• xpinchx@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            Same I got hired for purchasing and I do a lot of heavy lifting with data analysis, BI reporting, forecasting, etc. I also designed and implemented warehouse and fulfillment ops, drive our truck to shuttle inventory between warehouses, handle all of our SaaS integration. I don’t want to complain because I’m doing okay financially but good lord I should be getting paid so much more.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      At my last job interview, I was asked if I knew how to deal with this issue or that issue, and I said “in any case, I’m not an idiot. If there’s an issue I can’t resolve, there’s plenty of videos and tutorials on Google and YouTube”

      The guy’s face told me he wasn’t expecting that. But I got the job, so I guess it worked.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    1 year ago

    Could be worse, two years of college, three years of university, ended up working as a valet for over a decade 🤷

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    I’m a maintenance worker and I’m convinced that it’s my communication, skills and ability to bullshit my way through emails, which has allowed me to have a career. I’m a master at giving you a long detailed email about an issue that you won’t understand and make you think it was a lot more difficult than it was, and how lucky you are to have had me catch it. All my weekly reports are a digital trail of bullshit that makes me look good, but can’t be proven false.

  • bouh@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    Professional success can be measured with the number of emails you send and the number of meeting you attend in a week. Direct correlation.

  • Destraight@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    So then go back, and do something different at college. It is not that hard to do. You did it the first time