Vox Article Takes an Unflinching Look at the Job Openings to Applicants Ratio
09-22-2021, 02:58 AM
09-22-2021, 02:58 AM
Article here:
https://www.vox.com/recode/22673353/unem...-algorithm
While I do agree that some applicants are being a bit too ambitious in looking for a "promotion" or a different-but-similar job, it still appears that the majority of the onus is on the perspective employers for setting unrealistic expectations, failing to understand what these jobs truly entail, and refusing good applicants because they do not want to offer on-the-job training.
It's like I've said elsewhere. I could probably have a great job managing factory automation because the Mk45 gun mount I worked on in the Navy is really no different. It is a programmable, automated system with many moving parts, optical sensors, proximity sensors, and hydraulic solenoid valves. It operates on a 1600psi hydraulic system with four separate hydraulic circuits, plus two low-power hydraulic pumps for maintenance and emergency use. It's a pretty damn complex system that requires a lot of upkeep.
But do employers see in me the potential for a good maintenance technician who can keep their factory line running smooth? Of course not. They want someone who can not only turn a wrench and wrangle wire harnesses, but also knows like eight different programming languages because they use digital logic control units in the equipment, and they actually don't know which language they speak so they just spam a bunch of different ones in the job description.
(As if you make your very own logic controllers with custom programming code? Get the fuck outta town bitch. We all know you buy the cheapest piles of shit from China or India. And then you got the audacity to cry about them breaking all the damn time and try to pin it all on the techs working on them when there's next to no documentation, and if there is it reads like it was translated from poorly written Sanskrit by Google Translate.)
Oh, and they also want you working on the factory line with the other workers when you're not busy fixing or setting up something, and at only a couple more dollars an hour more than they are, and putting in 10-to-12 hour days six or maybe seven days a week. Because PRODUCTIVITY!
https://www.vox.com/recode/22673353/unem...-algorithm
While I do agree that some applicants are being a bit too ambitious in looking for a "promotion" or a different-but-similar job, it still appears that the majority of the onus is on the perspective employers for setting unrealistic expectations, failing to understand what these jobs truly entail, and refusing good applicants because they do not want to offer on-the-job training.
It's like I've said elsewhere. I could probably have a great job managing factory automation because the Mk45 gun mount I worked on in the Navy is really no different. It is a programmable, automated system with many moving parts, optical sensors, proximity sensors, and hydraulic solenoid valves. It operates on a 1600psi hydraulic system with four separate hydraulic circuits, plus two low-power hydraulic pumps for maintenance and emergency use. It's a pretty damn complex system that requires a lot of upkeep.
But do employers see in me the potential for a good maintenance technician who can keep their factory line running smooth? Of course not. They want someone who can not only turn a wrench and wrangle wire harnesses, but also knows like eight different programming languages because they use digital logic control units in the equipment, and they actually don't know which language they speak so they just spam a bunch of different ones in the job description.
(As if you make your very own logic controllers with custom programming code? Get the fuck outta town bitch. We all know you buy the cheapest piles of shit from China or India. And then you got the audacity to cry about them breaking all the damn time and try to pin it all on the techs working on them when there's next to no documentation, and if there is it reads like it was translated from poorly written Sanskrit by Google Translate.)
Oh, and they also want you working on the factory line with the other workers when you're not busy fixing or setting up something, and at only a couple more dollars an hour more than they are, and putting in 10-to-12 hour days six or maybe seven days a week. Because PRODUCTIVITY!