Comment on How dare you

• StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ill be honest, I answer that way because I need to know if they’re going to communicate with me like a normal person, if you can’t respond positively to that answer or at least laugh it off and redirect, then I 100% can’t trust you to pull off the manager face every now and then and talk to me civilly about things /be understanding and not uphold policies that make no sense.

  source
• Signtist@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s the thing, though - there isn’t anything else. Just think - would you still go to work if they stopped paying you? If, like most people, you answered no, then everything besides the pay is just a neat bonus on top of the only real thing you’re there for.

  source

  • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hiring managers are well aware people’s primary motivation for work is pay and that the question is bullshit, but are directed by their superiors to find applicants who are more enthusiastic to work for them, as they’re likely to work harder and for less. Look at the video games industry as a prime example. Many many studios and publishers hire developers and pay them beans because people are lined up around the block to work their “dream job” in the games industry. Those same developers could likely get a job in some other industry making software for something boring, but for far greater pay, benefits, work/life balance, etc.

    I am in agreement that not being able to be more upfront with employment motivations is troublesome, but our choices are either play the game, find an employer who cares less about the corpo garbage, or self-employ.

    source

    • peregrin5@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This question doesn’t find enthusiastic workers. It finds workers willing to lie to your face to get some money.

      source
    • StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not true, if you have some breathing room and are persistent you can find an employer who treats you well. I’ve done this at least a dozen times now

      source

      • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        i would consider that to be part of find an employer who cares less about the corpo garbage, but yes, employers who actually care about their employees do exist.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The vast majority of the time they don’t give a shit when they ask this question, they’re just testing your willingness to kowtow. But this is especially true when its a fucking burger king asking this question.

  source

  • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    For sure. They’re trying to find people who will work harder for less.

    source
• peregrin5@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Benefits?

  source
• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only applies to some “skilled work” jobs tho, where you better have some passion or do a poor job.

  source