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"5'6? Good lad, we'll teach you the rest by beatings" (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s dumb but it makes sense on the business side. The reason they don’t hire over qualified people is because training costs money and they don’t want to hire someone that will quit at the drop of a hat as soon as someone offers them anything higher.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I think it's meant more as an exaggeration of a different phenomenon in modern job hunting, as the guy says that he's not qualified ENOUGH for the pizza delivery job