I can imagine the argument "Well if you weren't gonna be hired for that reason it's probably a pretty miserable workplace"

The hiring process is ALWAYS stupid.

No one ever knows what they're really in for. Everyone pretends they can filter well enough to get the perfect candidates and all it does is make expert liars out of everyone.

interesting that the new muslim congress woman ran completely unopposed, no republican opponent

What is the purpose of conveniences like cell phones or social media if you become expected to have them to make a living?

They're not convenient anymore, they're COMPULSORY.

This is why I take exception to people calling us a spoiled generation.

All of this technology that we're supposedly spoiled with, we're OUTCAST for not having.

People just want the best, and that goes on to assume that THE BEST employee has a facebook and cell phone.

oh shes the daughter of palistinian immigrants... thats going to be interesting, given some of trumps moves in israel

Yeah, the whole "check their social media" thing has gotten out of hand

I know it started as "We want to make sure that they aren't doing stupid shit in the background", but the requirement of having social media to get a job is ridiculous

Any gift to humanity becomes a curse as soon as employers get to snoop on it.

Adam Carolla on one of the Joe Rogan podcasts, he brought up a story where he was talking to an employer at a dinner table in the middle of the night

He had a question for the employer, and the employer CALLED AN EMPLOYEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT to get an answer.

Well for fuck sake, wasn't that trespassing on the guy's free time?

What is this shit?

At my last job, the VP of the software department straight up told us to our faces that if there was an issue in the middle of the night, he wanted to be able to call us to fix it

Off-time is off-time, how did this indentured servitude get such a long reach.

I can understand if lives are on the line in the medical profession.

In my current job, not only are we not expected to come in at all hours of the day to fix shit, we get overtime

government contracts are great

I dunno what that means.

The company I work for is a Department of Defense contractor, so they're required to pay all employees overtime, whether we're in salaried positions or not

Last week I worked 50.4 hours, and I'll be paid for 50.4 hours

I've been unemployed for years now.

Drives me nuts.

So on top of not having social media, or a cell, I also have this huge gap in my resume.

I'm assuming you have a degree then?

No.

Why was that assumed..?

I don't know

It's the only thing I'm thankful for.

I dodged college debt.

I got so much advice to go ahead and pull that lever. Thank fuck I didn't.

@Revan dude i thoght that was real for a second lmao

Have you considered trade school?

No money for tuition.

Ah

I'd want to pay my own way through such a thing. Which is impossible.

It's *astounding* how little boomers understand what's happening.