>Just interviewed for an $8 an hour Family Dollar cashier job>Job isn't actually cashiering but basically co-running the store.>Manager unironically asks me to "sell her this pen">Also get asked how I make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich When did job hunting get this humiliating? I've been working for a decade and a half and it never got this bad
Employers hold all the power. The job market got destroyed a while ago.No war but class war.
>>85572702It's always been like this for the bottom of the barrel jobGet used to sucking his dirty cock too
>>85572702>When did job hunting get this humiliating?when they realized people need jobs to live
Boomers will you to suck it up though. If you become homeless, you are so fucked man. For right now, you'll be living on the most thinnest of margins if you have an apartment or room you're renting in. Pirate everything you can and just use whatever welfare you can to survive. Things will only become worse as the years go by. No sudden collapse or acceleration other than the slow and agonizing decay of a once great nation.
>apply for factory job>interview to confirm I do in fact have two arms and two legs>start the next weekEmbrace the manufacturing pill frens
>>85572702This is a result of women being allowed to make hiring decisions and corporate policy. They translate hiring men into screening them as significant others, and foid standards are so inflated that an average guy in every metric is comparable to a pile of dogshit in their eyes. They play these little foid games and do shitttests because it's all they know. If you ever find out a hiring manager is a foid, save yourself the trouble and walk away immediately, because chances are she'll jerk you around for multiple interviews, get the ick at you for something innocuous like resting your arm on an armrest, and then jerk you around for another few interviews because foids are incapable of a clean rejection due to wanting backup options.
>>85572717NTA but I'd unironically would rather be homeless than live with my father. He has three small children and three dogs with his abusive wife and the household is constant baby screaming, dogs barking, and them arguing daily over inane bullshit. I could never stay in that house as much as I love my father.
>>85572702What kind of shithole pays 8 bucks in 2026?
>>85572847Minimum wage in America is $7.25, and America uses the American dollar. These two pieces of data strongly suggest op is in America. Posting in English and using 4chan are weaker pieces evidence but they support the America theory.
>>85572847Probably the south
I would work for 9$ an hour if it was a sandwich shop and I had no manager, just another coworker, we were able to get tips and be on our phone and stuff. So basically Capriottis or Subway.Dominos was one of the most fun jobs I had, but the managers were actual cancer and it would get wayyyy too busy.Anytime a "manager" comes into the equation I need more pay because those people are fucking cancer.
>>85572702>$8 an hour would be worth $0.75 an hour in 1965>minimum wage back then was $1.25 an houryou should be getting paid at least $16 an hour
>>85572702>Manager unironically asks me to "sell her this pen"Holy Christ, don't take this job
>>85572702I've heard nothing but terrible things about family dollar
>>85573592I've been to one before. Everything was super overpriced and there were ugly people with dark skin and obesity inside. We need legislation to keep businesses like that away. It's unethical, if bad people shop at them you could say that they attract bad people. Ultimately these kinds of establishments are drawing bad people to a place. I would like to see them banned everywhere outside of cities with a population of >1,000,000. Walmart and target should be treated similarly. Bad places for bad people. Ideally they'd start arresting bad people. Drunk driving hurts no one but you can get arrested for it. Why isn't fat existing treated the same way? Bmi over 25 and leaving the house for any reason should be a crime.
>>85572702And people will tell you that you are very lucky to even get that since the Jews are not hiring
>>85573688They are hiring, just not white males. Funny how you didn't seem to be so upset and complainy when things were reversed for the past 200 years. Justice tastes bitter to the unjust.
>>85572809Damn, that sucks. Hope it gets better....somehow.
>>85572702Yes it can be humiliating but more likely than not it was a test to see if you're strung out, desperate for the job, they want to test you little signs and body language and see if you're shifty, weird, unreliable, high out of your mind or maybe the job is bullshit and you're better off applying to something else. When a job needs people the interview is a formality, they couldn't give a fuck and are hoping you can start within 2 days and need you on the line. It can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the job. When they really need people it can mean the job is shit and they can't keep people or it isn't for everyone but the job is not bad and you're in luck because they'll hire anyone with a pulse if you aren't super spergy, fuck up the interview by showing up drunk or high, or aren't some pervert groping women and a felon with a murder charge
>>85572702How is $8/hr possibly worth your time? If that's what I was facing I'd be visiting shrinks and signing forms til the NEETbux roll in. Fuck. That. That's NOTHING in 2026.
