If you think the coming nuclear winter will make job market tough for employees, you need to hear about the job offer my daughter got recently.

The job has:

$0 salary and no equity (you’re supposed to be compensated in experience)

and no equity (you’re supposed to be compensated in experience) no benefits other than vacation and sick time: no insurance, for example



no possibility of promotion or raise, ever



no job description: just do what you’re told

micromanaging boss asks about project status every hour

strict hours, starting at 8:30AM sharp

if you’re late even a few minutes, your boss sends you to her boss

rigid workweek, but then you’re expected to work from home a ton



open-desk seating, not even a cube, with a hard chair

the work is boring and demeaning, like adding digits and copying text



all your useless work gets thrown away

if you want to use a computer, you can buy one or just scribble on paper

no supplies room, either

my daughter can’t drive, so commute was complicated

can’t even put the job on your resume until you work there for a decade

I wish this was a joke or I was making it up.

Having consulted with me, my daughter of course rejected this ridiculous offer and is now just working on side projects while looking for a better opportunity.

But millions of other seven-year-olds accepted identical offers.