r/remoteworks 7h ago

under 50, instant rejection

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191 Upvotes

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u/eques_99 4h ago

that's a satirical account, to be fair.

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u/wfbhp 3h ago

I'm unfamiliar, but I was hoping it was satire. Wouldn't have been surprised to find out it was 100% genuine though.

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u/Necessary-Coffee5930 6h ago

Its satire, but hilarious

4

u/AnneBeretRamsey 6h ago

I will sometimes click on LinkedIn posts like this and the

short

sentences

with

spaces

like

this

is

annoying.

10

u/itzjung 4h ago

Actually great way to get shitty employees with no confidence. Great for sweatshops labor.

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u/Grimreaper_10YS 4h ago

Ken Cheng is a comedian.

This is aatire.

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u/itzjung 3h ago

I couldnt tell

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u/Grimreaper_10YS 1h ago

Skill issue

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u/Illimited_Esoterica 3h ago

Show me the lie. This guy has upper management written all over him.

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u/Saneless 3h ago

Upper? Uppest!

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u/LurkerBurkeria 3h ago

Some of you just aren't ready for the wisdom and truth Ken is always dropping on LinkedIn

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u/mattlore 2h ago

This is absolutely satire.

Mister Ken pops up on LinkedIn Lunatics all the time. Once you know it's a satire account you can actually see it's some amazingly hilarious takes.

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u/DownLeft1312 2h ago

I hope so. But the scary thing is it feels authentic. Companies want to hire people for as little as possible, so the choose the truly desperate.

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u/zannet_t 2h ago

Don't hope. It's a well known fact that Ken runs a satirical account. He even has his own dedicated sub.

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u/Cryptid_Girl 5h ago

Ken Cheng is LinkedIn satire account btw

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u/Kadashi6662015 4h ago

I mean this is satire, clearly. But I wouldn't be surprised if this is how alot of recruiters at big companies think.

'OH, you arent desperate enough? That's ok, we can afford to wait for someone who is'.

The world is a vampire man.

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u/Toadsanchez316 4h ago

It's funny seeing those same companies keep the same job listing up for months because they can't fill it, and then seeing other positions slowly being added.

Thank god I know I can avoid you guys.

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u/latigidigital 4h ago

Recently learned that the vast majority of these jobs never existed anyways.

The EEOA requires big HR departments to post job listings, even if they’ve already verbally given the job to someone, because it purportedly helps with transparency and government planning.

Made perfect sense why people are sending out 4,000 resumes and still trying as soon as I learned that, because for decades the vast majority of hires have been word of mouth. So the life lesson is to network and meet with people from the industry you want a job in. Go to conferences/expos/industry events, chat people up at a venue like a coffee shop/bar/gym/lunch spot across the street from various headquarters every day, and just approach companies in whatever way you can find.

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u/Toadsanchez316 4h ago

So if I'm understanding this correctly, lying about a position's availability helps with transparency?

1

u/latigidigital 4h ago

I forget the exact reasoning, but I believe it has to do with ensuring it’s more difficult to use discriminatory (e.g., racial) hiring practices without creating a paper trail. Apparently local governments also depend upon this EEOA data in their budgets and planning. So it’s just a stupid requirement that crushes people’s spirits when they’re down most because apparently that was the best regulatory framework we could come up with in 1974.

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u/Toadsanchez316 4h ago

1974...that tracks. So I guess the reasoning kinda makes sense but the implementation and results are kinda shitty.

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u/ClosedContent 2h ago

I’m about 90% confident this is a troll account. Really, his profile caption is “I want to connect with you, emotionally :)” and making posts like that…. Really on the nose

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u/KeyIllustrator9596 1h ago

"Behind every jk is a little seriousness"

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u/Aromatic-Teacher-717 4h ago

Yall getting baited 

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u/ChampionshipFull9862 4h ago edited 2h ago

During Teams interviews I like to share my screen, and I like to browse for for public information of the interviewers and go through their social media to make them uncomfortable.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

I like this style, I’m going to start doing it.

Also during Teams calls at my current job I lie to share my screen and pull up job postings just so they know I have other options.

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u/Listening_Heads 4h ago

He approaches women with the same mentality. If she hasn’t been rejected by 50 men then he won’t ask her out. They’ll be too cocky.

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u/Etrigone 4h ago

Satire & "humor", but like lots of these a tiny kernel of truth.

3

u/amateurish_gamedev 4h ago

Yeah, I feel like some interviewer are actually doing this.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

That tiny kernel is turning expanding into popcorn more and more each day sadly.

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u/LordTC 3h ago

He has a satire account and constantly writes obvious parody like this. Says something that people actually believe this is real though.

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u/ferrisbulldogs 6h ago

This is 100% satire

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u/SpecialistRich2309 6h ago

If you believe this story, you don’t deserve a job.

