonder if it's the same person from the health department who thought "edgy" is a thing citizens want from their municipal government.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_j26vu7w wrote

I asked them this in a non-controversial post. They snarked at me. So I assume yes.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_j26vner wrote

Clearly your handicapped mother, if you have a mother, never had the city steal her car which was legally parked in a handicapped spot in the train station.

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motokrow t1_j2643zy wrote

Sorry you’re catching so much flak for doing your job. I’m sure there are people who appreciate your posts.

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addctd2badideas t1_j26dulp wrote

They're doing their job poorly, though. You can't go on a social media site, get called out for something and respond the way they have so far. I'm a 14 year comms professional and you either don't respond at all to these kinds of comments and just let it be (so it doesn't acquire more attention) or you formulate a measured response such as "This position's salary range is commensurate with the experience we are seeking within our budgetary requirements."

It's really that easy.

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j271mck wrote

Thanks. 😕 They implied we don’t want good candidates. We do. We’re trying to do the best with what we’ve got. We don’t put up with shadiness in the department.

We’re hoping someone who would really like the job will apply.

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KRUNKcrab t1_j28ebmk wrote

Lol dude stop before you dig yourself deeper and try to learn from this instead of getting upset.

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Ok-Beautiful-8403 t1_j27c3c3 wrote

you really should read and learn from comments

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_j28kkq1 wrote

In defense of them, they made the truck hauling away the person's car really cute. Maybe they can do a colorful graphic about the person trying to get $450 out of their bank to get their car back, or give some snarky suggestions for paycheck-to-paycheck people to tell their boss when they're getting fired for not being able to get their car back when an overzealous tow truck driver grabs it.

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RevRagnarok t1_j28jimp wrote

> not going to get a lot of qualified or appropriate candidates

Welcome to government work. There's a reason all the "real work" is done by contractors. Different buckets / colors of money.

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addctd2badideas t1_j28uenq wrote

A communications manager position I interviewed for at MDOT was around $90K. In fact, most government work pays at least a little above the median if not more. Most federal jobs pay quite well especially for the metro region.

It's not government work, but rather Baltimore City government work. We have an exodus of our residents, thus our tax base, thus our funding for government workers.

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sxswnxnw t1_j2cfi4e wrote

Honestly though, federal jobs also tend to pay by location. Once you remove that location pay, the real pay is kinda basic and honestly on the low side for what all they expect people to do.

Source: know folks who work for federal government.

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