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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by taneq on Thursday October 12, 2017 @10:22PM (#15462863)
> and frankly, they're probably going to see through a lot more management BS that younger people might not have the experience to read correctly

I think this is bigger than most people realise. Bring in the bright young things straight from university (or with a couple of years' experience) and they won't know that "working 20 hours overtime per week is normal" and "you don't need a lunch break if the company supplies food" are a crock of shit.

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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by mooreds on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:33AM (#15465007)
> they won't know that "working 20 hours overtime per week is normal"

That was certainly my experience. I remember in my first job out of college, working 96 hours one week to rescue a client project (that was a lot of pl/SQL coding). The project launched and I got a six pack of beer and a t-shirt as a thank you.

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