Not really a similar story, but the OP brought it to mind.
I once applied for a position as a software developer. It said “Java and RPG.”
I hadn’t done any Java in about 4.5 years at the time. And I’d never so much as touched RPG.
When they asked if I’d done any Java programming, I responded that it had been a few years, but I’d be “brushing up” on it. I wasn’t completely new to it.
But I said since I’d never touched RPG, I had been studying that in preparation for the interview.
And the interviewer looked at me funny and said “why?”
I explained that it was in the job description for the position I’d applied to. And he basically facepalmed, exasperated at whichever department was responsible for the job listings.
I’ve worked there for almost 8 years now and haven’t done so much as a single line of RPG.
Then there was the time I applied to a job listing for a Python developer. I showed up and they asked if I had any C# experience. I told them I’d never touched C#, but am a quick study. They said they were migrating away from Python to C#. Said it as if I shouldn’t have applied if I didn’t have C# experience. But I don’t know by what logic they expected me to have been able to intuit that given that the job listing said nothing about C#. Just Python.
Basically, I’ve never applied to a job that didn’t have glaring inaccuracies in the listing.
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Is this why 85% of nurses are rude and generally unpleasant to work with?
Nurses also have a reputation of being former high school mean girls, for whatever that’s worth.
They’re treated like shit by patients and their experience will basically always be considered irrelevant if a brand new doctor disagrees (I get why, but it’s still gotta be irritating). I’d be rude too.
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Honestly, I sometimes miss the earlier days of Lemmy when folks were generally kind to each other by default. Seems like this kind of comment is becoming all too common.
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Sadly some ‘jobs’ post positions just to collect resumes and sell the data. Just kicking us while we’re down really 😮💨
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Happens a LOT on LinkedIn. Be wary of recruiters who seem to immediately want your resume and nothing else before providing you with information.
Not just resumes either. I went through 2 interviews for a company, and then was suddenly ghosted after they’d collected the data they needed. They reached out to me, offering a position and when I told them how much I wanted for it (I didn’t realize I’d told them less than they had it listed for, since I hadn’t seen their job openings before being reached out to) they ghosted me and updated their job posting to match my desired pay
It’s especially annoying in public funded jobs because they’re often required to interview a bunch of people even if they’re already intending to give it to someone internal
Another possibility: what if the manager had a bias and immediately lied to turn away the applicant because their race/gender/appearance/eyc.
I’d definitely start prank calling that place to waste their time.
Someone is about to have rats let loose in their restaurant