>>85572847over 20 states have no minimum wage. they can just pay whatever. people just pretend 7/hr jobs dont exist but they do
>>85572847Middle America and the south
>>85574597Why do they exist, though? What incentive is there to take it over the dole? Are they solely for ex-cons?
>>85574606Illegals, people desperate for a job, teens working their first job, ex cons, yeah.
>>85574619Illegals and ex-cons, plausible, teens sure I guess if they're living at home and don't have real expenses. >people desperate for the jobbut why? Why not just get NEET/autism bux? Even the commute would eat too much of an $8 wage.
>>85572732>Just get a factory job like I did back in 1967 young fella! Thanks for the tip boomer. I'll be sure and look for a job in manufacturing if I ever find myself magically transported to China
>>85574625How simple do you think it is to get benefits and live off of taxpayer money? Do you think it is as simple as going to government office where they give out free money, ask them for "free money" and they just give it to you with zero wait? The wait alone will make you more desperate and at that point you'll just take the job. You aren't applying for an 8 dollar an hour job if you're making good choices so you have little to no choice at that point. Those jobs exist because fuckups exist.
>>85572702Can you sell it to me, /r9k/?
>>85574640OP hereI graduated with a bachelor's in CS. I regret it so much. I'm genuinely considering the rope. No other job will respond, not even Walmart
>>85574694youre not using Indeed are you? Walmart is trash.Panda Express pays 17$ an hour here, im about to go do that. I will shit my fucking self if I actually get hired there. There is no way to fuck that job up other than be rude to people.
>>85574702I'm applying directly to stores. I manage to get interviews but then ghosted or rejected afterwards. One job rejected me after sending me an offer letter. My aunt keeps telling me to check up on these jobs in person but all I get is "you have to wait, they'll call you"
>>85574715Interesting. They prolly see your education and freak the fuck out. The people who work at these places are not bright whatsoever, be surprised if many of them even graduated HS.
>>85574694I guess you just need to keep on applying. You get rejected by 40 jobs before getting a job nowadays
>>85574576There aren't any neetbux in many places.
>>85572705It's not about class, it's about globalism vs nationalism. Shit wouldn't be like this if we didn't have immigration, feminism, and globalist free trade. Capitalism is good - we just need to end immigration, enact massive tariffs to get foreign goods out of our markets, and put women back in their natural role in the home, so that men can have more market power and make a reasonable amount of money.
>>85573721That explains why the economy is tanking and quality control is in the shitter.
>>85574640iunno, seems like most of 4chan seems to have it.
>>85572702>Interviewer: Sell me this pen.>Interviewee: Well, I have another interview today for a better paying job. Can we speed this up?
>>85574671No.Salesmen sell things, you don't need salesmen to run a retail store.
>>85573222That was before mass immigration
>>85574671*beep* that'll be 49 cents like it said on the label before you brought it to the cash register
>>85572705It wasn't this bad 5 years ago though. There was a mutual understanding that a shitty retail position was up for grabs to the first person to walk through the door, and make it to the managers office without passing out on the floor, or dying. Now I'm seeing sitty retail jobs playing hard to get with people with fucking degrees and even relevant experience. And it's more than just getting the job that's hard. Schedules everywhere are dogshit rollercoasters, pay is perma-locked at 20/hour max for 99% of jobs, benefits are nonexistent, and they've even been cracking down on the relaxed attitude to attendance people had during covid. I really fucking miss the days of calling out knowing full well I wouldn't even be spoken to about it, as long as I had a good reason for it. I got fucking reamed out for calling out while my wife was giving birth in the hospital.
