OT: Career advice Part II

[LokiDog]

Well, my luck has run out. I rushed to accept the last role with a company that turned out to be fairly disreputable with a poor reputation on Glassdoor and the like because the compensation was what I needed and it burned me. I’ve been waiting and bartending my ass off but just learned that - for some unique and otherwise unheard of reason - this brewery is the one restaurant in the world that pays its servers their tips on a bi-weekly basis which means I dont get paid til next Tuesday. I thought we got paid “on Tuesday’s”. So I’m sitting behind the bar for the lunch crowd pissed off because I’ve got $35 to my name until next week and a baby that could decide to pop out any day now - due July 6th.

Luckily it’s just bills, no debt but at this point I am looking into a small loan or we’re not paying cars and rent this month.

 

[NCRanger]

Well, my luck has run out. I rushed to accept the last role with a company that turned out to be fairly disreputable with a poor reputation on Glassdoor and the like because the compensation was what I needed and it burned me. I’ve been waiting and bartending my ass off but just learned that - for some unique and otherwise unheard of reason - this brewery is the one restaurant in the world that pays its servers their tips on a bi-weekly basis which means I dont get paid til next Tuesday. I thought we got paid “on Tuesday’s”. So I’m sitting behind the bar for the lunch crowd pissed off because I’ve got $35 to my name until next week and a baby that could decide to pop out any day now - due July 6th.

Luckily it’s just bills, no debt but at this point I am looking into a small loan or we’re not paying cars and rent this month.

Seeing this, the way I've been treated, other stories here, and even @SnowblindNYR 's recent experience, makes me wonder if there are any even tolerable places to work anymore.

The abject rudeness, ghosting, and just plain actions that aren't the least bit human are worse than I've ever seen them.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I got a very nice rejection email today. Honestly, this was the best I could hope for. I feel so much better that I don't have to wonder if I got ghosted or not. My faith in humanity is restored a little.

 

[LokiDog]

Seeing this, the way I've been treated, other stories here, and even @SnowblindNYR 's recent experience, makes me wonder if there are any even tolerable places to work anymore.

The abject rudeness, ghosting, and just plain actions that aren't the least bit human are worse than I've ever seen them.

Unfortunately the numbers game, IMO, is just massively tilted in the employers’ favor. Unless you are in a specific field that requires a degree/certification, the likelihood is that you’re underemployed or virtually 40-60% of your annual OTE is in the form of commission/bonus. Even if you are in a specialized field like an accountant, it’s easy to see how flooded the markets are; there are 100+ applicants to virtually every job posted on LinkedIn. I was a recruiter, so I’m really familiar with the process. Even when I was hiring engineers with 10-15 years of experience and their PE certification in multiple states, companies consistently made lowball offers to my candidates - because they know someone will take the job for 110k when most engineer’s at that experience range we’re looking for 140k+ as their base. But with the amount of applicants, they know they can get their guy for less eventually. Drove me crazy. My entire adult life I don’t think I’ve ever had a base salary over $60k. I’ve made maybe $90k in a year but it was probably 55/45 split between base and commission. The thing about working on commission though is that you can’t really plan and budget on a fluctuating salary - at least not until you’ve been in the role for a couple of years and managed to put some money aside to accommodate for the low months. This is how I managed to end up in debt in the first place - using credit when I had a poor sales month, or when I took a job with a $40k base that promised OTE of $75-90k but the reality was that for the first 3 months they expect you to basically be living off of a $40k paycheck. It doesn’t work. And now I’m finally out of debt and I have $30 to get me and a family of three until next Tuesday.

 

[Do you want ants]

Unfortunately the numbers game, IMO, is just massively tilted in the employers’ favor. Unless you are in a specific field that requires a degree/certification, the likelihood is that you’re underemployed or virtually 40-60% of your annual OTE is in the form of commission/bonus. Even if you are in a specialized field like an accountant, it’s easy to see how flooded the markets are; there are 100+ applicants to virtually every job posted on LinkedIn. I was a recruiter, so I’m really familiar with the process. Even when I was hiring engineers with 10-15 years of experience and their PE certification in multiple states, companies consistently made lowball offers to my candidates - because they know someone will take the job for 110k when most engineer’s at that experience range we’re looking for 140k+ as their base. But with the amount of applicants, they know they can get their guy for less eventually. Drove me crazy. My entire adult life I don’t think I’ve ever had a base salary over $60k. I’ve made maybe $90k in a year but it was probably 55/45 split between base and commission. The thing about working on commission though is that you can’t really plan and budget on a fluctuating salary - at least not until you’ve been in the role for a couple of years and managed to put some money aside to accommodate for the low months. This is how I managed to end up in debt in the first place - using credit when I had a poor sales month, or when I took a job with a $40k base that promised OTE of $75-90k but the reality was that for the first 3 months they expect you to basically be living off of a $40k paycheck. It doesn’t work. And now I’m finally out of debt and I have $30 to get me and a family of three until next Tuesday.

You should look into the hemp-derived delta 9 segment, especially after the governor vetoed the ban. Texas is a massive market for the category and most of these companies are well funded, financially stable and pay well. The volatility comes on the regulatory end.