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[–] kiku@feddit.org 376 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They finally found a way to make money off of AI

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 225 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Is shit like this counted when they list the number of open job in the country?

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 87 points 3 days ago

Knowing how backwards things are here, yeah probably

[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 36 points 3 days ago

Yes, that's the point.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 21 points 3 days ago

Almost certainly, they're counting on their "audits" consisting of a script that looks for "$500 per week" in the descriotion to confirm that they're posting ads.

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[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 137 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 103 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"But you're not considering how valuable this experience will be!"

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So much to evade that gap in the resume

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What gap?

I've not been unemployed, I've been under a strict NDA for a very private employer. No, I'm not allowed their share their contact information. Sorry.

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[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Do not let this person split up a bill for your restaurant party, folks

(I'm only joking, but I think you did the math the wrong way, $500x12=$6k)

Edit: yep.I'm an idiot, thanks folks, my poor example will stand as a testament to others, don't shame yourself publicly like this and pay attention in school!

[–] cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

$500 per week - 500x48=24k with 4 weeks of thankfully "unpaid" vacation

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

United States

4 weeks of vacation

Lol

If the employee “works” every day of the year they earn -$26000

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[–] PeepingTom@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

How many weeks are there in a year?

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

Well I planned for 12 apparently, so I guess I demand a lot of vacation time. I call it the Job Creator schedule.

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[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's per week.

500 x 4 = 2000/month

2000 x 12 = 24k

By all means i'd love to split restaurant bills with you ;)

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 104 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Join, pay, request chargeback from your card company.

When they dispute it: “The position clearly says unpaid. So I won’t pay.”

Use AI to expand this argument to 10 pages. Bonus points for citing nonexistent court decisions.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 days ago

Bonus points for citing nonexistent court decisions.

That comes for free with using an LLM to make the argument.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 89 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Getting really nervous when my office computer sign-on keeps prompting me to enter my credit card information.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Please report for organ harvesting on Thursday at nine.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Scheduling conflict. Can we do chloroform at lunch instead?

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[–] pacology@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago

Amateurs. Just call the weekly fee tuition, the position a research assistant, and the company a university and they are all set.

Hey, sorry overworked employees. I posted an ad to fill a position so we have enough wiggle room to let you breathe for once, but no one applied. Well, back to work!

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 66 points 3 days ago
[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everytime I hear about the need to pay to do a job, my mind immediately jumps to pyramid scheme.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seriously though… is this shit real?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago

Apparently this was some sort of job posting "experiment" from a couple of years ago.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago

this will be a competitive prompt engineer salary in about two years time.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 40 points 3 days ago

Apply just to not pay and have the position terminated

[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The fact that I’m wondering if it serious or a joke, is worrisome…

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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I get that the glib answer will be "so they can make money"

But what is the actual thought process they are pretending to go through here? Cause the experience of being a prompt engineer is not some sought after experience like how people pay to be movie PAs for free or work as an artist assistant.

[–] moog@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

That people would be so excited to "get their foot in the door of th prompt engineering job market" that theyd pay for the opportunity

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well... it's not an unpaid internship, we're just not splitting hairs on who's getting paid.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Hungary unofficially have pay for internship positions thanks to extremely corrupt HR departments, and internship time mandates from colleges. Basically it ruined my dream of getting a college degree, because at my age especially, it would have cost me a small fortune.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

No, but it's something similar. It's stupid.

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[–] Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee 20 points 3 days ago

Cross posting this to shitty million dollar ideas. This is the kind of out of the box thinking that we need to increase corporate profits and pump up those numbers. You are a real go getter here. good job.

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago

Just change your company name to be [actual company name] dba AI Prompt Engineer College, call this a class, done.

[–] missandry351@lemmings.world 14 points 2 days ago

Literally paying to work

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Besides the obvious ripoff, is there some sort of fraudulent or tax reason why they would make the employee pay for it?

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[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

big brain move

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago

I wonder if this job is targeted to a specific person so that the person it's for will apply, but no one else will

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I’m very been a Netflix employee for years.

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