>>85572702>$8just get a easy fed job like the post office. starting is like $23 and you live in a lcol state
>>85574671>Welcome in! How the hell are ya? HAHAHA!>Firmly shake hand>Wow that a firm handshake you got! do you lift weights?>Ok! Now lets talk business. Youre going to buy this pen and Ill tell you why. I can tell just by looking at a customer what sort of customer they are, and you have good sense written all over you. A sensible man like you knows the value of a dollar and never wastes it. Look at this pen for example. Extruded polyurethane handle and a tungsten carbide tip. The untrained eye may not see much, but to the astute observer the value of this pen is obvious. The tip which endures the most wear is made with a durable tooling while the rest of it is made with a highly economical transparent polymer that lets the user see the remaining ink. Its a precise instrument that maximizes usefulness and minimizes cost. This pen may not have a fancy case or shiny inlays, but its not made to look impressive. Its meant to get work done and what can be more impressive than a job well done? You agree right?>Now the only thing I need to know is how many boxes do you want and where do you want them delivered?Yep, still got it.
>>85575427Real niggas do organized crime to make their millions. The more the world collapses the more I realize niggers, spics, jeets, chinks and the whole lot are ahead of the game, at least from a view of maximizing comfort.
>>85572702What? I barely finished highschool and my ass got hired over the phone for a job within like 2 days of quitting my last one with no notice.
>>85574694The trades meme was unironically the best decision for most people. My cousin is a fucking borderline retard who makes 250k a year welding pipelines for chevron.
>>85574694>I regret it so muchAs you should. College is a complete scam.
>>85574702What's a good alternative to indeed? Not that I haven't gotten my last 10 jobs from there, but always looking for an alternative.
so i'm gathering OP made everything up
>>8557542710 years ago i went for a job interview in a supermarket and he grilled me on all kinds of questions i had no answers to. "why do you want to work here?" idk because its close and money? but im not supposed to say that you're supposed to say some other bullshit.
>>85576586impossible to do trades without connections and it rapes your body, just another meme
>>85572702>>Manager unironically asks me to "sell her this pen">>Also get asked how I make a peanut butter and jelly sandwichBrootal. I couldn't imagine doing an interview in 2026. Fuck man
>>85572847>>85573044I worked at a fast food establishment in rural Arkansas a decade ago and still made $10. OP is in deep trouble.
>>85576650>impossible to do trades without connectionsAnd you get those connections from being good at your job. The trades (outside of unions) are still very much meritocracies.
>>85576669>look mr shekelstein! Look how hard I am working!>wow another hard day of work, now I will go home and post on 4chan.org/r9k>hey, theres a thread about work! My favorite thing!>this guy says he cant doesng have a job>I know exactly what to say! >you get jobs by being good at your job and connections through your job.I would say Do employim really? but employim do really. Ive seen hundreds of people exactly like this. None of them can see the flaw in the logic.
>>85572702>"Also get asked how I make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich"what relevance does this question have at all?
>>85577131Some jobs ask ridiculous questions like that in interviews for God knows why
>>85573674Are you twelve?
>>85574671>This pen, No, actually pens in general, you always find yourself needing them in the most unexpected situations ever , and you wish in times like these you have been carrying one , But you know exactly why you never does, pens always spill ink when carried in pockets and fucks your jeans up and it's very hard to wash , well, here is what makes our pen special, it doesn't spill !>Even if you don't need it now , you'll find yourself needing it sometime soon , it's only for (insert price) , buy it and get a free hug Now !!
>>85574606Because companies make more money by cutting labor costs and they don't give a shit if their employees live or die. It's that simple. Companies hate that they even have to pay you at all, that's why these bare minimums have to be legally mandated in the first place. When a corporation pays you minimum wage, they are telling you that if they could legally pay you even LESS, they WOULD.
>>85575427Nah it was getting bad after 2018. Its just between infinity jeets and immigration people are starting to notice how bad the hiring process really is.
>>85572732Yeah then get micromanaged by your faggot managers because you're not moving fast enough according to the UPH. Fuck off, they don't even let you wear earbuds or headphones anymore.
