doing it in the context of being approachable and normal in the job you already have is way way different than somehow having it as a requirement to get a job though
yeah, people shit on the boomer ‘firm handshake’ thing but at this rate, even as a card-carrying introvert i’d rather take my chances and at least get a feel of the place rather than filling out another godawful application that no one will ever read
it’s genuinely bewildering seeing someone my age talk about a ‘career’…like…what dude? oh maybe if i work hard the guy will shake my hand and give me a raise? do you live in a norman rockwell painting?
thank fucking god. so much at so many work environments i’ve been in just seem designed to be malignant and enforce austere application of power moreso than anything, let alone account for worker quality of life and mental health. it’s a business so because it’s a business and since they have to make money that’s just ok to disregard, as though our existence as human flesh and blood bodies and souls is predicated upon keeping these fucking things going, rather than these companies providing for our common needs and goods.
i remember a dishwasher job at college which was literally just standing in place washing dishes, the boss kept coming back to check on us and yell at us if we were listening to music in headphones because we had to be able to communicate at all times apparently - and these checkups were the only time we had any fucking thing to communicate; the only other duties of the job were mind numbing standing in place washing spoons with roaring machines going.
hell yeah. now that people have experienced the radical paradigm shift of WFH there’s no way for it to feel right anymore having to go in every day and pretend like it means something
this is exactly the logic in the US as well. except we’re more tethered to jobs because of our malignant healthcare system and general lack of a social safety net. and most of us barely, barely have public transport as an option
i agree with this entire thing, but just for the pretense of seeming balanced, the commute home from work is often quite recreational imo. working from home and simply closing a browser is less satisfying than speeding away from the evil building. [but it is better in every other way]