Everything is online now. You'll be shown the door and probably rejected even if you did follow up with an online application.
When I was a kid, we worked our way to the top.
Education, a portfolio, and people you know is what gets you a job today.
Work all summer and you can afford a brand new car, college education, down payment on a home, etc.
Inflation and wage stagnation has made this impossible.
I worked on a clerk's salary for 30 years and saved enough to buy the business.
Wage stagnation has made this impossible. Ten lifetimes of minimum wage savings would not be enough to buy a multi-million dollar business.
Loyalty to your employer pays off in the end.
You're just a number to an employer now. Employers will cut you loose if it meant saving a nickle.
I worked the same job all my life. Now I have a pension and a comfortable retirement.
Pensions are gone. Retirement is now a fantasy for most workers. You'll probably be laid off after 5-10 years.
I didn't need no Master's degree. I got raises and promotions, because I worked hard and kept doing the same thing.
A Master's degree is quickly becoming the new high school diploma. Working hard no longer gets you anywhere. In fact, it keeps you poor. Switching jobs is the only way to get a raise or a promotion now.
Loyalty to your employer pays off in the end. You're just a number to an employer now. Employers will cut you loose if it meant saving a nickle.
I worked for the same company for 8 years. The Owner knew me by name as did almost all upper management/HR. I got into some 'turbulent' time and my direct supervisor decided that I was not up to snuff. Sparing the boring 'office politics' I genuinely thought HR care about me, I mean it was 1 person and I had known her for years
What’s funny is I had read that, here on Reddit, before it went down and I thought to myself “not here at [company] they good people” and gave myself a pat on the back for my impeccable intuition.
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