The Random Recruiter

How life starts to feel when you stop taking work so seriously

@Tom_Everywhere Trust me I trigger myself sometimes making them

@randomrecruiter You're really good at these memes with emotional triggers

How it feels to work in tech once you turn 30

@jordanreviewsit Triggered

HR after laying off 800 employees, declining every job applicant, and scheduling mandatory lunch & learns during your one hour of free time

@davidmcnerney Personally it drives me away. I operate open book, full transparency and expect the same

@randomrecruiter Honestly, playing hard to get never worked well, unless you had a really unique set of skills in high demand. It is a non-starter in this tech job market.

There's a difference between playing hard to get and being hard to communicate with. Slow replies, short answers, weeks to schedule a 15 minute call. Candidates try to show that they're not desperate or too available, but the company reads it as disinterest and moves on to people who answer their phone. substack.com/home/post/p-20…

@MurrayHillGuy1 Your advice is likely correct, will end up having to pick a side and will get ugly

Guy on here (staying anonymous) asked me for advice. He’s ready to propose to his gf of 3 years. Says his girlfriend is everything he’s ever wanted. One problem… She has a terrible relationship with his family. She doesn’t like his parents, avoids them whenever possible, and has no interest in trying to fix it. She said “she’s tried.” Family is one of the most important things in his life he said. I told him this is the kind of issue that usually gets bigger after marriage, not smaller. It’s a deal breaker to me! Any advice for him or is he cooked?

How I feel monitoring the banger I just put out (it has 3 likes)

@ChokeholdData Must be insight global

@randomrecruiter The cute girl every dude in the office wants to come talk to and annoy the crap out of you while you're trying to focus

7 People You'll Sit Next to in an Open Floor Plan • The guy on sales calls who's somehow always screaming • The one who eats tuna salad at 10:15am with zero self-awareness • The person broadcasting their entire divorce on speakerphone • The dev who types like he's punching through the keyboard • The one who "hot desks" but has been in the same spot since 2019 • The person with Teams notifications at full volume • The one who leans over to read your screen and then comments on it

@jenNY_PHL Always a boomer or a Karen

@randomrecruiter The one who constantly clears their throat and chews their food loudly.

@Random_Walk_PDX Remote is the way but didn’t mind my cubicle lol

@randomrecruiter I do not miss this, nor do I miss cubicles. (Went hybrid in 2016, fully remote in 2020.) I still have the pair of $600 Sennheiser headphones that were my absolute and primary survival tool for that environment.

@Rich_Hillier They should be fired immediately

@randomrecruiter My favourite person is the tuna eater. Got to love that smell of fish as I drink my coffee.

@salesxsaas Same with LinkedIn recruiter

Sales Nav is the only B2B sales tool that’s never innovated yet remained ubiquitous across every major sales org

@I_amZackk You got this man

Anyway, Interview for Google position in a few days. 😩🔥

@randomrecruiter One more. The mousey woman who has a nervous tick of loudly clearing her throat every 8-10 seconds. ☹️

@HighyieldHarry The JPMC tower

Desperately need someone to whip together a Game of Thrones version of the big Finance offices in Manhattan

@W2Freedom Thank god I never had to do it lol

@randomrecruiter Can’t believe I used to work this way. It was fun for a time, but how some of the older, richer people did it is beyond me.

@nikitabier This is awesome

We're rolling out a small tweak to boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals (people who you follow back). We noticed this data was missing from the algo and it made your friends appear less in your replies. This resulted in the reply section feeling more like a battleground with people you don't recognize. This should also help clusters form around interests more easily, which many people have asked for.

@themgmtconsult He blocked me lol

@randomrecruiter Their job is fundamentally about to change. And I still don't know if really we'll have less of them in the future... open.substack.com/pub/themanagem…

Companies are getting rid of managers to reduce bloat so they can move faster and leaner. A middle manager's job is essentially to report information up and down the food chain, but companies are realizing they don't need as many of them anymore, especially with AI. Let's be clear, a good direct middle manager is worth their weight in gold. I'm fortunate to have worked for a few of them, including early in my career, during my prime, and currently right now. But realistically most middle managers are bad. They're bloat. They're more into politics and optics and can't do the job of the people they're supposed to be managing.