Why do normie companies reward experience over knowledge? This is especially common in IT companies where some people with 4-5 years of experience might be better than those with 8+
IT isn't even real. They are just holding companies hostage at this point while killing everyone else's productivity.
>>62209863Because experience is easier than knowledge to precisely quantify with a single number, regardless of how accurate or useful that number might be.
>>62209863because a lot of experience means>they show up to work and don't call out too often>tolerable personality, enough to at least not get firedThese are important, because you will be spending 40 hours a week with the person you hire, you want to make sure they are reliable. Companies are willing to hire people that may know less than some 4chan sperg that stutters when he talks to women, if it means they can talk about sportsball or marvelslop with the new hire. You can teach people skills faster than you can change a spergs personality.
>>62209863The company I work for "rewards" seniority, which is the most ass-backwards approach and probably why it's been failing since it was sold to an S&P 500 company about 7 years ago.It's already laid-off about 15 workers and more lay-offs are coming. They're laying off the young workers that are only getting paid $18 - $20 an hour, with only 1 - 2 weeks of paid vacation time and keeping the old workers that make $28 - $30 an hour, with 5 - 6 weeks of paid vacation time, even though all of the jobs require zero skill and everybody works about the same speed.
>>62209879this one gets it. also one of many reasons why no one wants to give zoomers a shot, especially the ones fresh out of college. no reliable track record and insane entitlement because of their useless degree coupled with the zoomer mentality.
Maybe in the US, but here (UK) it's the opposite, you are paid "for the role" so it doesn't matter if you have been at the company 15 years or 1 year you are paid for the role rather than your individual value or skills. Want more money? Have to change role.
>>62209912I'd prefer that. Here you can get a $40k job and as long as you smile and wave you can stay there for 20 years and end up making 6 figures without your role even changing that much as long as the people highest on the food chain like you. It puts managers/directors in a weird scenario because you can't fire them because 1. your bosses like them so you are ruining company culture and 2. you know you will ruin their life since no other company will give them even half of what they expect to earn.
>>62209863jobs program thing. they reward time waging and money spent on college degrees.
I actually think experience is undervalued. "Knowledge" as you likely define it essentially only signals socioeconomic status, that you can afford to buy a degree, meanwhile actual knowledge is free on the internet. Meanwhile experience is the translation of that knowledge into tangible value. I've met so many people who paid ludicrous money for degrees and still don't know shit and can't actually produce anything.
>>62209879This. The person with 20 years of working yet clueless will be the perfect goy over the 5 year one that knows all the ins and outs and edge cases of a whole product series. Normgroids being Normgroids. Remember that when you’re complaining about not finding a job
>>62209905Correct. College used to check the first 2 boxes off but with zoom classes students could open their eyeballs at 8:58 turn on their pc enter the zoom class and go back to bed. Or in the post zoom class era they would miss the entire semester, ask grok or claude to give them flashcards for their final and never even have to show up to class unless it was a presentation or quiz day. And the prof is in a shit situation because if they make attendance mandatory than all the retards will pass just for showing up to class, and if not then they will just stay home skip class and get claude flashcards.>>62210611Sadly that's how the world works and there is nothing either of us can do to change that. Some people just want to enjoy their time at work and don't care if there is someone out there that knows more and can utilize some program better. Same reason why assistants are usually unmarried skinny women in their 20's instead of a 40 year old man. Takes their mind off the stresses of work and life for a bit.
>>62209863If someone has 8 years managing a niche workflow, they probably have more exposure to ways it can go tits up than someone with less experience with the workflow, even if they have "more knowledge".Its much safer to employ the one with more practical experience.
>>62209863Tbh it hasn't been my experience. I got filtered on skills even though I'm leet
