Honestly, I find these emails more amusing than infuriating. Is that $800 per week? Total? I guess I’ll never know, because I didn’t become a software developer just to work in a warehouse.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    it was $800/hr and you missed it, schmuck!

    no honestly I can’t comprehend why people don’t include the important parts in the actual listing, it’s exhausting and pedantic.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Matches programming and game dev experience lmao we’re livin’ almost the same life on that aspect dude lol

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    “I see that you have programming and game development skills and I think that makes you perfect for picking and shipping in a warehouse.”

    Fuck you if you’re a bit and triple fuck you if you’re a human.

  • EABOD25@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Honestly looks like a scam email because it’s as little detail as possible. Did you check the email? Bet it’s going to be a bunch of numbers “@gmail”

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Absolutely a scam. There’s about 10 common ways to bleed money out of somebody at that point. Maybe You’re paying for a background check or certification. Maybe they send you a check that’s too big, and you need to send them back some cash, only to find out that the check itself got reversed in your account after you mail off the money.

    • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      They’re looking someone with a “strong work ethic” who is passionate about being a warehouse associate and really embraces the warehouse’s family-like culture.

  • sibannac@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I like to reply to these with tons of questions, no stone unturned. If they give a reasonable answer is likely legit. I get a bunch of these because of a resume that had all my warehouse experience on it, big mistake since I don’t know who has it.

  • lemonSqueezy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There is always a small audience who responds to this type of message, most likely outside a first world country. The problem is that they spam broadcast to everyone, of which 99.99% laughs at it and ignores it. Those who do respond are vulnerable to the scam.

    Some rings promise good wages overseas, and when people buy in to the scam they end up enslaved in a warehouse overseas.

    This is a low cost spam message to find more victims to fill the overseas jails filled with workers committing high tech crimes.

  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Game development means video games, video games means crates, and crates means warehouses. So simple that even an AI can understand.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Not this year lol, tech has been hit hard.

        Which, I mean, no one has any sympathy, those guys have been coddled and overpaid for a decade.

        But yeah, this year, lots of tech layoffs.

        • SeattleRain@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Oh I see. Well your anecdote completely debunks statistics that show people without degrees get laid off nearly three times as often as those that do. I kneel.

    • SeattleRain@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      So you think you’re too good to eat shit? Wait until you have to like I do.

      Bro, maybe I don’t think you should have to eat shit either.

      • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        11 months ago

        It was a topical joke revolving around the numerous rounds of tech layoffs since 2023, as well as the current state of industry hiring, which is pretty depressing and toxic if you’re a software engineer currently looking for work.