Work is Hell

[Olaf]

Sorry to hear that, Kory.

[Silent Majority]

You'll find yourself a better position, I know it.

[Flex]

You'll find yourself a better position, I know it.

I was just reading about some potential daily mail gigs, in fact!

[Dr. Medulla]

You'll find yourself a better position, I know it.

I was just reading about some potential daily mail gigs, in fact!

We're all going to feel bad when Kory becomes a NewsMax anchor.

[Flex]

We're all going to feel bad when Kory becomes a NewsMax anchor.

Will we though?

[Dr. Medulla]

We're all going to feel bad when Kory becomes a NewsMax anchor.

Will we though?

What I mean is he's going to sic the mob on all of us. We've said a lot of things about bassists. A *lot* of things.

[Flex]

What I mean is he's going to sic the mob on all of us. We've said a lot of things about bassists. A *lot* of things.

Setting: the western NewsMax Justice Facility of the Third Trump Imperium.

Imperator Kory: what say you, for your crimes against the People . Have you no ounce of regret you wish to speak?

IMCT: bassists, lol

*Gallows door swings open*

[matedog]

Thanks all, it wasn't a sudden thing, I've been there long enough to know when it was coming so I had a few days to sit with it. I know I gave the impression of not being happy there but that was mostly either venting or a lack of confidence in my own capabilities—I'm not likely to be particularly content working anywhere. I resent the amount of my life work in general takes up, and the company I worked for at the time caught the brunt of that viewpoint, but the perks of working there are unlikely to be matched anywhere else. It was the best of a bad situation and I fear for the future. Despite my hatred of work I have a lot of skills that hide that aspect of myself completely while I'm on the clock, so I'm easy to work with, always get my work in on time, and get a lot of good reviews, but that evidently doesn't pay the bills in the tech sphere.

Sorry to hear. If I remember correctly, it wasn't unexpected either, not that that helps things. Hopefully unemployment payments are solid and money isn't too much of an immediate concern. Job market seems good at the moment, so maybe that'll help?

[Dr. Medulla]

What I mean is he's going to sic the mob on all of us. We've said a lot of things about bassists. A *lot* of things.

Setting: the western NewsMax Justice Facility of the Third Trump Imperium.

Imperator Kory: what say you, for your crimes against the People . Have you no ounce of regret you wish to speak?

IMCT: bassists, lol

*Gallows door swings open*

“The mother, the father, the serpent, the priest. The foreman, the woman, the widow, the beast!”

[Flex]

What I mean is he's going to sic the mob on all of us. We've said a lot of things about bassists. A *lot* of things.

Setting: the western NewsMax Justice Facility of the Third Trump Imperium.

Imperator Kory: what say you, for your crimes against the People . Have you no ounce of regret you wish to speak?

IMCT: bassists, lol

*Gallows door swings open*

“The mother, the father, the serpent, the priest. The foreman, the woman, the widow, the beast!”

That's the name of of a Les Claypool album, I think.

[Dr. Medulla]

What I mean is he's going to sic the mob on all of us. We've said a lot of things about bassists. A *lot* of things.

Setting: the western NewsMax Justice Facility of the Third Trump Imperium.

Imperator Kory: what say you, for your crimes against the People . Have you no ounce of regret you wish to speak?

IMCT: bassists, lol

*Gallows door swings open*

“The mother, the father, the serpent, the priest. The foreman, the woman, the widow, the beast!”

That's the name of of a Les Claypool album, I think.

Every single one of them.

[Kory]

Linkedin is quite literally hell on earth.

[gkbill]

Linkedin is quite literally hell on earth.

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Hello,

A lot of the people on Linkedin are dead already.

[Flex]

For those who don't follow the dictator sub forum religiously, I mentioned my wife got laid off back in March (employment and severance ran through may). She's got a job offer today so the bullet-sweating should be over for us.

The job hunt process is crazy now, some of it is the economic environment (thanks trump!) some is technology, particularly A.I. A lot/most companies now scan initial job applications with a.i. and just do keyword matching to applications to find the "most qualified." Everyone involved acknowledges there are huge errors rates and you dump a lot of qualified candidates, but every job gets so many applicants it doesn't really matter. So, of course, there's a whole cottage industry built up now of a.i. models and tips on how to game your resume to maximize the keyword hit rate for a job.

I know someone who works at a job recruiting firm and he says that the hiring rate for jobs that aren't internal candidates or referrals is 2%. In other words: if you don't have a connection, don't fucking bother even applying.

I do contract work (and am severely under-employed thanks to Trump's victory. I'm going to guess his win cost me at least $50,000 in earnings so far this year), so when my wife's work benefits ended we switched to a health care plan on the exchange. Because of our particular household demographics, we qualified for subsidies to keep our monthly premiums reasonable-ish and some other benefits and subsidies to help us out while we were under-employed. All that shit is getting cut in Trump's fucking tax bill that's passing today, so we're incredibly glad to be jumping ship now before it all begins to get stripped away.

Anyways, don't be complacent about your work situation. If you feel like things are getting unsteady, find somewhere to jump ship to before it's too late. It's a big employers market and most of the safety net stuff to help people get by is getting nuked today.

We also had a major, serious health issue with my wife during all this that I won't even get into here but suffice to say it's been a couple of months of pure hell over here. With a happy ending as of today (fingers crossed) at least.

God Bless The U.S.A.!

[Dr. Medulla]

Congratulations and phew on the good stuff, sympathies on, well, everything else.

I guess if you're a big picture kinda person, the use of AI is going to add to worker frustrations and increase the chances of willingness to revolt. Maybe.