Working Professionals, Misused Community
Experienced professionals are frustrated by a community space being overrun with job seekers who don't understand its purpose. This disrupts the intended discussions and value for those already employed, creating a sense of misuse and wasted time. The complaints also hint at broader frustrations with the job search process itself.
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“I put that there only on this thread due to the comments I was getting that this is not a job board thread. Wish it didn’t have to be there too”
“Well that would be the problem. They’re looking to hire an adult. Not a child who can’t tell their parents to stay home.”
“How good is your reading comprehension? This post is asking for remote job direction not looking for a job offer.”
“I agree with you. I firmly believe that everyone who is able and willing to work full-time deserves a full-time job.”
“Yeah I don't have an agreement or disagreement just was interested and wanted to look for the data. it's interesting, i wonder if we are just experiencing more actual job positions being lost and less hires overall causing the job market to feel even worse than it's been in the past recent years.”
Hi, South-Carry-1603, It seems like your question would be best suited in our careers / getting started thread stickied at the top of the subreddit. Please review rule #7 of the subreddit,…
“This board is for people with remote jobs We talk sbput things within that role. Job posts are not allowed. Did you even read the rules?”
“Just stop paying attention to this sub. It is incredibly toxic, no healthy/informed discourse happens here.”
“Not to burst your bubble, but that post is still up and so is your comment. You are about 100miles wide of the mark and come across like an arrogant idiot. The person who responded to you made no comment on agile/scrum, their knowledge/lack of. Why? Because it is not remotely relevant to the post, except in your head. A new hire, being constantly on their phone, won't be resolved by anything other than addressing that behaviour. The OP in that post described them leaving a meeting to go chec”
But on Reddit it’s only 2nd percentile. Here everyone makes $500k+
“I don't think this explicitly violates any of the community guidelines, but if it does I will gladly remove it. Do you currently work a job that you absolutely love? Do you look forward to going into work most days? And if so, what field of medicine are you working in? What do you do? Some necessary background; I am currently a practicing LPN who is back in school and aiming at PA. I've run into an unusual problem, in that I LOVE my current job. Being discontent was previously the bigges”
“Skill issue. Do you get something out of spreading the same fearmongering all over this sub?”
“Im very sorry but this may be one of the worst formatted resumes I've ever seen. I would be willing to help you make it more legible if you would like.”
“Only to then Create a “course” about it. You’re not helping bruh. If the advice is not relevant to the current year, you can keep it. Although the fundamental principles may remain unchanged, the job market is constantly evolving. submitted by /u/Acrobatic_Sample_552 [link] [comments]”
“I don’t understand why you’re insulting me. This is exactly why you weren’t allowed to comment. OE is for mature experience professionals, not just the sub but the act and if you or someone cant sign on to Reddit, surf the subs, upvote, respond to text, read a bunch of posts and figure this out on your own then neither is for you. So if you’re not planning on working the same hours then why do you care about background checks and boredom and I still don’t understand why you’re interested in tell”
“The market is flooded with graphic designers right now, you need to stand out somehow. Post your portfolio link in freelancing subreddits instead of here, this sub is more for business talk than job hunting. Even a simple behance page would help people see your actual work”
“Oh my God these threads are so fucking annoying. It's so obvious OP doesn't work professionally.”
“Dude don’t bother workin in fed, I’m currently working in DoD and consider quitting (even paying back my service agreement) because RTO is happening here. Leadership changed and we’re doing agile/scrum of menial tasks. I’m applying to jobs right now in hopes for hybrid. I would prefer hybrid over this bull crap.”
“Your post/comment has been determined to be a low-effort post or comment. This includes title-only posts, easily searchable questions, vague/open-ended discussion prompts, LLM generated posts or comments, and posts/comments that do not provide enough context for meaningful replies or discussion.”
“Not a job board and you need 15 years experience. Your post violates rules. We all have remote jobs.”
“Bro said he has 5 yoe as a SWE, applied to Starbucks as a barista a few months ago, applied to law school, then proceeds to post shit like this. Bro seem to have no idea what to do with or the direction their life let alone about the direction of tech industry as a whole. ☠️”
“You can find all the info you need for free online. Heck, people give advice for free here, and some of us actually have experience from the hiring side, unlike a lot of those posers.”
“Try job boards but good luck. Lots of competition and you bring no real skills or job history to the table.”
“We do not allow any commercial promotion or solicitation. This can lead to a permanent ban from the subreddit. Yes, that is exactly what "solicitation" means. No, not allowed; please read the subreddit rules if you intend to post here.”
“We do not allow any commercial promotion or solicitation. This can lead to a permanent ban from the subreddit.”
“Change some numbers in the URL so that it shows jobs posted in less than the past 24hrs. I have a tab set for the past 12 hours and another set for the past 1 hour.”
Do I quit? Do I stay? submitted by /u/itmemandi [link] [comments]
dawg cushy with good WLB is all I need. I don’t care about a title
“Job boards. You are competing with thousands of other applicants. It's not easy and your experience is pretty basic. You aren't standing out.”
“not meta but similarly large. Genuine question, i always see people hiding exactly what company it is. Is there any actual risk of a company finding an mostly autonomous reddit account and getting mad?”
“I've been for a while seeing some reactions to my posts or comments in regards to the job market and people experiences; some of those comments are borderline toxic (well I know its Reddit). Some individuals hop on here to say things suggesting that the job seekers are lacking skills or they are not good enough; and worse of all, some comments suggesting that those who get laid off or got laid off were lazy or cheated on the job interview using AI. There are 1000s of professionals who were t”
“I’m organizing a small group where people can give and receive résumé feedback, and freely help each other with their careers/businesses. Reply if you’d like to join. submitted by /u/Brutal_Rain [link] [comments]”
“The purpose of making a submission or comment is to engage in a public discussion with the community. It is not to request a PM/DM from someone. Do not post a notice that you DMed someone. You are more than welcome to engage privately with one another, but it is up to you to take the initiative directly.”
“Currently have a job that pays dog shit here in California. Terrible boss and no windows with a 1970s desk setup that kinda is making me sick.”
“Yes and no... They were previously employed, somewhere under 30. If OP has ~5-7 years of experience, that is a vastly different job search experience than someone with 0 years coming out of university. The software industry is tough for those without professional (not intern/coop) experience.”
“I get that, I do just apply on Mondays and I sort by just in the last week. So that gets rid of the posts that are months old. I also avoid the "repost" listings. Since I've been looking for months they clearly rejected me once, no need to apply again. I don't think it's that prominent but they are out there. I know some are honeypots, where you click on them and then they go to their own job site. Once I got sucked into had me go through all these steps and asked all these”
Thanks for the input. We have zero desire to outsource overseas
“It's one thing to give realistic and practical advice about their questions, but its a WHOLE other thing to make them feel hopeless or stupid as hell for even asking such a question, especially with the snarky and sarcastic comments, you honestly don't sound cool. I'm sure everyone here has asked silly questions in their life, no one is born a genius. Not everyone is going to have the same experience or qualifications. Some people are just trying to figure things out, and sometimes a”
“r/cscareerquestions/ is probably better suited (that sub is the one sub referenced in the rules here in this sub on R#7)”
“This subreddit is only for requesting to have something made. Not to showcase what you made. There are other subreddits for that, please post on those.”
“This is a subreddit for web professionals to exchange ideas and share industry news. All users are expected to maintain that professionalism during conversations. If you disagree with a poster or a comment, do so in a respectful way. Continued violations will result in a permanent ban.”
“I frequented it here for about a year since I got a job in May. I still like coming here to blow steam about our awful job market.”