Re:Ask HN: How to find work while homeless?
by csomar on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:31PM
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> For example, become a hairdresser.
I didn't suggest that. I did suggest that he/she works for a hairdresser. (probably doing errands around).
> I wouldn't hire you if you looked homeless
Not for a customer facing job. For some businesses, that would destroy the business. That's why I suggest that he/she starts with jobs that do not care too much about your current status.
> Empathy is not a constrained resources.
I have a hard time giving empathy to someone who doesn't have it. By squatting other people property, you might be risking putting these people out of their homes (maybe they are looking to rent it and are paying a mortgage/loan).
Not all properties are hold by rich people and closed to make people on the streets. Some of these are by normal hardworking people and that's all they have (or maybe less if they are borrowing money).
I didn't suggest that. I did suggest that he/she works for a hairdresser. (probably doing errands around).
> I wouldn't hire you if you looked homeless
Not for a customer facing job. For some businesses, that would destroy the business. That's why I suggest that he/she starts with jobs that do not care too much about your current status.
> Empathy is not a constrained resources.
I have a hard time giving empathy to someone who doesn't have it. By squatting other people property, you might be risking putting these people out of their homes (maybe they are looking to rent it and are paying a mortgage/loan).
Not all properties are hold by rich people and closed to make people on the streets. Some of these are by normal hardworking people and that's all they have (or maybe less if they are borrowing money).