Am I too expensive for this job market?
According to the email thread below with an employer, I apparently might be [too expensive]. Their Outlook email recall attempt failed and now I know the truth as to why I might still be unemployed. But you know what? At least I finally know the truth and I can quit blaming myself and blame Microsoft once again.
Two years ago, having Microsoft on my resume (according to the rumor mill) almost guaranteed an interview, but in this economy it makes me “expensive.” It’s right there in yellow highlight. Guess I can quit blaming my blog as the culprit. Here I thought employers just couldn’t see the humor in calling myself a lady of leisure. That they simply didn’t find humor in house pantsand were offended by my irreverance and my colorful vocab. But now that the truth’s been revealed, I can continue blogging about my life as an unemployed lady of leisure.
Maybe I just sealed my fate by posting about this, but it was too eye-opening to keep to myself and I’m sure this kind of thing isn’t just happening to me. Does getting a job in this market mean that you have to take a $30K paycut if you worked for a company that paid high salaries? If I am going to have to take that kind of paycut, then I’d rather take a job test driving suntan lotion on some tropical beach in the Caribbean vs. being paid less to return to a stale cube farm.
P.S.the email has been stripped of detail to protect my ass and the ass of the recruiter at xyz company who made a mistake (and probably yelled “oh shit” after sending the first email only to realize that the recall attempt failed). She was probably having a case of the “Monday’s.”
Oh man! That is hilarious! Please write back and say “Yes, I am expensive, but I’m worth it.” Please? Please do it!
Ahhh, you gotta love recruiters who failed E-mail 101 …
I’d reply back – “I may be expen$ive, but I’m edjukated!”
Dummies populate all levels of the food chain.
You did set up a time to ‘chat’, right? It’s too good to pass up, because now you can add $30K more to what you used to make … show them what ‘expensive’ really means.
oh my…this email is too funny!
Bad case of the Mondays, indeed! I like how they talk about you like you are a piece of meat. Hey, at least you are Grade A, organic, natural, hormone free beef!
I LOVE that you printed this email! Thank you for validating the rest of us “expensive” Ladies of Leisure who seem to be falling into the communication abyss with recruiters, and then blame ourselves for some imagined short coming. I too would rather take a position testing suntan lotion (and I do nothing but burn) than to take a $30k pay cut for a job that I did 10 years ago! Amen sister! Stay strong!
One word: priceless.
Wow. Damn.
I’ve run into the same problem. I’ve even had prospective employers call me to tell me that, while they would like to interview me, they can’t pay me nearly what I made as a consultant for MS. Yes, I agree 100%, if I’m making that much less than I made before, I’d rather work somewhere fun.