Comment on ‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Sounds like the job market as a whole.
There’s no job loyalty but the employers expect it for some reason and decide that someone with 5 years experience will stay around longer - though the reality isn’t that at all.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The job loyalty thing pisses me off so bad. I enjoy staying at a single company and was at my former one for nearly 5 years. That whole time though was spent fighting tooth and nail for a promotion to a position I was already acting as and then shortly after getting it, I got laid off without any remorse. I built half of their system and knew it inside and out but apparently that meant nothing
I’m at a better company now doing much cooler stuff but I still think back to that and get angry again
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Let the lesson to the younger generation be that if you have to fight for a promotion, go elsewhere and get it.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yeah… I graduated roughly ten years ago and can absolutely confirm. The cognitive dissonance corporations have is astonishing as they refuse promotions and do frequent layoffs while at the same time complaining that workers aren’t loyal any more. Motherfucker I’d love to be loyal. Give me good pay, good benefits, and job security and I’ll stick around until retirement, fuck.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I’ve been working for Costco for the past couple months and honestly I’m incredibly grateful to be working for them.
Even though not every location is affiliated with a union, the entire company is run as if it were a union anyway. Sundays are automatic time and a half, and after 1,000 or so hours worked you get a raise (Sundays also count towards 1.5× hours worked as well). Plus my coworkers are all extremely nice and polite; like moreso than literally anywhere I’ve worked before. Plus we get benefits (health, vision, hearing, etc.) even as a part-time employee.