My thoughts exactly.

Nov 1, 2022
9:44:33am

Dr. 91coug All-American

In other words, “Expect to be owned 24/7”. Work comes first and everything else is secondary. It’s a “Badge of Courage” to read, reply, or send emails at 2am or 3am in order to be a team player.

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Dr. 91coug

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My office just posted a bunch of job openings. The hook they used was,

Great38

11/1/22 9:23am

I can’t work at a slow paced company

TarCoug

11/1/22 9:24am

Are they offering a "competitive salary" (which means - they're competing with

StarMan

11/1/22 9:25am

Looking for rockstars?

Ojiisan

11/1/22 9:25am

And then later in the post: "no egos"…

ochobeeguy

11/1/22 9:28am

I actually know a lot of people that prefer jobs that are busier. They really

fattycoug

11/1/22 9:26am

Fast paced to me means lots of late nights.

ochobeeguy

11/1/22 9:29am

Could be true, for sure

fattycoug

11/1/22 9:35am

That's what I see when I read it

Great38

11/1/22 9:43am

My thoughts exactly.

Dr. 91coug

11/1/22 9:44am

Or an undisciplined organization. It's a euphemism for chaos

COUGND

11/1/22 10:17am

For sure. But they also really want to find people to hire. And it's not always

Great38

11/1/22 9:46am

Most people that post JDs are actually terrible at it and say all the wrong

Mitty

11/1/22 9:52am

I think the point is that they don't want the people looking for low effort jobs

Malacis

11/1/22 9:37am

Yes, they can't actual say, "this job usually isn't that stressful compared to

Great38

11/1/22 9:57am

Do they even want to hire anyone or maybe they are just advertising for optic

kotacoug

11/1/22 9:44am

Really looking to hire, hopefully

Great38

11/1/22 9:53am

My work is pretty slow paced. The long boring days wear me down sometimes.

OKchief

11/1/22 9:47am

I just left a job like that. It felt like the slow pace would eventually catch

Memmo

11/1/22 9:53am

I’d have done the same as you and left but the pay and bonuses aren’t stagnant

OKchief

11/1/22 9:59am

Yeah that’s a good reason to stay

Memmo

11/1/22 11:36am

I’m in a salaried job where not much is expected and I spend 80% of the day

cougfanz

11/1/22 9:54am

This is the job most of us dream of

COUGND

11/1/22 10:28am

Bogus, Self-Defeating Selling Points

Mitty

11/1/22 9:50am

I would say most people want those things, but also every company claims to have

Memmo

11/1/22 11:39am

"Do you enjoy being part of a successful team?" - seen on a real JD

Mitty

11/1/22 10:04am

"Hi everyone, do you want to do virtually nothing for double the pay? If so, please apply!"

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