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Pterritorialdactyl t1_j5k3h89 wrote

I would like to know who pioneered the cover letter

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Nazamroth t1_j5kctxw wrote

You know what I hated when learning english? Motivational letters for pretend job interviews. Who came up with that shit?

"Why do you want to work for our company?"

"You offer an acceptable amount of money in exchange for an acceptable amount of work and acceptable conditions"

But noooo, I had to be passionate about manufacturing cardboard or something.

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bigbangbilly t1_j5kg0d0 wrote

This is why I have a hard time with job interviews. This sort of honesty is not what hiring managers are looking for

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omar1993 t1_j5lsgkq wrote

Amen. YES, Mr. Doe, I CLEARLY have a passion for flipping burgers. What is this nonsense about a wage needed to LIVE?

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__erk t1_j5moi1v wrote

Gotta remind us from the get-go who’s in charge, lest we rise up and rebel.

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PreciousRoi t1_j5kguvt wrote

Employers want to know if you're motivated enough to get this job that you'd make up a plausible lie.

Otherwise, what separates you from Rico Pendejo? He likes money too, you should hang out.

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deaddonkey t1_j5ljunf wrote

If Rico Pendejo is qualified and competent he should be a candidate for the job too 🗿

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Love4KittyButtholes t1_j5km0zb wrote

I did hiring for most of my management career. I never asked these bullshit corporate drone questions. Mine were like "here is a difficult client situation, how would you handle that?" I just want to go home and play video games after work, want to make sure people can withstand the BS I have to put up with in an interview and somewhat have the aptitude to not absolutely hate the work. That's it.

When companies ask that question it's a red flag for me. It means their corporate compensation model is railing the "money isn't how you keep employees" Kool aide and that kind of shareholder capitalism will never get my talent.

Vote with your labor. Don't work for assholes.

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tordrue t1_j5lopu9 wrote

“I’ve always been passionate about having enough money to eat”

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SeiCalros t1_j5l8d8z wrote

the thing about the cover letters is that every once in a while you end up with somebody who actually IS passionate about manufacturing cardboard and the chance to hire a guy like that akes all the other bullshit worth the time it all took

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AgentElman t1_j5kj4q0 wrote

If your answer is "You offer an acceptable amount of money in exchange for an acceptable amount of work and acceptable conditions" they don't want to hire you.

Why hire someone who will leave as soon as they can? The interview question is doing its job - it is keeping them from hiring you.

People seem to think that the goal of interview questions is to hire them. Whereas the goal of interview questions is almost always to not hire people like them.

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Nazamroth t1_j5kkhw9 wrote

Why would I leave as soon as I can? As long as the conditions remain the same(ideally relative to the world around us), I will stay. Obviously.

Hell, I had a job for 6 years, and I hated both it, and my employer after the first 2. But the conditions remained acceptable for another 4 years (and did the job with high enough quality to get commended by higher ups), at which point they went far enough with BS that I left.

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