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Midnight-shcode
2y

now a funny thing that happened to me a few weeks ago:

a recruiter contacted me on linkedin... wait, don't laugh yet, that's not the whole joke (this time)...

...asking whether I'm interested in something, I was like yeah, but I'm looking for part-time because i'd like to not have a mental breakdown after 6 months this time...

her response: "well... I don't have any part-times, but I have an almost part-time..."

" 'almost part-time'? first time I've heard that phrase, what exactly does that mean?"

"it means about 160 hours"

... i sit in confused silence for a bit, then write back as I calculate: "i'm assuming you mean 160 hours a month, which is 40 hours a week, which is 8 hours a day, which is full-time. please point out where am I mistaken."

recruiter: * crickets *

rant

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fuckin recruiters
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  • 5
    2y
    She's funny. Ask her out instead.
  • 10
    2y
    @rantsauce I've got about 4 broken gaslighters lying on my table, I don't need a fifth one in my life.
  • 4
    2y
    @Midnight-shcode she could mean per week, it's sorta part time of your life gone.

    You can have Sundays off 😉
  • 3
    2y
    Maybe she means 160 hours in total to complete the project?

    Tbh I can never get used to recruiters sucking at basic communication so much. Its like being a recruiter attracts a certain type of person who sucks at everything and this job is his last hope, but instead of improving themselves they just play the numbers game until they get lucky and they place someone. Its just pure incompetence
  • 0
    2y
    @AnxiousADHDGuy 100% not what she meant.

    otherwise she would have replied and corrected me, but even without it, obviously, that's not what she meant, because a recruiter and therefore a broken gaslighter.
  • 1
    2y
    ah proof that recruiters can't do basic math, let alone understand what the differences are between programming languages.....
  • 1
    2y
    @fullstackclown that does not make sense. One DOA SD card does not proof all SD cards can't do basic storage.

    I know a few recruiters that do the absolute best for their candidates. And I know lying scum recruiters (the absolute worst you can encounter) and a few fodder recruiters (pumping as much candidates as possible to see what sticks).

    I also know passionate programmers (developers, engineers however you want to call them). I know programmers that are opportunists, diversity hires that can only stay past probation by having others cover for them. And I know programmers that don't develop themselves and push out crap with no maintainability or sensible architecture at all.

    Safe to say generalisation does not apply here on both ends.
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