The job market sucks so bad right now. My youngest put in an application to wash dishes part time in the small town we live in and they got 32 applications for it. They hired my kid because my kid did yard work for them a few years back and didn’t interview any of the other 31 people.
I remember when I was young everybody had help wanted signs out because you couldn’t hire anyone.
It took me 6 months to get a graveyard shift stocking job in 2020/2021, indeed said there were a ton of applicants to all the positions that I applied for. That was applying across the metro area I live in.
Can’t relate. Was laid off in May, still looking >.>
I worked in the games industry for ~18 years, and the software for ~2. Due to the news of constant layoffs, friends and acquaintances from outside of the industry ask how many times I’ve been laid off, and this is how the chat goes.
My favorite is when the auth fails and my first thought is that I was laid off
It’s the worst.
Just another day in 2024.
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