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A tough labor market for white-collar workers has turned recruiting upside down

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hunters-are-so-desperate-that-theyre-paying-to-get-recruited-44891ac2
28•KnuthIsGod•2h ago

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Volundr•1h ago
https://archive.is/OAEU2
pttrn•1h ago
https://archive.li/OAEU2 (archive.is seems down for me)
yesbut•1h ago
coming soon to a town near you: indentured servitude.

hopefully they will at least have nice bunk beds in the corporate dorms.

shiroiuma•57m ago
Nah, they can save money by buying larger beds and making employees share the beds. A single king-size bed can fit 4-5 employees.
georgemcbay•36m ago
> A single king-size bed can fit 4-5 employees.

... at a time.

So if you also run three shifts that's 12-15 employees per bed!

shiroiuma•6m ago
Exactly right.

On top of this, they're going to have mandatory bed position assignments. Just like you currently can't choose which desk you're going to sit at, and have to put up with the most annoying person on the team as your deskmate, in the near future you're going to have to cuddle with him/her at night too, whether you like it or not, and regardless of his/her bad hygiene, just because your manager decided to stick you two together.

emperorxanu•1h ago
Oh. Basically this is the scam they use at Offerzen.

When I saw wsj.com I figured this would be an "article" that's mostly manipulative, fear-mongering and doom and gloom.

If you're paying to maybe get hired, you're not the client - you're basically being sold to yourself.

mono442•14m ago
I wonder how the real estate market will look like in the biggest cities in the coming years. I haven't changed jobs for quite a while so I don't know if this article is accurate but if it's really that bad, then I wouldn't be surprised if we see a big crash. After all, the appeal of biggest cities was always, at least to me, the availability of white collar, highly paid jobs. If these ceased to exist, I don't see reason why people would want to move there anymore.
johnebgd•11m ago
White flight all over again but this time it’d be white collar flight.
smt88•4m ago
[delayed]
fock•3m ago
so: where do you go and what do you do? All your land and food is subject to property laws and the way things are going the owners will be allowed violence to enforce their rights. Essentially you'll be a serf again just like 99% of other people and 95% on this site (which sadly has owners very much intent to become our lords)

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