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The idea was already done but on a law message board (JDU). In 2007, all the law school graduates looking for entry level lawyer jobs were aghast to see ads on Craigslist advertising, "Entry level lawyer needed for busy litigation firm. Please be in the top 20% of your class, with relevant experience in (really obscure) area of law. Salary is 32K to start with benefits."
That thread ballooned to about 49 pages with many students creating fake Gmail accounts to forward Fake resumes to "out" these law firms and employers. The thread was titled "The Toilet Law Firm BlackList". There were easily about 15 law firms from the NYC/NJ area that were named accompanied with messages from former employees bashing the firms.
The thread was so popular that the companies/law firms found it on Google searches and threatened the Board's Admin to remove it. They served cease and desist letters and tried to find out who the people in the thread were in real life so they can do really d-bag things like sue them.
In the end, the thread was removed. A few weeks later, the board (called JdJive) went offline and disappeared forever.
But man...was it fun while it lasted!!!! LOL! k:
Wow, that's crappy! Well there are also places like Yelp & Glassdoor. You can review all kinds of aspects about these companies. I leave Yelp reviews for all of the crappy agencies that I ever dealt with and Glassdoor reviews for the crappy jobs I have worked at lol.
The idea was already done but on a law message board (JDU). In 2007, all the law school graduates looking for entry level lawyer jobs were aghast to see ads on Craigslist advertising, "Entry level lawyer needed for busy litigation firm. Please be in the top 20% of your class, with relevant experience in (really obscure) area of law. Salary is 32K to start with benefits."
That thread ballooned to about 49 pages with many students creating fake Gmail accounts to forward Fake resumes to "out" these law firms and employers. The thread was titled "The Toilet Law Firm BlackList". There were easily about 15 law firms from the NYC/NJ area that were named accompanied with messages from former employees bashing the firms.
The thread was so popular that the companies/law firms found it on Google searches and threatened the Board's Admin to remove it. They served cease and desist letters and tried to find out who the people in the thread were in real life so they can do really d-bag things like sue them.
In the end, the thread was removed. A few weeks later, the board (called JdJive) went offline and disappeared forever.
The idea was already done but on a law message board (JDU). In 2007, all the law school graduates looking for entry level lawyer jobs were aghast to see ads on Craigslist advertising, "Entry level lawyer needed for busy litigation firm. Please be in the top 20% of your class, with relevant experience in (really obscure) area of law. Salary is 32K to start with benefits."
That thread ballooned to about 49 pages with many students creating fake Gmail accounts to forward Fake resumes to "out" these law firms and employers. The thread was titled "The Toilet Law Firm BlackList". There were easily about 15 law firms from the NYC/NJ area that were named accompanied with messages from former employees bashing the firms.
The thread was so popular that the companies/law firms found it on Google searches and threatened the Board's Admin to remove it. They served cease and desist letters and tried to find out who the people in the thread were in real life so they can do really d-bag things like sue them.
In the end, the thread was removed. A few weeks later, the board (called JdJive) went offline and disappeared forever.
But man...was it fun while it lasted!!!! LOL! k:
Man, too bad it disappeared. It really shouldn't - First Amendment and all. As long as you're posting truthful information... Kind of like a "Don't Date Him Girl dot com" for job seekers.
But I guess lawyers can be like that and find d-bag ways around it & try to sue you for other stuff.
The idea was already done but on a law message board (JDU). In 2007, all the law school graduates looking for entry level lawyer jobs were aghast to see ads on Craigslist advertising, "Entry level lawyer needed for busy litigation firm. Please be in the top 20% of your class, with relevant experience in (really obscure) area of law. Salary is 32K to start with benefits."
That thread ballooned to about 49 pages with many students creating fake Gmail accounts to forward Fake resumes to "out" these law firms and employers. The thread was titled "The Toilet Law Firm BlackList". There were easily about 15 law firms from the NYC/NJ area that were named accompanied with messages from former employees bashing the firms.
The thread was so popular that the companies/law firms found it on Google searches and threatened the Board's Admin to remove it. They served cease and desist letters and tried to find out who the people in the thread were in real life so they can do really d-bag things like sue them.
In the end, the thread was removed. A few weeks later, the board (called JdJive) went offline and disappeared forever.
But man...was it fun while it lasted!!!! LOL! k:
The blog "Above the Law" also had occasional posts about those cheapo craigslist ads for lawyers at ridiculous prices.
okay but where? what city/state? without a college degree i made $16 an hour in the early 1990s as a temp at bankers trust (today it's deutsche bank) but it was a lousy job. answering phones all day and tons of walking to different areas within the complex (280 park ave) with a sealed envelope in hand. and i had to be there at 8 am sharp. hated it but at least in a way it was easy money for me.
I was thinking about this also. In the late 1980s, I made $19/ hour during the summer in Kansas City (still in college, so no degree), also doing phone work. Granted, some of it was in German, but it was brainless work, essentially from a script.
All of my HS and college summer jobs paid more than $15/ hour. This was in the 1980s, in NYC, KC, and Chicago. That's about $30/ hour in today's money.
Have hourly wages in NYC for temps and entry-level workers really dropped to $15/ hour (and with a college degree)? That's below the poverty line for NYC I would think.
I was thinking about this also. In the late 1980s, I made $19/ hour during the summer in Kansas City (still in college, so no degree), also doing phone work. Granted, some of it was in German, but it was brainless work, essentially from a script.
All of my HS and college summer jobs paid more than $15/ hour. This was in the 1980s, in NYC, KC, and Chicago. That's about $30/ hour in today's money.
Have hourly wages in NYC for temps and entry-level workers really dropped to $15/ hour (and with a college degree)? That's below the poverty line for NYC I would think.
If you are working for a temp agency it used to be that temps got paid MORE per hour than permanent employees to make up for the casual nature of the employment (usually no benefits, no paid days off, no paid sick time, etc.).
Nowadays the temp agencies still charge a pretty penny for temps to companies, but hog most of the hourly wage for themselves. Yes, it's true. Many temps are getting a very crappy split with the temp agency keeping the lion's share of what the temp had to actually go out and EARN.
Yep and they get away with it because so many "dreamers" move to the city and take whatever they can get. Many come from places where $10/hr is alright, so they put that as their salary requirement and recruiters jump all over it. It's only months later that they realize they are broke beyond belief.
Yep and they get away with it because so many "dreamers" move to the city and take whatever they can get. Many come from places where $10/hr is alright, so they put that as their salary requirement and recruiters jump all over it. It's only months later that they realize they are broke beyond belief.
Pinky, my stepdaughter just graduated from college and has moved to the city and landed a position as a receptionist in Midtown for $45,000. She has zero experience. She competed with Wharton and Brown grads for the position and got it with a degree from the University of South Carolina.
Pinky, my stepdaughter just graduated from college and has moved to the city and landed a position as a receptionist in Midtown for $45,000. She has zero experience. She competed with Wharton and Brown grads for the position and got it with a degree from the University of South Carolina.
HR Administrative Assistant (Must have 1-2 yrs of experience) (http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/lgl/2442649479.html - broken link)
That's quite a bit of job responsibility for $15-$17 an hour, no?? But fortunately, they don't require a Bachelors
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