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mimico_polak said:
You're kidding me right? My first job interview (on my own) was at 15...my parents drove me to the interview cause I didn't have my license yet.
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I first heard of it from others years ago.. saw it myself the first time about 5 years ago... it happens often enough that it's not even noteworthy.
When it does happen... it's almost always with sons... and it's usually a certain demographic of people.. but have seen it with others.
 
raginduck said:
I first heard of it from others years ago.. saw it myself the first time about 5 years ago... it happens often enough that it's not even noteworthy.
When it does happen... it's almost always with sons... and it's usually a certain demographic of people.. but have seen it with others.
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Have you hired some of the precious flowers requiring protection? If so, how did it work out? I could see it going either way (they could be good and didn't tell their parents to piss off due to societal constraints or they could sic mama on you for making them late for dinner).
 
raginduck said:
I first heard of it from others years ago.. saw it myself the first time about 5 years ago... it happens often enough that it's not even noteworthy.
When it does happen... it's almost always with sons... and it's usually a certain demographic of people.. but have seen it with others.
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Are they Asians? Very curious about this because I suspect they are lol
 
I didn’t go to uni, I do ok. But I wish I did, the critical thinking skills and learning to work with a team is important. And for many young adults it’s their first opportunity at self sufficiency.
To a degree it’s become a benchmark, I use it to sort candidates. Do I miss some smart guys? Probably but I’m not interviewing 276 guys for two jobs


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raginduck said:
I first heard of it from others years ago.. saw it myself the first time about 5 years ago... it happens often enough that it's not even noteworthy.
When it does happen... it's almost always with sons... and it's usually a certain demographic of people.. but have seen it with others.
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What do you actually do when they bring in parents to the interview room? Do you even bother?

If I were in that situation, I'd probably just tell them to get out. But then again, I'd already have an allotted time scheduled for it so maybe jerk them around a bit? Idk, never had that experience.
 
I had a role where I supervised (title only) some younger workers and holy hell...one guy was an absolute mess. Daddy and mommy bought him a car, condo, paid for a 100k wedding, bought a house after the condo, and God forbid you ask him to do something that he didn't feel like doing that day. Would yell, kick and scream, then mouth off and basically argue with anyone over it. He'd always try to close my door 'to talk' but I refused because it would inevitably go back to him crying that he's stressed out.

Guy was the first to be fired when layoffs came, they gave him maybe 1 week or so. Haven't kept touch but I really hope he got his **** together.
 
油井緋色 said:
However, university does teach critical thinking skills that I believe everyone would benefit from. Kinda wish this was free tbh
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I'm not so sure university even teaches you that these days. I graduated university ~3 years ago (STEM program), and it was basically a glorified high school where most students were treated like children, and a lot of the students acted accordingly. Ideally critical thinking should (and used to) be taught in the upper levels of high school.

I'm a big proponent of bringing back OAC. Most people are way too young/immature when they go to university, especially these days with helicopter parenting and kids not even working summer jobs in high school anymore. A lot of people (myself included) had no clue what they want to do with their life at 17/18. An extra year of maturity + education goes a long way in fixing that (and I say this is as a millennial).
 
The Mongols comparison is funny and all but not exactly a fair comparison.

If you could put on a mask and then go outside and the Mongols just kinda stood there and looked at you funny but completely harmlessly from 6 feet away while you did your things, well, that’d be more of a fair comparison.
 
d4rktrooper788 said:
I'm not so sure university even teaches you that these days. I graduated university ~3 years ago (STEM program), and it was basically a glorified high school where most students were treated like children, and a lot of the students acted accordingly. Ideally critical thinking should (and used to) be taught in the upper levels of high school.

I'm a big proponent of bringing back OAC. Most people are way too young/immature when they go to university, especially these days with helicopter parenting and kids not even working summer jobs in high school anymore. A lot of people (myself included) had no clue what they want to do with their life at 17/18. An extra year of maturity + education goes a long way in fixing that (and I say this is as a millennial).
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I'm a millennial myself and graduated 5 years ago. In my first year, 1/2 the class failed. By the time 2nd year finished, we were 1/4th of our original count. I also had no issues throwing people under the bus in my group if I had to do their work (I know 2 who failed due to me this way, and I feel zero remorse about it.)

I can honestly say everyone that graduated with me was ******* brilliant and a joy to work with.

I'd like to hope they aren't just handing out degrees without weeding out the failures now...
 
mimico_polak said:
I had a role where I supervised (title only) some younger workers and holy hell...one guy was an absolute mess. Daddy and mommy bought him a car, condo, paid for a 100k wedding, bought a house after the condo, and God forbid you ask him to do something that he didn't feel like doing that day. Would yell, kick and scream, then mouth off and basically argue with anyone over it. He'd always try to close my door 'to talk' but I refused because it would inevitably go back to him crying that he's stressed out.

Guy was the first to be fired when layoffs came, they gave him maybe 1 week or so. Haven't kept touch but I really hope he got his **** together.
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Was he Italian from Woodbridge?
Why hope he gets his **** together? People like that (and his parents) need a hard dose of reality. Id rather see a hard working person who never had the opportunity he had, get ahead, rather than some spoiled man-child.
 
K20EF8 said:
Was he Italian from Woodbridge?
Why hope he gets his **** together? People like that (and his parents) need a hard dose of reality. Id rather see a hard working person who never had the opportunity he had, get ahead, rather than some spoiled man-child.
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Nope. Sri Lankan from Woodbridge. I’m one that typically wants best for people so maybe that’s my weakness...I don’t know. Hopefully he smartened up.
 
moarmoto said:
What do you actually do when they bring in parents to the interview room? Do you even bother?

If I were in that situation, I'd probably just tell them to get out. But then again, I'd already have an allotted time scheduled for it so maybe jerk them around a bit? Idk, never had that experience.
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I'm not doing the interviews myself.
 
We hire first year uni students for the summer, 6 per year. We guarantee if you work out that first year, you get invited back and can have employment every summer till you graduate should you choose. Your expected to be neat and clean in appearance, have a valid drivers licence and english has to be your first language. You'll get an hourly bonus if your fluent french, but you dont have to be bilingual to apply.

Our best students know no one in the industry and have no family in the business. Worst ever have been kids of other managers (and a couple best ever) and kids with a Daddy working in the industry. Sense of entitlemnet runs deep.
 
crankcall said:
We hire first year uni students for the summer, 6 per year. We guarantee if you work out that first year, you get invited back and can have employment every summer till you graduate should you choose. Your expected to be neat and clean in appearance, have a valid drivers licence and english has to be your first language. You'll get an hourly bonus if your fluent french, but you dont have to be bilingual to apply.

Our best students know no one in the industry and have no family in the business. Worst ever have been kids of other managers (and a couple best ever) and kids with a Daddy working in the industry. Sense of entitlemnet runs deep.
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What sector/industry?
 
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