re: Career Builder's CEO: Young people are 'ghosting' employers

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what job was that?

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Just a stupid young women entry level job being the company president's exec assistant that he absolutely did not need because he was never actually there. My parents wanted me to leave bars/restaurants the minute I graduated college so I took the first office setting job that would have me.

Job would be perfect for someone who wanted to just do nothing and make a low salary, but I was miserable.

I actually like problem solving, and like doing it on my own terms even more, so working remotely suits me much better. 100x more productive than I'd ever be chained to a desk, and the happiness level makes me far more willing to take care of something in the middle of the night vs. putting it off for the next day.

The article mentions culture, and this is exactly what comes to mind for me when I think company culture.

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Good way to burn bridges.

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Tbh this is way overvalued.

Connections are great, and you shouldn't burn them needlessly, but if I'm leaving a job, the employer has given me a good reason (shitty pay/no advancement opportunity/overall treating people like shite). I will certainly not be returning to them even if my new gig falls through.



Also, a part of the reason (imo) why shitty managers survive and stay shitty is because every one is so scared of "burning a bridge" that they lie through their teeth about how great it was to work for them on their way out.


I straight up roasted my last boss in the exit interview. Who knows if anything will change as a result, but maybe some people higher up the food chain will take notice of that management group's shitty behavior.

I work with a decent amount of interns, and they really want to do more community outreach.

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Good. Recruiters/companies commonly “GHOST” interviewees. About time they’re on the receiving end..

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This. Coming out of college I was ghosted by two companies, who then turned around and wanted my services less than six months later after I made some waves at the place that hired me. Screw burning bridges, I told them exactly where they could shove the offer.

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agree. Pretty sure if we ever have a layoff, they will give us at least 6 months of pay.

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Yeah, im not saying companies don't lay people off, but they usually give you severence. Hell if you work a minimum wage job, your company is paying into unemployment, you arent. Youll get that money.

A company will do what it has to to keep the good ones.

Does Larry Leo write for Yahoo finance?

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frick that noise! I'm not risking my business to segment of half of the population. I don't care if you're Repub or Democrat your money is still green.

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It really depends how that questioned was asked. It could just mean people are answering the obvious right answer instead “I want to work for dr evil”

I doubt I don’t care was an option

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The days of company/employee loyalty are long gone.

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Went out the window with pensions and retirement plans for lifetime employees.
Tell me how many companies that still do this have high turnover rates?
I got fired, over the phone, from a company I was told was mine to buy, just so the salary dump would make the value go up.
There are no rules anymore. No one is honest. No one GAF about you.

Chances are companies are not investing in background checks and references. Which is why they never find out that their potential hire is a ghosting POS.

I had a very similar experience in BR out of college, except it was door to door to people’s frickin home from 10 am to 7 pm. Felt like we were a wrong knock from being shot a couple times

Straight up had the same model of a pyramid scheme


I was so rattled, at the end they had me fill out a paper to see how I felt about everything and get feedback, I ended up putting my moms cell number instead of mine by accident and they called her and she called me and it was a clusterfrick they offered me the job and I was like “yeah I’ll need a couple days to think it over” and I could tell by his voice he knew what I meant and that I wasn’t taking it