My local chain grocery store has asked us, local people, multiple times to apply as we have been shopping and slightly chatting with the staff. We have applied via the chain’s systems. And yes, they expect you to send your CV and a written letter. Then you write out all the info in your CV to their forms. Then you take 5-10 videos of yourself answering their questions.
If you make through this, you get to the Second Level. There you’re supposed to attend a Teams group meeting where you “fight” with random people who are also applying for the jobs, in different locations.
If you get through this, you get to the Third Level where you will be invited to another Teams meeting with one-on-one interview. If you get through this, you might get the job.
The job search is obviously not done by the local store, it’s a “service” the chain buys from some other company. None of us have gotten through. The store seriously needs employees, they have the “search” constantly open and keep asking the locals to apply. The store has too little workers, it’s not working properly. Shelves are unstocked, fruits rotten, staff is cranky and angry. The boss complains in local newspaper that “the locals just aren’t applying for some reason!”
Seriously? They make you fight other people for the spot? At a grocery store? Massive red flag, right up front.
That would not only make me not work there, but also not shop there.
In a small town with only two grocery stores, and the other one being mad expensive premium one… Not much of choice.
Can you show the boss the application process/complain yourself in the newspaper? Unless you don’t really care, because that’s kind of a hassle either way
I contacted two newspapers at the time, no luck.
Solution: Misdemeanor larceny!
You know they don’t have full time LP.
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That is why I always take a knife to my applications. In case I have to fight other applicants, or HR themselves.
This is a wonderful encapsulation of the dysfunction of modern corporations.
So either corporate doesn’t want to hire; it looks good in the financials that there’s less spend on employees. Or the 3rd party hr gets paid per person I interviewed so it’s not in their interests to actually land a person at the job - that would only stop them being able to charge for interviews for the position. Either way, it’s a massive fuck up and will destroy the company.
What the actual fuck is this?
Corporate Hunger games?
What a modern nightmare.
I mean, it fits. Name one thing in today’s world that isn’t a modern nightmare. I guess I’m not constantly fighting off wolves, but modern wolves have your neck in their throat from the time you’re born. It’s wild to me that American kids as young as 14 fought in WW2 because they simply lied about their age. You could just do that and it’d get you through. I need 36 forms of ID and 2 written letters from close friends to get my water turned on when I move.
The most unbelievable part of this is teams working long enough to make it happen
I’m starting to think this is what’s happening to the local stores in my neighborhood that are only small but still part of a bigger franchise. They are always understaffed and looking for new staff.
that manager is dumber than an 8 year old.
I wonder if the grocery store could just hire you directly and cut out the middle man? Like just approach the boss and be like. I need a job. You need worker. Gimme a contract and I’ll start tomorrow
The store manager doesn’t have hiring authority, applications have to come through corporate.
Damn, that’s really lame
We have tried that, but it always comes back to the “please apply by our web portal” and then to “why don’t we get any aplications?”
They can’t decide between fighting for Control, eg centralization, and having more visibility into what people are like as people.
The mine they want to avoid is the total slacker - someone just collecting paychecks, leaning back on worker protection laws, with no concern for the store. Or, the single mom with 8 other responsibilities and no chance of making it to her shifts. Really, that concern could be resolved with 5 minutes of contact with any decision maker. That quick coffee chat where they say “Yeah, you’re all right”. But decisionmakers are now the people with ultra tinted SUV windows who hiss at any contact with the public.
You can’t really expect to get a good result without competition and a little vetting.
1.5 months 2 interviews. 40 applications. This is for all entry level/ sub 20 an hour jobs. Tbf it’s summer so it’s dry as fuck
With 8 years of customer service experience they eeked out an additional 15 cents an hour. Kill me now.
I love how some will require you to re input the same information again, despite a resume upload.
About to start putting domestic terrorist on the resume soon if nothing hits
You are now a mercenary working for a shadowy “defense contractor”.
If you had the choice between coming to work on time or attending the joint funeral of your child, spouse and parents what would you chose?
“I’d show up to work early. I can visit their graves on my day off later this year (if I take it). There’s just too much shareholder value at stake for me to be inaccessible for an hour during the week”
Of course I would choose to coms to work on time! Why would you even ask?
is .mov acceptable?
Has to be .mov, .mov is not supported
part 1 & 2
Prerequisite: You must be Anne Hathaway
I’ll get on my knees and beg for Anne Hathaway.
Typical dom/sub fetish stuff
This hurts me.
You have to go through this even when you’re applying for something like shelf stacking at your local store. It’s truly ridiculous.
