Company contacted me a while ago. Their only #Perl dev retired, can't find anyone local, and have a huge codebase to maintain. Too far to commute; they don't allow remote.
They tried again a few months later. Still must be onsite, they can't find anyone, won't pay for relocation. Oh, and it's a junior dev salary.
Months later and they're reaching out to me again. Must be onsite, underpaid, and no relocation.
The definition of insanity is ...
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Richard "mtfnpy" Harman
in reply to Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) • • •Dan Sugalski
in reply to Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) • • •Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)
in reply to Dan Sugalski • • •@wordshaper Also had it happen with companies in the UK and France! Bureaucracy is amazing, eh?
One conversation I've had many times:
Me: Why don't you allow remote work?
Them: Company policy.
Me: Yes, but why?
Them: I don't know, but they won't change it.
Dan Sugalski
in reply to Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) • • •Profoundly Nerdy
in reply to Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) • • •Winston Rar
in reply to Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) • • •Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)
in reply to Winston Rar • • •This last time it was via putting out a call to recruiting agencies who have no idea I was contacted.
Honestly, we have the devs who can clean up their mess, but unless they're willing to ship 'em to Monaco (the country in question), it ain't gonna happen.
Mark Gardner
in reply to Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) • • •It’s funny how some companies understand competition for their services but remain blind to competition for talent.
If a potential customer insisted on paying below market rate for something tailored to local requirements and with no other compensation, your contact could easily see why they shouldn’t waste time on that.
But they’re puzzled at the lack of applicants for a position offered using the same skinflint tactics.
Profoundly Nerdy
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