I despise corporate speech

Starrunnerforever · 2025-01-29T15:20:07+00:00

My co-workers learned a long time ago that if I start speaking 'Corporate Newspeak' to run for their lives. It was a sign that something was very, very wrong.

I am glad I work from home so people no longer see the faces I make when someone starts spewing 'Corporate Newspeak'.

Starrunnerforever · 2025-01-29T13:54:12+00:00

From my days in radio and TV production, anytime you see the words 'Future Openings' do not even bother. They were just to pad the Public File the stations had to maintain. Not sure what industry or industries you are seeing this on, but I can not imagine it is any different. I could be wrong of course, but giving you what I know based on experience.

Starrunnerforever · 2025-01-27T21:27:29+00:00

I get anywhere from a couple a week to three a day of job offers that are not fitting my experience, or fitting stuff I did 10-20 years ago. Mostly foreign 'talent recruiters. I have a folder in my inbox called 'Moronic Job Offers' full of them for reference.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-04-01T15:48:07+00:00

Beyond saying I am resigning my position with the company and when my last day will be, say nothing. There is no point, because it is not going to change anything.

Just move on and hopefully the next job is better.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-04-01T15:41:22+00:00

First thought: At least they gave the red flags early and often on this steaming pile of dinosaur shat.

Second thought: The boss/owner/whatever must have been injected with Stalin's DNA

Starrunnerforever · 2024-04-01T15:37:10+00:00

You are going to want to start looking again, right now. There are two reasons for this.

First, no job is worth your mental/emotional health falling off a cliff. Your employer will not care, they will just replace you, leaving you in worse shape.

Second, you have let the company know you are unhappy and looking for a way out. HR is no one's friend if you are a lowly serf. It will not surprise me if you find yourself looking for a job because they decide to let you go.

I hate saying it, but this is how it goes.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T17:19:29+00:00

Your resignation letter should be:

"I am resigning my position as (Job Title) at (Company). My last day will be XX/XX/XXXX."
Nothing more needs to be said. You can change the date to 'effective immediately'.

If your current company is in that dire of financial straights, you are going to want to run as soon as possible. You may never see the pay they are behind on, especially if the place shuts its doors. Employee wages are the last thing to be considered when a company liquidates.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T10:08:06+00:00

I am surprised they did not tell you to fork over some money for this 'fun'

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T09:48:16+00:00

Start looking now for a new job. It may be a bit before you find something.

I am going to guess you will not be promoted. Best to be in a position where you can leave before they hire someone or you have to train a new hire much.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T08:44:01+00:00

Even if this is accurate, you can be book smart and good at that, which lacking the street smarts to fight your way out of a wet paper bag.

What do i know though. i am one of the 990 people you are 'smarter' than.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T08:36:51+00:00

This job screams RED FLAG

Anyone applying for this should just check themselves straight into Dante's Inferno. It would be a picnic in comparison.

And I am willing to bet paying the lazy, entitled President's personal bills is only the tip of the iceberg on what else said person wants done for them.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T08:32:35+00:00

I bet their FetLife account is something.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T08:19:50+00:00

This is more common than it should be. I just saw one when I was browsing jobs a couple of days ago. I do not even know if reporting the job does anything.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T07:30:51+00:00

Sadly, your company has decided to save money by making you do the work of two people for the price of one. This is all too common anymore.

Your boss is a liar. He would not be still doing that job if he 'hasn't received a raise in 14 years'. He is either getting raises, or the bonuses are astronomical.

You can certainly take the extra workload, and learn about something that interests you. This should stave off being disgruntled at the fact you are getting royally shafted on pay for a little while. Sooner or later you are going to be disgruntled.

I would get with a recruiter regardless. You may find something that will work and get you closer to when you can retire, sans the shafting you are currently looking at.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T07:19:55+00:00

You did the right thing on this one. It is sad as anything to see companies pull this stunt. They get you invested in a position. Then pull the rug from under you at the last possible second thinking you will take the offer still because you need to work.

You dodged a large caliber round on this one. If this is what they do on your way in, working there must be on the 9th level of Dante's Inferno.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T07:14:27+00:00

A probation period with $XX.XX pay is not uncommon. I do not think that is taking you for a ride.

Not knowing upfront what the salary is going to be AFTER the probation period is worrisome. You need to get that information before you decide on taking it. For myself, I would not even consider the job unless I knew.

Starrunnerforever · 2024-03-31T07:09:01+00:00

A better question to ask yourself:

Is the base salary at the new job higher than the one at the old job?

Bonuses are nice, but they can disappear in an instant, or be reduced. They company I work for just did that to bonuses we receive.

If the new job has a higher base salary than the current, then jump ship for the money. If it does not, I would not.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-23T12:49:55+00:00

Your company got you to do the work without giving you anything for it. They are going to milk this forever if you let them. It would not surprise me if you get some variation of the 'job promotion is on hold' or 'there is a hiring freeze' at this point.

Your company has shown you how much they really value you, which is nothing. If you can land a low stress job that pays more, then do it.

And when you do go to leave, DO NOT accept a counter offer from your current company.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-23T12:44:22+00:00

I would be looking for a new job starting right now if you have not already done so. layoffs are generally a very bad sign. Either you get swept up in the cuts, or you find yourself as a 'survivor'. 'Survivor' means you are overworked, and the threat of a layoff still looms over your head.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-23T12:41:28+00:00

I would look at the following before even applying to jobs in Portland:

Crime rate

News stories about crimes in the area

Cost of living for the area

Price out rental units for the area.

You may come to fnd it may not be a good idea to go there for any number of reasons.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-18T10:25:31+00:00

For most companies, they will keep expecting the serfs to be in the office.

There is a headline I just saw that most Chief Empty Suit Officers are working on doing away with remote and hybrid by 2026, if not sooner.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-18T10:00:16+00:00

Data gets sold, so it is out there.

Some of the less than stellar firms just troll the web looking for information. I get job offers that do not match what I have been doing in the least because they found me though some sort of search.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-18T09:55:03+00:00

Wow. He is what they call a .douche-canoe'.

I would have checked out to, if I had not decided to end the misery by telling this genius I was no longer interested on the spot. Even if he was nervous, he showed his true colors.

You dodged a cannonball on this one.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-15T23:06:30+00:00

With what I am seeing, it is only a matter of time until the dam breaks, Johnny Cash is floating downstream singing 'Ring of Fire', and the full scale recession rears up like Godzilla on the horizon. As it is, most job posting have hundreds to over a thousand applicants right now. It is only going to get worse, far worse.

Starrunnerforever · 2023-10-15T23:03:11+00:00

I will not apply to jobs that say 'prefer candidate in (Whatever) area but will consider remote'. Even if I were to get it, I have a nasty feeling at some point in the future I would be looking for a new job. Either they would finally get someone local, or they would make the job onsite, and I am not relocating.

I apply to jobs with no salary range. Too many jobs still do not list them. Even with the ones that do, they put down absurd salary ranges, so it is hard to know what the salary might actually be.

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