Dolemite wrote:
] The worst part, Bershadsky found, was that several postings
] warned that employees should not only be qualified to do a
] job, but that they be "excited" and "passionate" about it -- a
] requirement that Bershadsky found difficult to fulfill because
] "80 percent of the jobs I was seeing posted, with these
] outrageous requirements, were unpaid internships," she says.
] "These were internships that required you to have three or
] four years of experience. What kind of shit is that?"
]
] After a couple months of this, Bershadsky had had enough; she
] wanted to do something about the jobs she was seeing. So she
] went to a domain-name registration service and bought a URL
] for a new site she thought would, if not exactly make a
] difference in the world, at least make her feel better. The
] URL Bershadsky registered was fuckthatjob.com. "It was exactly
] what I was feeling," she says. "It felt right. I couldn't
] think of anything else to call it."
]
] Funny, yet not so funny story.

[sigh]

as much as I hate to admit this, today's tech worker is nothing more than 1910's factory worker. The only difference is that we have a comparably higher wage and benefits set than the factory worker did back then. It took until the 60's before their wages and benefits would be comparable. But by then, they had union representation, controlled systems, standards based skills appraisal, and even better working conditions.

Dolemite wrote:
] The worst part, Bershadsky found, was that several postings
] warned that employees should not only be qualified to do a
] job, but that they be "excited" and "passionate" about it -- a
] requirement that Bershadsky found difficult to fulfill because
] "80 percent of the jobs I was seeing posted, with these
] outrageous requirements, were unpaid internships," she says.
] "These were internships that required you to have three or
] four years of experience. What kind of shit is that?"
]
] After a couple months of this, Bershadsky had had enough; she
] wanted to do something about the jobs she was seeing. So she
] went to a domain-name registration service and bought a URL
] for a new site she thought would, if not exactly make a
] difference in the world, at least make her feel better. The
] URL Bershadsky registered was fuckthatjob.com. "It was exactly
] what I was feeling," she says. "It felt right. I couldn't
] think of anything else to call it."
]
] Funny, yet not so funny story.

I actually saw the site before I read this story. It was linked on BBSpot today. It's nuts the nerve some of these employers have but it does make for some fun reading.