14/15 People WANT to work. People NEED to work. If someone is qualified and proves in one or two interviews they can do the job, MAKE A DECISION. Stop turning basic employment into a months-long audition for wages that barely cover basic living costs. #JobSearch #Labor #HiringHell #JobHunting

13/15 Companies say they can’t find workers, yet many hiring systems are slow, impersonal & exhausting. Qualified applicants spend hours—or days—on one opening, then get ghosted or rejected by automation. That isn’t efficiency. IT'S DYSFUNCTION. #JobMarket #Hiring #Workers #HiringHell
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12/15 Employers can delay decisions for weeks. But the landlord doesn’t delay rent. Utilities don’t delay their bills. Grocery stores don’t delay the price of food. Every unnecessary interview and every hiring delay has a REAL financial cost. #CostOfLiving #Hiring #HiringHell #JobHunting #Jobs

10/15 What exactly does interview #4 reveal that a résumé, screening call, assessment & two interviews could not? There should be proportionality between: THE JOB. THE PAY. THE HIRING PROCESS. A $25/hour job should not require an executive-level gauntlet. #Hiring #JobSearch #HiringHell
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9/15 Then come screening calls, assessments, personality tests, video interviews, second interviews, third interviews—THEN THE FOURTH.
All unpaid. Meanwhile, rent, utilities & groceries keep coming due.
The employer waits. THE WORKER CANNOT. #Hiring #Workers #Jobs #HiringHell #JobHunting #WageCrisis

8/15 Before interview #1, applicants already do unpaid work: Search listings. Research companies. Tailor résumés. Rewrite cover letters. Match keywords. Fill out applications. Retype information already on the résumé. Finding a job has become an UNPAID JOB. #JobSearch #Hiring #HiringHell #Jobs

7/15 Now imagine desperately needing that $25/hour job—and being told you need FOUR INTERVIEWS. FOUR FUCKING INTERVIEWS. For a call-center job that may leave you with about $29 a month after five basic expenses. THAT IS ABSURD. #Hiring #JobSearch #Workers #HiringHell
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6/15 A 5-paycheck month helps make up the difference later. But bills arrive EVERY month. So yes: someone earning $52,000 a year can still face a cash-flow shortfall while covering only rent, utilities, internet, groceries and a phone. #WorkingClass #LivingWage #HiringHell #JobHunting #WageCrisis

4/15 $3,519 average monthly take-home. $3,490 in just FIVE basic expenses. LEFT OVER: about $29 a month. That’s about $6.69 a week. About $348 for the ENTIRE YEAR. Before transportation, healthcare, emergencies or savings. #Workers #LivingWage #HiringHell #JobHunting
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2/15 $25 an Hour equates to $1,000/week. $52,000/year GROSS. However, the government deducts $9,772/year in estimated taxes & mandatory payroll deductions. Take-home pay averages around $42,228/year. THEN THE BILLS START. #CostOfLiving #Workers #Jobs #HiringHell #WorkerRights

1/15 MY EMPLOYMENT SEARCH IS A NIGHTMARE: Clients are no longer calling due to our catastrophic economy, so now I am in search for immediate employment and I am being offered $25 an hour for a call service job. That MAY sound decent—until you do the math. #CostOfLiving #Workers #Jobs #HiringHell