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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 215 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

so that person is both wasting people's time, and possibly making their current team feel unnerved and replacable. galaxy brain move truly

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Meh, they're just hiding the obvious - if they found a good candidate they'd hire them. It's a gentle rejection.

This appears to go over our linkedin mastermind over there though, and proceeds to write a self-help book about it...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 129 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they straight up admitted they wasted my time, I'd steal a printer or something on the way out.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

With how printers are nowadays, that printer would probably try to get a GPS lock, or failing that, scan all devices nearby to try to determine its whereabouts, then capture your ID, face and any sensitive information it could, and start extorting your for more yellow ink...

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

And demand you create an account to just turn it on.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Beautiful comment

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 77 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

if you can't be aware of your team's worth without wasting everyone else's time, then you're a pretty pathetic "leader"

i thought sikhs were supposed to be not-dickheads?

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 month ago (3 children)

All religions ask you to not be dickheads, not just sikhs

[–] wrinkledoo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most religions "ask" you to not be a dick head, while constantly psychologically encouraging you to be a turbo dick head, even promoting you if you're a big enough dick.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't that just people tho?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

That's what the dicks tell each other

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

And often then absolving you of everything dickish you did

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And all religions miraculously still have high numbers of dickheads. Some more than average.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago
[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get back to the office so I can bask in your worth.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

i'll shoot my worth all over your face

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A load so pathetic it's not worth a maggots face. SHAME!

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

sooo does that mean the interview is canceled

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

Currently the company has decided to go in another direction thank you for applying we'll keep your resume feel free to reapply in 6 months.

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My man writing corporate yaoi fanfiction on LinkedIn...

[–] Sequence5666@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] scrion@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Manga depicting explicit, male homosexuality.

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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

As is tradition on 4chan, all greentexts stories are fake and gay. Jack is elegantly indicating this, by qualifying OP's post as being a fictional male homoerotic narrative.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Waste people's time and give them false hope. Great moral

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Wasting his own time and the companies too. Should be sacked. I hope he gets nothing but bogus interviews for the rest of his life.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do these people even hear themselves talk?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago

You kidding?

It's their favorite thing.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 35 points 1 month ago

Congrats, Harjeet, on being a piece of shit. Doesn't even matter if it's fake and gay like greentexts, this kind of thought is a cancer

[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You all don't get it. In the story, the interviewer is the bad guy, he's wasting his time and the time of the interviewee just to understand how valuable his team is.

The lesson to take from it is to be in touch with your team so that you don't need someone else to show you how they are.

Isn't that the entire point of being a people leader? I am, and my job description and yearly goals are all about team performance, not my individual performance.

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[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I can’t wait to retire and fuck off into the sunset. This shit is so tiresome.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

If you need external validation that your team has value, you have no business being in a management position.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago

Vice President Human Resources at Reliance

Aaah, that explains it all.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

This man will not have a car within 6 months, he will have a flaming pile of scrap, or a canvas upon which scratches paint a vile picture.

And also will be receiving an invoice for my time.

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did everybody just decide to not read the last part?

Be aware of your people's worth so the world doesn't have to remind you.

It's basically 'hey, remember how shitty hiring is? keep that in mind and try to keep people you have.' It's not an example of "this is a good thing to try doing."

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

No its saying what he learnt from doing the actions in a more summarized manner. "The world reminding you" is not the actions taken in the story, but rather the conceptual issue you'll be avoiding by following the "advice". It's not a negation

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A quick search reveals ol' Harjeet is somehow quite the bigwig in HR circles. He wrote a book entitled 'Employee Retention Mastermind'.

I wonder if this is an excerpt.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

HR not shaking the rep as a cargo cult any time soon

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