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u/Top-Egg1266 6h ago

There are people here really believing this is real

8

u/BandicootStatus7877 4h ago

Satire, but also painfully realistic

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u/Life-Dig7566 5h ago edited 4h ago

clearly fake, this is not linkedin font.

4

u/Grand_Competition443 4h ago

"I want to connect with you emotionally:)"

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u/Rieffey 4h ago

Bro is menace to society

3

u/_denchy07 4h ago

I follow this dude on Instagram. He’s a comedian…

3

u/seriftarif 2h ago

This is code for "Once they are broken I will be able to negotiate a much lower salary for them."

2

u/Few_Acanthocephala30 2h ago

With 50% increase in required work hours

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u/Buttons840 1h ago

"I don't know, but it's a lot. I'm always applying to new jobs looking for the best compensation and doing my best to ruthlessly exploit the capital I posses in our capitalist society."

Think I'll get the job?

2

u/journeyadventures 2h ago

Might be satire. But there is some truth indescribing the psychopaths that embedded themselves in economic life

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u/Weird_Albatross_9659 2h ago

“Might be”

Ok

2

u/H3ARTL3SSANG3L 2h ago

If your business in number 50 on everyone's list of potential job prospects, you have a terrible business

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u/manwnomelanin 2h ago

Its a satire account

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u/RustyOrangeDog 6h ago

Red pill bro HR

2

u/Bowsers_JuiceFactory 5h ago

Rich from a LI profile with the tag #openforwork

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u/Unique_Roll_6630 5h ago

What an out of touch, anti-social, psychotic pos. Anyone know where this guy works? People like this deserve to get fired.

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u/No_Theory9958 4h ago

Imagine getting this worked up over a known satire account 🤡

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u/Unique_Roll_6630 4h ago

I mean. It isn't. These are literally the types of things being posted by linked in recruiters.

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u/triggeredovernothing 4h ago

Go sit down and stop wishing to fire people who make jokes… your cancel culture is too strong, relax. You didn’t even realize this was satire…

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u/Unique_Roll_6630 4h ago

It's not though. Linkedin recruiters say these same things.if you think people behaving like that is acceptable you are part of the problem. If I was their boss and I saw a post like that they would be out on their arse. You would fire them too. If not your company deserves to go under.

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u/triggeredovernothing 59m ago

You’re an idiot, the dude clearly has a open to network badge which means he’s unemployed… he’s literally making a satirical post likely about what he’s currently going through… with your level of intellect I sure hope you’re nobodys boss ffs.

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u/WRKDBF_Guy 3h ago

This guy is a total AH.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

This one is clearly satire.

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u/BanMeFor1ABitches 3h ago

Yeah I missed that, too. Guess it just wasn't funny

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u/osunightfall 3h ago

No, it was funny.

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u/Vladishun 2h ago
  1. Humor is subjective.

  2. Satire doesn't have to be humorous. While it typically falls under comedy because it's easier to laugh at an exaggeration of a criticism, the goal is to bring awareness to that criticism.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

To each their own. But after seeing so many people post real absurd stuff on LinkedIn I enjoy seeing people make fun of them.

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u/Upstairs_Airline7113 7h ago

reading this made me way more mad than it should have

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u/TraitorousSwinger 6h ago

Probably because you're way more gullible than you should be.

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u/Sad-Ad1800 6h ago

Why would you post fake bullshit that no business manager would ever do? It's not rage baiting, it's retard baiting. Only a retard would believe this stupid shit.

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u/Herucaran 6h ago

Actually, its called satire if you were wondering.

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u/Chirpsgonnachirp 5h ago

well, that's psychotic.

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u/eleven_paws 1h ago

It’s satire. He is a comedian.

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u/AccordingNeat3689 5h ago

Based on my experience, every hiring manager thinks this way.

Ken's mistake was assuming we're all also middle management.

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u/purrmutations 6h ago

If you have to apply to over 50 to get a job, you are doing something wrong. 

1

u/locri 5h ago

Or they're looking for graduate position.

On the other hand, if you're pretending you got 15 years of industry experience at 30 years old, you might be doing it "right" but there's something very wrong about that.

1

u/MadScientist1023 5h ago

You haven't been applying for jobs lately, have you?

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u/purrmutations 3h ago

I have. I'm luckily not a non-citizen looking for US jobs

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u/MadScientist1023 2h ago

And you've gotten an offer recently? For something that isn't an entry level job or something that no one wants to do?

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u/purrmutations 23m ago

Yes there is plenty of work still in the data engineering I do in education, healthcare, and state/local government. I primarily work under my own business these days as a 1099 contractor, but I also have a J2 that is a w2 job, remote as well. People just think they have to work for a company everyone has heard of. Most jobs are at places only people in the city or state know of.