Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

Shakey

Shakey

When my 16 year old daughter was looking for summer work, there were a ton of places advertising that they were hiring. She got zero response from every place she applied. She got a job because my wife knew someone who was hiring.

All these people complaining are either looking for over qualified people who will work for shit pay or are looking for people willing to be abused by customers for minimum wage.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Shakey said:
When my 16 year old daughter was looking for summer work, there were a ton of places advertising that they were hiring. She got zero response from every place she applied. She got a job because my wife knew someone who was hiring.

All these people complaining are either looking for over qualified people who will work for shit pay or are looking for people willing to be abused by customers for minimum wage.
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That was even my experience when I was looking for experienced IT work 2 years ago. Thankfully I still had a job when I was looking so I could afford to be picky. But most places didn't even bother communicating with me, the few that did had terrible compensation packages or limited hours or absolute crap work or combinations of the above.

I finally got the job I have now because my new boss is my best friend who I've known since high school. He had someone quit so he actually convinced me I should get into programming instead of IT.
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Shakey said:
All these people complaining are either looking for over qualified people who will work for shit pay
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Not just in the retail sector. I'm getting lots of recruiter emails that are about $30-50K below my current salary, for positions that require 10-15 years experience and leadership positions.

And then when I do finally hear from someone that pays in a decent range, it invariably goes like this: "We need 5-7 years experience" then at interview time "We're going to give you 5 technical interviews, live coding exams, and have specialists in their fields that are adjacent to software development ask you specific questions related to their field to see if you can answer them."

Yeah, I know SQL. I'm not a DBA. You *have* a DBA. Why are you asking me DBA questions? Yeah, I know my way around a computer. And you have tech support staff. Why are you grilling me on the specifics of windows installs and the like? What kind of guy with only 5-7 years experience is gonna know all this shit anyway?
 
Dave

Dave

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I feel kinda fortunate that my job search went so smoothly. I ended up with two offers in less than a month, both which pays more than what I was making. Truthfully I was afraid my age was going to be more of a hindrance and I was scared I wouldn’t find anything.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I received an email at my work email address only a couple of days ago trying to tempt me away from my current position to come and work for them (full-time!) doing back-of-house inventory management and rattling off a list of the (latest!) software packages that they use to do so… for $8/hr. And when they finally got to that part of the email, they announced that $8/hr the same way Dr. Evil says, “…one millllion dollars,” as though they clearly expected that I would obviously be very impressed by their generosity.

I don’t think I’ve worked for less than $8/hr since what, 1994?

—Patrick
 
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DarkAudit

DarkAudit

PatrThom said:
I received an email at my work email address only a couple of days ago trying to tempt me away from my current position to come and work for them (full-time!) doing back-of-house inventory management and rattling off a list of the (latest!) software packages that they use to do so… for $8/hr. And when they finally got to that part of the email, they announced that $8/hr the same way Dr. Evil says, “…one millllion dollars,” as though they clearly expected that I would obviously be very impressed by their generosity.

I don’t think I’ve worked for less than $8/hr since what, 1994?

—Patrick
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I hope you send a just as lengthy response rattling off a list of the (many!) ways they can go fuck themselves.
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

But of course, it saved lives by making the vaccine available so fast that it made people question it's safety.

If it came out later, with more tests, maybe they'd think it's saf.... HAHAHAHAHA... sorry, i could make it till the end...
 
Cat

Cat

I'm quitting twitter over political bs. Responded to this tweet with 'Choke' and caught a week's ban before I was back to my feed. It is amazing who this platform will go out of its way to protect while actual vulnerable people get harassed to death

 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Cat said:
I'm quitting twitter over political bs. Responded to this tweet with 'Choke' and caught a week's ban before I was back to my feed. It is amazing who this platform will go out of its way to protect while actual vulnerable people get harassed to death

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I pretty much quit all social media. The only time I see tweets are when they are posted here or when other friends share them with me. I'm an overall happier person for it.
 
Cat

Cat

Ravenpoe said:
I pretty much quit all social media. The only time I see tweets are when they are posted here or when other friends share them with me. I'm an overall happier person for it.
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I'll bet. I'm not gonna get angry about it, it's just tiresome trying to fight the mainstream narrative when reality is so blatant. I was never gonna change anyone's mind anyway no matter how well I argue
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

blotsfan said:
I love twitter and think it is what you make of it.
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I’m at least half with you, there. Twitter, at least, wasn’t like, “Oh we haven’t heard from you in a year and therefore require a DNA sample and a credit report before we can let you back in.”

—Patrick
 
Cat

Cat

Used to get into stupid arguments on a conservative board, now I lurk on a private account and watching other people try to argue with them is the funniest thing for me
 
Frank

Frank

I just saw a thing about how US citizens are now unable to use the USPS to mail anything to Australia anymore. Man.....and that Trump dude is still in charge.

Fucking embarrassing.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

That ain’t all that’s going on down there:

www.npr.org

The University of Florida bars professors from testifying in a voting rights case

The school said having the professors testify was "adverse" to the university's interests, marking a departure from normal procedure and raising major concerns about freedom of speech.
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The plaintiffs in the case [...] are suing Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee[, arguing] that a new state law, which severely limits the ability to vote through a drop box or vote by mail in the state, discriminates against voters of color and violates the Voting Rights Act.
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[T]he University of Florida denied all three professors permission to testify, saying it was a "conflict of interest[,” and that] "litigation against the state [of Florida] is adverse to UF's interests [since it is a public university]"
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The law being contested is SB 90, which as you may remember is the law that puts restrictions on just who can drop off a mail-in ballot, how many box locations there can be (if any), keeps people from handing out water/etc to people waiting in line, and so on.

--Patrick
 
BErt

BErt

They dont even know what they’re complaining about anymore. “Stupid Biden didn’t let these dangerous drugs hit the street!”
 
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Bubble181

Bubble181

To be clear, what I need explained to me is how this is a major political power in the USA, and how this isn't just 10 people in an empty room running into the padded walls. I don't need anyone to explain to me how - or why - JFK will return to proclaim Trump the King of Kings, that part is clear and obvious.
 
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