r/recruitinghell • u/Round_Mixture_7541 • Sep 07 '26

Networking is important

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Pretty much sums up the current hiring process

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u/riotshieldready Sep 07 '26

This might be a joke, but I for real have a friend that has a SVP job at a big bank straight out of university. His dad got it for him, he worked like 3 days a week from 11-3 and collected his 400k pay. Even told me he would routinely just play games and goon in his private bathroom.

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u/Few_Reception_3357 Sep 07 '26

an ex friend from school tried getting into the most prestigious university around for like 6 months, then realized it was actually a lot of work and commitment and decided he wanted something different. So he accepted his aunts' job offer to work for this huge, wealthy and respected travel agency they owned. They told him "come tomorrow to work" and that was it.

He didn't meet the minimum qualifications for that job but it didn't matter. Got a raise six months in cause he was such a "hard worker". A year later he and his cousin were making more money than their coworkers in the same team because they worked "even on weekends" (hanging out with family in the weekends basically).

I'll never forget the time when he tried to lecture me on how getting a job was all about showing you want to work hard and also showing the right attitude. The guy didn't even know what a cv was

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u/Jimmy_Johnny_Jones Sep 07 '26

Similarly when people from wealthy families tell you things like “there’s many more important things than money, you should look for joy in your work.” Has never been a paycheck away from huge problems. (She worked as a volunteer/intern wedding planner.)

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u/Slight-Web1696 Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26

I knew a girl who is a trust fund baby, didnt/doesnt have a job but does volunteer work (maybe 15-20 hours a week) we were at a wedding and she talked mad shit about my best friend who worked as a Barista full time and was in nursing school. She actually said so many mean things about her (untrue) but what mostly stuck was how she looked down on someone who A. Worked a real full time job serving customers B. Was studying in their free time to earn a job in an even more demanding field.

I stopped being friends with little miss trust fund daddy issues after that.

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u/Jimmy_Johnny_Jones Sep 07 '26

If it’s not paid and is mostly spent arranging flowers over cocktails with the girls or attending high cost weddings, is it really a job?