Job search venting

[nealric]

I started seriously looking for a job this past week (Im graduating from colorado college this may and need a 1-2 year thing to hold me over till law school).

GOD DAMN are there a lot of scammers and generally shady companies out there. Now that I have posted my resume, Im getting 2-3 calls a day from asshats selling multi level marketing schemes and other amway-like crap.

Even the seeming legit stuff is deceptive. I got called to interview with enterprise rent a car (they require a 4 year degree). They were offering 32k a year. I was thinking it wasnt great pay, but they seem eager to advance people. Then I came upon www.failingenterprise.com. Now, im cancelling my interview Yeah, they "pay" 32k a year, but thats with a 65+ hour work week, which comes to about burger flipping wages and no time to ski.

Are there any reputable employers in this state?

[lingcod]

If there are, you'd better not let them see this post.

[nealric]

I would have no problem with any legitimate emplyer seeing this post (except that they would know that I am planning on leaving after a year or two)

The problems with enteprise rent a car go far deeper than I had time to write up. I came to the educated conclusion (and not just from the mentioned site) that it is a deeply troubled company at many levels.

If a company has issues with doing reaserch and investigating their operation, they probably arent the type of company I want to work for.

[good4nothing]

What's your degree in, and what do you want to do professionally.

[myles long]

whats your degree in? and what are you looking for?

[PassTheDutchie]

Hah! I had a job offer from Enterprise when I graduated from school c. 10+ years ago--they were only paying $22k (iirc) back then for the same crap job they were trying to hoodwink you into. Worked out to like $7/hour, sans overtime pay. Bastards.

Edit: If you are seriously going to go to law school in a couple years, you might want to consider a low-stress, slacker type job. "Real jobs" can really suck--especially for exploited recent college grads. I worked as a bellman for two years before going to grad school and it was the best thing I ever did. Completely stress free, flexible hours, decent coin. Two years of debauchery...

[CUBUCK]

At the same time a real job means real experience. I would imagine your law school applications will look a bit more impressive if you either get a "real job" or do some kind of social work type thing. Would help to know what your degree is in.

[nealric]

My degree is in philosophy, so its not directly applicable to anything, but is indirectly applicable to everything

Im basically just looking for something that I can save some money for law school and at the same time gain some experience.

And another thing, im now adding prepaid legal services to my growing list of pyramid schemes. Grrr...

[schuss]

I have a few friends who've done the enterprise thing. Yeah, it sucks ass, and you work long hours, but after a year you are a VALUABLE commodity to a lot of sales and service organizations. If there's nothing else, go for it, remember, employers need you a hell of a lot less than you need them when you get out of college.