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I’ve been working on the job descriptions for my team today, so we can find
the right people to apply for them. Human resources will handle the actual
search for me, and once a candidate fits their criteria, they’ll pass them
on to my desk so I can see if they fit my criteria. I honestly don’t
know how it’s going to go, or how many applications I’ll get. When
I’ve applied to jobs, it’s been a really frustrating experience. They
make you fill out the same information in multiple places, they ask dumb
questions that have nothing to do with the position, and worst of all, they
don’t get back to you. I actually spoke with someone in HR, and they assured
me that they have an auto-rejection subroutine in their system. Everyone who
isn’t going to get the job will receive an automatic reply through email
about it. It’s the absolute least you can do, right? It’s so easy. I did get
a quick update from my alternate self on the other Earth, and right now, he
has a job where he processes hundreds of emails per day. So even if a
company receives thousands of applications, it should not be that hard to
sort them, and shoot off a quick canned response. That’s assuming you don’t
make it easy on yourself by sending a single email per day, and blind carbon
copy everyone who needs it. And that’s assuming you don’t use more
sophisticated methods, like email client scripts, or in our case, a
candidate management system with robust automated features. Again, it’s
really not that hard. Sorry, it’s just been really annoying in the past, so
now that I’m on this side of it, I want to make sure I don’t treat people
the way that I’ve been treated. I’ll promise you this too, if your
application goes far enough in the process that I’m seeing it, and I
choose to not offer you the job, I will take the time to write up a tailored
email to you. It won’t be poetry, but it will be sincere, and most
importantly, it will exist!
I received some other news today, in the form of my official salary in this
new position. My superiors made whispers with the number, but nothing was
concrete until now. I know that I’m not supposed to tell you what it is, but
truthfully, I think that’s bullshit. That’s not the way it should be done,
it’s just the way that it is. No matter what world you’re in, if your
society uses a capitalistic system, it’s taboo for people to share their
wage information. But that convention is not to protect the people. It’s to
protect the corporations. So I’m just gonna come out and say it. I’m now
making roughly $108,000 per year. That’s right, I’m at six figures. There’s
never been a job quite like this in the country, but they found some close
ones. Consultants of this nature usually make just under 100K, but since
I’ll be directly responsible for a dozen and a half people, that bumps me up
pretty high. I think it’s important for you to know this, because
you’re paying for it. My salary comes out of your tax dollars,
and I think that it’s only fair that we be transparent about what we’re
doing with that money. Don’t worry, I spoke with the legal department to
make sure that I’m not violating any sort of non-disclosure agreement. I
firmly believe that we need to all be more honest about these things. It
empowers workers to advocate for themselves, and to make sure that everyone
is earning fair pay for their hard work. Most people aren’t in the industry
that I am, but I guess I’m hoping this encourages others to be more open, to
help not only themselves, but those who are in less fortunate positions. I
hope it doesn’t backfire on me, and just make you angry to see that number,
but I don’t think it will. I have faith in you.
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