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Joyce's avatar

I don't know.....it seems unfair to advertise a position that you clearly need filled by a messed up individual and only be offering fortnightly restorative yoga, and the threat of no time off for meltdowns!

I'm lovin the poetry Michael.

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Michael Young's avatar

Thanks, Joyce! And yes, time for meltdowns is very important!

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Gardener's avatar

Not a job I would ever consider applying for, however my kids could probably hold their own with all those techies - at least long enough to be missed when they got fed up and walked out.

Love the poetry anyway!

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Michael Young's avatar

Thanks, Gardener. I appreciate it. Sounds like your kids are pretty savvy - enough to hopefully never end up in a situation like that!

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Chris Young's avatar

The person who wrote the job ad should be made to apply for it

Great effort exposing the weirdo’s out there - the poetry was brilliant

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Michael Young's avatar

Cheers, Dad. Appreciate that. Definitely a bunch of wallies, that lot.

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Lucas's avatar

Was this a posting from the company that shares the name with a rain forest, or the one that makes fancy EV's

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Michael Young's avatar

Great shout, Lucas. Certainly has a whiff of Musk, but it wasn’t no. Aspirations to be perhaps?

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Gundy Walton's avatar

I’ve been around a long time. Job interviewing in my day was to the point, no bullshit. You knew if you got the job that day and when you would start.

Those employees are the ones that turned out to be the longer serving loyalists. These days they have you running scared if you don’t measure up to the senseless company minutiae.

It’s ridiculous‼️

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Michael Young's avatar

It does seem like there’s a lot of unnecessary faff going on. I like the sound of job interviewing in your day!

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Gabrielle Kinney's avatar

I feel this way too much, lol. "Must be willing to do the job of 10 people and be paid the salary of half a person". Ugh.

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Michael Young's avatar

For sure. I bet there’s plenty of people who can relate to that!

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Luiza Leite Ferreira's avatar

Really looking forward to listening to it as a rap song. Great way to sum up corporate bullsh*it nowadays

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Michael Young's avatar

Thanks, Luiza. Perhaps Substack will roll out an AI rap plugin at some point.

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Mark Everest's avatar

Love it. Sums up the ridiculousness of the World we live (and work!) in today. Sadly.

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Michael Young's avatar

Thanks, Mark. It does all seem a bit ridiculous at times.

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Michael Young's avatar

My cover letter is on the way, Van!

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