I laughed so hard at your add for a Sales Manager. Required – 5 years improving sales (preferably in a large chain retail environment); Required – Bachelor degree; Required experience – 5 years in management AND sales management; Required – driver’s license and own vehicle; Position is full time and you work 7 days a week (usually 11am-6pm but hours subject to change) …offering $14.00 per hour … Genuinely sir or madam owner, I hope you find the sucker you’re looking for to take on that gig but just based on your employment posting I’ll be making sure NEVER to shop at your store. —And I haven’t even started listing off some of the grandiose duties listed
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2016.
You can thank the Canadian universities cartel for that!
You know what’s worse? Actually interviewing for one of these shitty jobs. Last year I faced a bout of unemployment and applied for several of these to hold me over til I found something decent. Its always an old timey style interview led by the Monopoly Man himself with one of his old timey HR lackies. The interview consists of MM barking out questions such as “what is your greatest weakness”, “Can you sell me this pen in less than 30 seconds!” while the lackey cowers next to him and agrees obediently with everything he barks.
And this why so many have a hard time finding work. For min wage they expect too much from one person
I saw an ad for some local touristy company last year that was just starting up. The duties listed were basically every last thing that an owner would be expected to do, for minwage plus a dollar. I wonder what exactly the owner expected to be doing. Counting fat cash, I guess. They’re still in business but we’ll see.
Let this be a lesson to you young folk! Try to get a trade or a degree in something that is in demand. Something where employers are competing for the best people. Otherwise you may be at the mercy of the “monopoly man” and his ilk for the rest of your life.
7 days a week!? $14.00/hr!? Fuck that shit
I’ve seen jobs that I was qualified for except for the fact that you needed twelve degrees and an expert in four different types of software. Starting at $18/hr. Give me a break.
So name the store then…social media will crush’em faster than you can say “pitchforks!!!”
You laughed when you saw their add? I laughed when I saw how you wrote ad.