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[–]HeyImSancho 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Huh, I'm seeing hiring bonuses everywhere in the skilled trades section of craigslist; not only that, a few contractors have ads up asking for people to submit resumes who only want part time; meaning they'd rather have full time, but will take what they can get as far as employees.

I guess it depends on location?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It probably does depend on location. But also there are a lot of fake job listings. A lot of those interviews you go in to and suddenly that bonus in the job ad doesn't actually exist because the company says it's doing better now, or whatever. Or they're just farming resumes and looking for a sucker to take a bad deal once they've got them in the door. I went in to a job once that offered $60k, at a place I had worked previously for years. They hardballed me in to accepting $30k in that first interview, and I didn't have any other options so I took it for a few months until I found something better.

There's a lot of fakery going on, on both sides of the equation. All I see is an ever-shrinking middle class, even with 2 working adults per household. That's the real tragedy here.