A boss using AI to create a cartoon that ridicules the importance of salary to employees is the height of irony

It's satire, and probably stolen from this guy:

Could well be parody, or just simple rage bait.

Yes!

Talking about "Taking Responsibility" is a huge red flag.

I manage people. When I talk about responsibility, I'm talking about my responsibility to deliver results, because I am fucking expensive.

When my VP talks about responsibility, they had better be talking about their own responsibility, because they are even more expensive than I am.

A leader who talks about "getting others to take responsibility" immediately makes me assume they are overpaid. Taking responsibility is their whole job. They shouldn't talk about it, they shouldn't ask for help with it, they should be responsible, be likeable, hire good staff, and clear obstacles.

I find that when I choose to be the responsible person in the room, and I manage to be likeable - people tend to watch my back, and the things I said were important tend to get done.

I once sat through a two-stage interview for fairly niche job that I was exceptionally skilled at and had 8 years experience in. Then they mentioned the $21.00 an hour while rattling off the rest of the job conditions and I stopped the guy and made him repeat it. We both sat in silence for like 20 seconds and then I was like "Alright, should I go? I'm gonna go." And just sort of awkwardly left.

A couple months later I got a salaried full-time position starting at more than twice that rate for the same sort of work.

I accidentally laughed and then apologized to one poor recruiter when she told me it was $15/hr.

Do it on purpose and don't apologize next time.

One company i worked at lost their contract and I got laid off. A week later the same company called me and offered a position under a different contract at a different site for a 20% pay cut. I laughed at them and said nah, i can't go backwards. Collected unemployment and found a different job at my previous rate a few weeks later.

Betting industry

https://x.com/salmanso_/status/2004011126364033110

It’s 9:00 pm on Christmas Eve.

Not a single Kalshi engineer has left the office.

There’s levels to this.

But how could you not blindly accept this once in a lifetime internship opportunity?!?

I love this. In my field we often say something like "this is mission-critical? Did the architects know? It's not been designed to proper spec, you know, and that's a safety issue." But, #union, so it's different.

So often, it's deemed crucial but not really set up as if it were, and there's the parallel with a "lifetime" opportunity architected like a joe-job.

Both are hilariously meaningless job titles and yet I haven't come a cross a single person in this thread that's not taking it seriously.

Already know the replies incoming; "Yeah, but there's plenty of nutty stiff like this on LinkedIn, how is anyone to know?"

For my current job, I finally managed to stand firm in negotiations. They wanted to start me at the lowest option, but I argued for my experience in the field, interests, and personality traits that would be an asset. They came back to me later and said they'd bumped me up to the highest starting wage. Thank goodness! It's been a journey to own my self-worth and find the confidence to demand a higher number. I'm glad I did. This job has a rare team of management that actually listens to their employees, so I know I lucked out.

I mean, maybe its not shit money. Maybe its sitting squarely on top of the salary median for the career and years experience. Maybe it really is a good offer. Idfk.

But employers act like you're applying for "The One Job That Exists" rather than juggling competing offers. I've bid my own existing company against new hire offers multiple times. And, every time, my existing employer countered with a better offer.

If you don't offer me a salary, why the fuck would I leave my current job? I have decades of experience. I have a very particular set of useful skills. I have friends all over the industry. I've got more than one "Once In A Lifetime Opportunity" to choose from.

That's how my sibling usually did it. His resume, talent and creds are astounding; but he doesn't mention to the interviewer that he's running the competition, not them.

He does use the proper language "I'm sorry to inform you that you haven't been selected in this round of competition, but I wish you every success," etc. It's been different in this era of mass lay-offs and the upended power dynamic, even for the elite candidates, but typically he'd start with an opportunity pool of about 50, and bring it to about 20 after an initial interview; 5 after the second interview.

I've asked people "why are you applying to this role at this company, out of all the options?"

Honest answers like "it uses a tech stack I like and the salary is competitive" are fine. Sycophantic answers like "I just really believe in your mission and company values" are less endearing.

So what you are saying is that if you didn’t have to work to get money you would traffic drugs for kids? You son of a bitch, I’m in.

why dafuq people always asks “WhY dO yOu WaNt To WoRk HeRe???”

As often as not, I field this question with a straightforward "I have X years in the industry and you seemed like a promising fit." I might even gush about how wonderful the place looks and how charming the people are. Or note that it seems like your business is growing and how exciting it would be to join a team with such a bright future.

Like, I hate the question as much as anybody. But its so fucking boilerplate, I have to question why people are even mad at it. You've got a rookie pitcher sending one straight down the middle. Shove a rainbow up the interviewer's ass and move on. If they keep coming back to it, that's a red flag. But if they're just reading off "How to Hire Someone 101" ChatGPT notes, you should be able to breeze through the most predictable set of questions imaginable.

I think the point is that everyone works for money, wherever they work. The question is about why you choose that company to earn a salary, rather than another.

I think it's a good thing that companies have to compete for candidates with more than just salary. Job conditions are also important. Holiday days, parental leave, WFH etc. However, it needs to be in the contract.

I've only known one cool HR person...they fired her a year after I quit

they are kind o fa weird cult, aren't they

Salary: £competitive

Competitive with a Bangladeshi sweatshop.

How to know if a company is dishonest, level 1.

AI slop overview:

By 2026, the EU's Pay Transparency Directive mandates salary disclosure in job ads, bans asking salary history, requires pay gap reporting (phased by size), and gives employees rights to pay info to tackle gender pay gaps, with member states implementing national rules by June 7, 2026, affecting all EU employers and non-EU firms with EU staff.

Honestly, looks like a half-step above Corporate Memphis clipart.

Par for the course for LinkedIn

They don't even put it in the contract? What the fuck!

Pretty sure it is. The job title of the OP in pic looks like it's a parody as well.

^ Can' spot obvious satire, call other people idiots.

I'll give you a hint, not only is a clearly rage bait, look at this job title.

I don't have time for that, I need to know what to invest my time in and if it's a no because of salary, I need to know that as soon as possible. Not many people live in a world where salary is not very very important to their living.

Asking about the salary makes you sound kinda desperate

this is trite bullshit. it's literally one of the components of an interview. STOP THINKING AN INTERVIEW IS A ONE WAY INTERROGATION. It's not. Or it's not supposed to be for fucks sake, you're interviewing them at the same fucking time and those interactions have informed PLENTY of jobs I chose not to take.