Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by scarface_74 542 days ago
> Automated applications will not get you a job at a place that values its employees, because places like mine won't allow our hiring process to bring in someone who doesn't really want to be here

No one to a first approximation “wants to be” at your company anymore than they want to be at any other company that will allow them to exchange labor for money.

Any experienced employee knows how to look up what you do on your website and say they have a “passion for $x”.

I’ve had 10 jobs in almost 30 years ranging from a 30 person Startup to BigTech, they’ve all just been a means to support my addiction to food and shelter.