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Re:I applied to 250 jobs and timed how long each one took by timmaxw on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @10:35PM (#37760200)
> People have families to feed.

People would submit fewer applications, but each individual application would have a higher chance of success, because everyone else would _also_ be submitting fewer applications. The number of job openings is the same either way, so the same number of people get hired in the end, right?

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Re:I applied to 250 jobs and timed how long each one took by ar_lan on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:12AM (#37761065)
I don't know? I'm mostly arguing against the industry-wide comment, and thinking from the perspective of someone who has been laid off.

I think individual companies should do whatever they want (within legal bounds), but such a big overhaul just seems ripe to screw people over.

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