All too true!

And then you have those silly immigration questions, as illustrated in Super Collie and the I-94W...

I work in retail and every day, it is a struggle not to leap over the counter and strangle some people.

Lately I've found that working retail has become easier. I'm wondering if all the really pricky customers are the ones who run out of money before anyone else does. Would sort of be poetic justice, I think...

Oh my heaven SO SO TRUE. Everyone has, at some point, had this problem, unfortunately >.< Instant fav!

And thats the Most irritating: "Youre Overqualified" and then they dont hire you anyway.

because they want someone unlearned to do a professional job... for 'unlearned' fee.

in times I think bosses aren't by the least qualified to hire someone else. I'm just waiting for the day I apply and get snarked at I was overqualified by a young, unprofessional, snobbish fresh-from-the-school personnel manager. I will make him call the cops or something when I'm done. :P

Thats exactly why HR departments exist: To help determine whos qualified and who isnt. Except sadly on the flip side way too Many HR depts go overboard and demand that you show them a piece of paper saying that someone somewhere whom you paid $ to certifies that youre qualified to do the thing you do! I'm a full believer in Performance Valuation: Giving the applicant a task and seeing how well they perform.

if only it would work that way in germany. here a supermarket chain demands a full application for those who refill the shelves for a couple hours each saturday. :P as if they'd apply for market management.
also, when IT was raising up, companies trying to hire IT specialists demanded the paper you mentioned. only problem was, around that time IT specialist was not an official profession, thus you had no way to study or learn it and earn a certificate. thus you weren't hired, and they called out for government to help out with foreign specialists, mostly from india, of all places... german government came up with a green card, but only good for five years. so in all the years since then they attracted only a dozen indian programmers, but a lot of specialists from eastern-block states. all the while german specialists wandered off, mostly to the US. because there they were given a chance to show how good they were.

it's an insane situation here. on one hand the companies are looking for high professionals and specialists (refusing to educate them for themselves), and on the other hand you aren't hired because of being overqualified.

Its actually been a similar situation here in the US for quite a while, and even us residents had better not loose our government identification cards (AKA Social Security cards) otherwise no one will hire you except for those looking for migrant workers to do hard labor for a day from the street corner! Its a ROYAL pain to replace the danged cards too, cause then they want everything short of a DNA test to prove your identity!

*Sigh* Computer jobs were fun before all the regulation and crap came in and made it tough for all of us, including those of us whom were into it before these other people even knew what a computer Was!!!

well, no SIN no fun, hm? and they peg "Shadowrun" science fiction. we've come a long way, but we're almost there...

heh... Science Fiction is turning into reality much too quickly these days!

I'll drink to that.

me, too.


what would you say if they hired you anyway after that rant?

heh---if they did, they might be on the way to earning my work ethic!

well, I would hire you two. if only to have you out of my office. XD

Hired.
Don't be late more than a hour and try to stick to a 40h/week.
You can get the monthly bonus if your sales exceed norm by 20% or you suck my cock.

As a man who has served the public, worked for the public, against the public, and on several occassions HIT the public, I can only say:

Right on!

Hey, I'd hire you in a second if you presented such arguments to me!

My observation is that corporate culture flows from the top—all else being equal, people tend to hire subordinates that are like them, and so on down the line. If the folks running the show are dysfunctional, the organization will be dysfunctional. If the head honchos are cool, the organization will be a good place to be.

This, I think, is why for instance major news organizations tend to be left-leaning when it comes to social policies and conservative about business issues. Media moguls are affluent urbanized individuals insulated from the street or countryside who, as a rule, are social liberals as well as businessmen (and -women). Naturally they tend to hire people who share their worldviews, and so on.

Still and all, I too have gone through similar monologues in my mind, although I am a sunnier personality, so I tend not to be quite so pointed or, um, misanthropic. (I know I’m going to get gnawed on for that. . . .)