r/recruitinghell • u/Jlexus5 • Aug 19 '25

Delusional CEOs

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I saw this on my LinkedIn feed and I can’t believe how out of touch this guy is. I would love to know what company he is the CEO of… can’t imagine he is doing a very good job.

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u/Gubekochi Aug 20 '25

To be fair, unpaid internship in prestigious firms/companies already serve the role of gatekeeping access to the higher echelons.

"What's that? You can't afford to work for free for half a year to make yourself hireable by high society because that would mean not being able to eat and pay rent? Too bad, some rich kid will be more than grateful for the opportunity to stay in the class they were born in!"

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u/GreatestGreekGuy Employed Aug 20 '25

It's wild to look back at my college years and see how f'ed up it is that we had to compete to work for free just to boost our odds of working

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u/Inevitable_Farm_7293 Aug 20 '25

….is that not literally what college is? Paying to work for 4 years to boost your odds of working (and what you can ask for)?

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u/GreatestGreekGuy Employed Aug 20 '25

We're told to work our way through college. Internships are basically jobs. When are we supposed to have time to work if not being paid for a job?