Honestly, I find these emails more amusing than infuriating. Is that $800 per week? Total? I guess I’ll never know, because I didn’t become a software developer just to work in a warehouse.
My favorite version of this was an ad for applebees that said “you belong here!”. Like, I know that they meant it to be welcoming, but it came across as vaguely threatening …
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Famous last word of a software engineer who ends up working in a warehouse.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’d do it for $800/h
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll do it for 800 a day…
ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d sooner go full-time on my game dev hobby and hope for the best.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Chase your dreams. The warehouse will always be there.
Coolcoder360@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You could probably make $800 doing game dev too. Maybe not with only one game, but $800 with game dev hobby sounds better to me than $800 to be a warehouse associate for an unknown amount of time…
SeattleRain@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bro, maybe I don’t think you should have to eat shit either.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
It was a topical joke revolving around the numerous rounds of tech layoffs since 2023, as well as the current state of the industry, which is pretty awful and toxic if you’re a software engineer currently looking for work.
SeattleRain@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Statistically you’re far more likely to get laid off then he is.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I’m a software engineer who was laid off.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not this year lol, tech has been hit hard.
Which, I mean, no one has any sympathy, those guys have been coddled and overpaid for a decade.
But yeah, this year, lots of tech layoffs.