After I originally wrote this blog, my super amazing, senior software engineer of a husband accepted a new position at a different company. After seeing his orientation, I thought I'd depict some differences in how companies deal with the orientation process, too.
I would have an orientation experience like this:
Manager: Here's your desk. Don't bother asking for help, just figure things out for yourself.
*The desk is most likely in an open office; someone like me doesn't get an office or cubicle.*
My husband's orientation experience:
*Spends an entire day being walked through all of the amazing benefits he is now eligible for.*
What can I say? He has what employers want. Me...I'm run of the mill; at least I am in the eyes of the average employer. No wonder 65% of American businesses fail within the first 10 years. Overall, that works out to 1 in 12 businesses every year...before covid. Companies rely for too heavily on automated systems to sort resumes, and if the automated system magically produces a viable candidate, the hiring personnel eliminate that person because of their own personal bias. The result is a lack of qualified employees turning out sub par products leading to business closures.
Original Post:
My husband and I have two very different resumes with vastly different skillsets. He is a senior software developer with over 15 years of experience. I have my CSPO and about three years of experience as a product owner/manager. I find the difference in how hiring managers treat us somewhat amusing.
My husband will have an experience that looks something like this:
Hiring Manager: We have a senior engineering position that can match your current pay/benefits. It’s not local, but it starts out remote. My husband: How much PTO do you offer? Can I extend the remote to permanent? Hiring Manager: We offer four weeks of PTO a year. We can’t extend the remote, but offer a generous relocation package. My husband: Thanks for the offer, but I’m good.
My experience goes more like this:
Hiring Manager: We have a product owner position that you might fit into. Me: Great! Tell me more. Hiring Manager: It requires a bit more experience than you have, but I’m sure we can work with that. It’s not local, but it starts out remote. Me: Can I extend the remote to permanent? Hiring Manager: No. You’d have to find a way to work on site within the given timeframe. Me: Really? No help…just, hitchhike across the country and squat somewhere? Hiring Manager:…. Me: Uh, no…I’m good…
Yeah, employers really do expect people to drop their entire lives, move across the country (or to a different country) and just pick up a new life, without any money, without any help, and with no support from them or anyone else. They think that if you’re poor and desperate enough, you’ll do whatever they want. Now you know how some of those people asking for change on the street corner got where they are…and why I’m not stingy with my change when I see them.
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