There’s a correct answer?
Hustle? In this gig economy?
Submitted 10 months ago by Gork@lemm.ee to [deleted]
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themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 months ago
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
There is, nobody can be comfortable not knowing whether they’ll be able to afford rent next month.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, but if those irregular paychecks are high enough, you may be able to create a reserve to work around it. TI’s how owning businesses work.
SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
This answer assumes a state of affairs where everyone living from paycheck to paycheck should be normalized. I think this way of thinking buries a much deeper issue which is that owners of capital continue to squeeze non-owners of capital.
Let’s assume we address that problem and ask the question again.
I would say, that choosing a riskier but higher average source of compensation is a perfectly reasonable, personal choice for someone to make.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If the quiz is “Do you have what it takes to be a you-tuber?”, or something like that, then yes. If it is some corporate bullshit, the they should fuck off.
fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Could be full-commission sales too.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
We can’t guarantee the person setting up the form designed it properly. A business requirement to only hire those who chose yes may have been implemented as a technical requirement to actually choose yes on the form.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
I’ve setup forms like that before for other purposes. Depending on the system it’s way too easy to accidentally mark the wrong question as required or hide the wrong question if another question isn’t “true”
gingerwolfie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hilarious
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some of the shit I am seeing right now while job searching is just appalling. I have had to opt out to having an AI review my resume twice. The employers CLAIM they won’t see that as a negative, but I have my doubts. The sketchiness of some of them is amazing too. Check this one out:
And the language, it makes me want to get stabby. “Are you a visionary creative leader with a passion for social media and an eye for aesthetics?” Can you go fuck yourselves?
Also, having never worked in the UK before, I’m pretty shocked that they want to know my sexuality and whether I am the same gender I was assigned at birth. That is on a LOT of job applications and it is not always skippable even if I thought it was a good idea to skip it. Totally wouldn’t be legal in the U.S.
A couple of days ago, I applied for the position of “Creative Content Creator.” I believe there is a phrase in the U.K. for being laid off- “made redundant…” I think you’re made redundant when you get hired for that job.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
On the sexuality/gender thing. They are actually required to ask this in the UK. It would be illegal for them not to ask. This is because employers are required to report these statistics to the government to prove they are not influencing hiring decisions.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well at least that’s for a good reason.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If 10% of applicants are homosexual, but only 2% of your hires are, then you are in trouble
The enforcement of these rules is wildly different than advertised
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 months ago
unfortunately it is an age of bullshit. they basically use bullshitting skills as the first level filter for job applications. the way people advertise their positions you would think you are applying for a job at google or sth.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Totally wouldn’t be legal in the U.S.
Yeah well not for long.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And likely for far worse reasons based on the response from @dev_null@lemmy.ml.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
BTW that AI bullshit is illegal in the EU, thank Brexit for that.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Lovely. I am not happy about having to emigrate to a non-EU country, but it’s my only choice.
Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 10 months ago
“We’ve polled our workforce about our new Dynamic Wages™️initiative, and 100% of remaining employees agree!”
Cool, so you’re an employee owned cooperative now?
aliser@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“would you be comfortable with not being paid”
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Subjective Question
- Objective Answer
Curious
Hildegarde@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As long as there’s a contracted minimum and advanced scheduling its fine. I don’t think this is what they’re asking.
Bahnd@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Correction: Livable contracted minimum. I understand there are exceptions for tipped and comission gigs, I feel like they are not ok if it lowers the baseline pay below the minimum wage (which needs to be ratcheted up anyway).
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yes, only companies can be worried about that profit increase not going up at the same rate as before.
sevan@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
This requires more information. Am I reasonably likely to hit a total target comp over the course of a year, but with fluctuations throughout the year? I can live with that if the target fits my needs. Of course, I’m guessing that is not the intent here, this is can you live with no clue about your future income potential? That’s a hard no for me.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’d be curious to know who wrote the exam and what their motivations were for deciding “Yes” was the correct answer.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 months ago
no the correct answer is fuck off
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Guess that’s the new intern spec
affiliate@lemmy.world 10 months ago
would you be comfortable with a worker whose productivity may vary from week to week or month to month?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 months ago
Oh, it will vary.
Downwards.