I don't understand why they hide the names of these folks. Let them get harassed on LinkedIn for their nonsensical, unhelpful opinions they posted with their whole chests...
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2026
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A boss using AI to create a cartoon that ridicules the importance of salary to employees is the height of irony
Even more ironic “betting industry consultant.” Literally works in an obsessive “get rich quick” industry and is mad someone wants to get paid
It's satire, and probably stolen from this guy:
In this case it's all well and good, just a bit of ragabaiting, but I still believe those who actually post these insane and hurtful things (people exchange their life and health for someone else's profit, they shouldn't discuss what the going rate is?) should be shamed, at least boo'd.
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Could well be parody, or just simple rage bait.
Let them get bullied and blocked for their ragebait! We are all responsible for the words that come out of our mouths/typed on online spaces. 🤷
Blocked, not bullied. It's just a shame that conflict creates 'engagement'. If don't feed the trolls was part of the modern internet, wed all be much better off.
Blocked and bullied. They need to know their actions are not tolerated, not that people they don't know aren't engaging with them in a way that has zero impact on them.
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Had to cut an interview short today. Everything was going great until the interviewer dropped the dreaded R-word: Responsibility.
Like, really? We're talking about a once-in-a-lifetime employment opportunity here, and they want to focus on labor? Priorities, people...back to the jobs pool we go.
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It's nice when places let you know they are a toxic environment before the interview is even over. Gives you a chance to move on before you get stuck working there.
The problem is if the company is good but just the hiring manager is awfull. You might actually miss a once in a livetime opportunity because one person is a self absorbed shithead. And after you are hired you would never meet them again
If they do a shitty job hiring a hiring manager, they probably mess up a lot more in less critical places too
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When I was hunting for a job after being furloughed a year into COVID I was getting lots of callbacks for interviews.
After doing a few interviews and waiting until the job offer for compensation I got sick of all the clearly delusional people expecting a sysadmin to work for tier 1 support pay.
I switched gears. First question I asked to each callback was the salary range. I wasn't going to waste my time.
It saved me loads of time on bullshit positions and the "wear all these hats" postings with skewed pay.
I accidentally laughed and then apologized to one poor recruiter when she told me it was $15/hr.
I ended up at a place about $10k/year less than my last job but it was 80% work from home instead of 100% on site.
I once sat through a two-stage interview for fairly niche job that I was exceptionally skilled at and had 8 years experience in. Then they mentioned the $21.00 an hour while rattling off the rest of the job conditions and I stopped the guy and made him repeat it. We both sat in silence for like 20 seconds and then I was like "Alright, should I go? I'm gonna go." And just sort of awkwardly left.
A couple months later I got a salaried full-time position starting at more than twice that rate for the same sort of work.
I accidentally laughed and then apologized to one poor recruiter when she told me it was $15/hr.
Do it on purpose and don't apologize next time.
One company i worked at lost their contract and I got laid off. A week later the same company called me and offered a position under a different contract at a different site for a 20% pay cut. I laughed at them and said nah, i can't go backwards. Collected unemployment and found a different job at my previous rate a few weeks later.
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I don't accept an interview unless I have a clear idea of what kind of salary I can expect
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Betting industry consultant and proprietary trader
No loss to the candidate.
Sounds like a vile narcissist, expecting people to be so grateful just to have the opportunity to be in the presence of their unethical ruthless brilliance. XD
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"Once in a lifetime career opportunity" by someone working in betting industry. Yeah, I doubt it.
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If it really were a once in a lifetime career opportunity, then the salary would reflect that.
I love this. In my field we often say something like "this is mission-critical? Did the architects know? It's not been designed to proper spec, you know, and that's a safety issue." But, #union, so it's different.
So often, it's deemed crucial but not really set up as if it were, and there's the parallel with a "lifetime" opportunity architected like a joe-job.
Once in a lifetime opportunity to make shit money, more like.
