Honestly, I find these emails more amusing than infuriating. Is that $800 per week? Total? I guess I’ll never know, because I didn’t become a software developer just to work in a warehouse.

  • @[email protected]
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    124 hours ago

    Is it a remote position? I’d consider working in a warehouse if I didn’t have to leave my home.

  • @[email protected]
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    369 hours ago

    My favorite version of this was an ad for applebees that said “you belong here!”. Like, I know that they meant it to be welcoming, but it came across as vaguely threatening …

    • FuglyDuck
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      219 hours ago

      I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

      -Marcus Cole, (Babylon 5, a late delivery from Avalon)

  • Dr. Wesker
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    Famous last words of a software engineer who ends up working in a warehouse.

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      23 hours ago

      So you think you’re too good to eat shit? Wait until you have to like I do.

      Bro, maybe I don’t think you should have to eat shit either.

      • Dr. Wesker
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        It was a topical joke revolving around the numerous rounds of tech layoffs since 2023, as well as the current state of industry hiring, which is pretty depressing and toxic if you’re a software engineer currently looking for work.

      • Dr. Wesker
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        I’m a software engineer who was recently laid off.

        • @[email protected]
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          33 hours ago

          Oh I see. Well your anecdote completely debunks statistics that show people without degrees get laid off nearly three times as often as those that do. I kneel.

      • Dr. Wesker
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        4610 hours ago

        Chase your dreams. The warehouse will always be there.

      • Coolcoder360
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        59 hours ago

        You could probably make $800 doing game dev too. Maybe not with only one game, but $800 with game dev hobby sounds better to me than $800 to be a warehouse associate for an unknown amount of time…

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    168 hours ago

    I’ve got these emails before, almost exactly like this. I have a PhD, but sure, I guess I’m qualified for this too.

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    289 hours ago

    I don’t know if these things are sent en masse by a bot or by a person, but it’s like they don’t even skim your profile before hitting send. Like I specifically said “Work from home only”, what makes you think I want your “hybrid” opportunity in bumfuck Illinois that barely pays what it should for my experience?

    • FuglyDuck
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      149 hours ago

      they’re sent en masse, yes. To literally everyone.

    • @[email protected]
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      99 hours ago

      This is someone using a tool/service to mass send emails, but never bothered to configure it.

      Hey

      We are reaching you regarding your <profile experience> . See job

  • @Worx
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    209 hours ago

    Imagine turning down $800 an hour because you don’t want to work in a warehouse /s

  • krafty
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    108 hours ago

    These emails never match the resume. I work at a warehouse and like the job, but I definitely wouldn’t trust some random person spamming me. When I was looking for a job, some guy was trying to get me to take this really sketchy job selling phones. Thanks but no thanks.

  • @[email protected]
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    39 hours ago

    Matches programming and game dev experience lmao we’re livin’ almost the same life on that aspect dude lol