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Yep, the "you're lucky to have a job" thing bothers me most. As if it's okay for employers to start treating everyone like crap now.
Another one:
"I know it's been a while, but do you know of any opportunities..."
My other favorite, often times in emails from people I haven't heard from in 5 years trying to find a job. I give people credit for trying the networking approach, but it really highlights the importance of keeping in touch with people, and not just relying on them when you need assistance.
(regarding whatever crap/abuse the employer is giving you)
"Deal with it. At least you have a job."
YES. On my local Craigslist, someone posted about needing advice on a good employment lawyer because she was being harassed at work. Immediately, there were about 10 follow ups saying she should just 'deal with' the abuse, because she was 'lucky to have a job'.
Sorry, but nobody should have to 'put up' with abuse because it's hard to find a job.
When the economy picks up (I have faith ) those employers who treat their employees like scum are going to be screwed.
And for me personally, "You're so lucky, you're an RN."
Yep, I woke up one day with a license in my lap.
I lived in a tiny dorm room at age 26, worked at the same hospital where I went to school, was terribly bored and didn't fit in with most of the students, wondered why i was doing something I didn't "love," (and remember thinking, "If there's another Depression, I can work nights in a nursing home." Well, here I am, third shift in psychiatric, and often Alzheimer's.)
Lucky? Lucky in that I didn't have to support anyone else then (a personal choice, also) and that I can skid through school pretty easily if it's not algebra. Lucky that I didn't get a dread disease then.
But no, I didn't wake up and say, "Yow, I woke up with an RN!"
My sister is insisting on "positive visualization" to get past her second layoff in one year. She was an overpaid admin. assistant, almost 60, and thinks she can get a job just like the two she lost (one after 23 years, one after one year). She won't allow any talk to the contrary because that is "negative vibes." I guess reality is just too painful. (And if she gets another job at $50K a year, I will start imaging myself).
I really dislike anyone who says dismissively, "Well, maybe I'll just have to flip burgers or something," without any sense that there are people doing just that *and that is their job*, or it's the only job they could get. Like the "lower" jobs are just waiting for an unemployed English major to show up and deign to work with the proles.
"Why don't you go into healthcare? You'll have no problem finding work."
There is no such thing as a recession/depression-proof job...and really, what good is it when the market is suddenly flooded with everyone else holding the same degree and only x amount of jobs available?
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) those employers who treat their employees like scum are going to be screwed.