I mean, maybe its not shit money. Maybe its sitting squarely on top of the salary median for the career and years experience. Maybe it really is a good offer. Idfk.
But employers act like you're applying for "The One Job That Exists" rather than juggling competing offers. I've bid my own existing company against new hire offers multiple times. And, every time, my existing employer countered with a better offer.
If you don't offer me a salary, why the fuck would I leave my current job? I have decades of experience. I have a very particular set of useful skills. I have friends all over the industry. I've got more than one "Once In A Lifetime Opportunity" to choose from.
Maybe it's because I'm hourly but if there's no pay listed I treat the offer as if it's minimum wage.
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lol my current boss's first question in the interview was "can you work for $__ because that's all I can give you, not my decision."
Old school bosses are difficult in many ways, but they do at least realize why you're there and what keeps you coming back.
For my current job, I finally managed to stand firm in negotiations. They wanted to start me at the lowest option, but I argued for my experience in the field, interests, and personality traits that would be an asset. They came back to me later and said they'd bumped me up to the highest starting wage. Thank goodness! It's been a journey to own my self-worth and find the confidence to demand a higher number. I'm glad I did. This job has a rare team of management that actually listens to their employees, so I know I lucked out.
Everybody works for money Karen. Your company is not so great to be working for free. And I bet you also work for a salary.
As a tangent to this post: why dafuq people always asks "WhY dO yOu WaNt To WoRk HeRe???" Bitch I need to work to get money, otherwise I would be trafficking drugs for your kids Karen
I've asked people "why are you applying to this role at this company, out of all the options?"
Honest answers like "it uses a tech stack I like and the salary is competitive" are fine. Sycophantic answers like "I just really believe in your mission and company values" are less endearing.
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Tell me your pay ranges suck without saying your pay ranges suck.
I am a once in a lifetime employee. I'm interviewing the company.
That's how my sibling usually did it. His resume, talent and creds are astounding; but he doesn't mention to the interviewer that he's running the competition, not them.
He does use the proper language "I'm sorry to inform you that you haven't been selected in this round of competition, but I wish you every success," etc. It's been different in this era of mass lay-offs and the upended power dynamic, even for the elite candidates, but typically he'd start with an opportunity pool of about 50, and bring it to about 20 after an initial interview; 5 after the second interview.
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Pfffsh I told a recruiter I didn't think there was opportunity grow in a role after looking up info on the company/reviews/their hiring (let alone the wording of their "confidential" job sheet)....response was that they send people to Tony Robbins seminars. Had to look him up, dodged a bullet there I think
It is the law in my region that job adverts viewable from here must include a salary range.
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Yes it's not easy to enforce. Since a visible salary an equality thing, it's possible to flag the incomplete posting as discriminatory issue and have it pulled, though.
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They cheese out with a $100-500k salary; and everyone knows it's cheeseball.
But it's the law. This dinkweed is discriminating over applicants using protected speech to ask about a detail missing in the advert, and we all find out he is chauvinist in the end.
How to know if a company is dishonest, level 1.
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And by your career opportunity, they mean their career opportunities.
Every chapter of the Cult of Humans as Resources has their own forbidden words.
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I don't even apply for jobs that don't post salary info anymore. My time is valuable too.
If the salary is not in the job ad, then I don't apply. It is a very obvious red flag that the company is not going to treat you well.
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ppl who don't realize that a job interview is both ways...
Isn't that an AI image
Honestly, looks like a half-step above Corporate Memphis clipart.
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Don't you know they're Better Than You? You're supposed to humbly thank your corporate masters for the shit wage they offer.
Why is asking about salary a big no-no, but negotiating boni and stock options is perfectly valid for executive positions?
Why do employees have to sign contracts in which they agree not to disclose their salary to anyone, but their employer discloses all their employees' salaries to specialized service providers in exchange for those of their competition?
It's illegal for them to restrict you from talking about salary. In the US at least. Pretty sure that's at the federal level too.
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