Sorry if this is the wrong community but just needed to vent. I was told about a position in my organization that I thought was great and paid. Got there and found out there is no pay.

Outside of actual slavery, why would anyone expect anyone to work for literally nothing?

  • ImSoOCD [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It thins out the competition so that only the trust fund kid can fill those positions

    • squidonstrike [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I get that but I was directly told there would be money. Now I am being told there is none. What's the play here?

      • ImSoOCD [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Oh shit I thought the pay was just implied. You’ve either got A) some incompetent managers B) some manipulative managers or C) both. Sorry to hear that, comrade

        • squidonstrike [he/him]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          Pay was explicit, how much was not. But I was told there would be pay until today.

      • D61 [any]
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        3 years ago

        Not sure what the job was but some brainstorming from my end...

        They would have given the job to somebody else but wanted to see if they could convince you to work for free.

        They read some shitty business/psychology article and wanted to see which of their applicants would fight for money, for... reasons?

        :the-more-you-know: ... Got any friends who don't have money problems to try to get the job and just break/steal as much as possible?

      • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        That's bullshit, sorry you have to deal with that, and I don't think we can tell you what they were thinking. You've gotta confront them, unfortunately.