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For better or for worse, you're so right. Shift-work during university. Hiring was a cattle call; just a long line of people my age. Sat down. Interviewer tol
by EliRivers 10y ago
For better or for worse, you're so right.
Shift-work during university. Hiring was a cattle call; just a long line of people my age.
Sat down. Interviewer told me I was hired because I was the only person wearing a tie. Wrote down first shift, stood up, left. Sixty seconds.
- dsfyu404ed 10y agoIn dining services we'd half jokingly use phrases like "throwing bodies at the problem" because a pulse was our primary qualification for employment. It's mind boggling that they didn't make money hand over fist when ~50% of their employee costs were returned via work-study reimbursement from Uncle Sam.
- biocomputation 10y agoYup. That sounds about right. It means that even knowing how to iron a shirt and pants ( so they look good with a tie ) can be an important distinction in terms of accessing opportunity. Sad but true!