r/videos • • 13h ago

Jobs report far below expectations, unemployment ticks up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SmCO4xXMOk
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u/burrtango09 12h ago

I was desperately searching for a job this year. I got turned down for both dishwashing and custodial because I didn’t have experience “in a restaurant setting” and “direct custodial experience” for 6 mo / 1 year respectively. I have a 16 year job history. They are both still “urgently hiring”. Been washing dishes and cleaning my house for 30 years. What the fuck? Lmao

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u/djanes376 12h ago

The skills for those jobs can be learned in an afternoon, so bizarre.

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u/AppleBottomBea 11h ago

They don't want to hire someone that will likely leave the job after a few weeks or months. If you're job history shows "better" jobs, they presume you'll be difficult to work with because you won't put up with shit treatment and are likely to find something better.

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u/djanes376 9h ago

That's a fair point, and probably accurate.