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The good news is you can do cover letters with Chat GPT now.
And I always used to love handing my resume with all my work history on it to places only for them to make me fill out a 15 page pamphlet with exactly the same information. >

Yes! And every company has their own website you need to make an account for and fill out the same bs too >

The fact that 95% of companies use Workday but the application information isn’t transferable under one account makes me so fucking infuriated. >

workday should just allow you to make an account and then autofill the info for you >

Workday is one of the most infuriating systems at every possible opportunity. I hope it does the death we all wanted for Adobe in the early 2000’s. >

Never dealt with Workday until my most recent job. Talk about a clunky inefficient program for business processes. The only thing it has going for it is a lack of physical paper, but if anything that actually makes it worse for the casual user. >

"Please write some fan-fiction about how much you'll overextend and exhaust yourself for this firm." >

I want to know if the person I’m considering for a job can write a letter. Part of a job is communication and putting on a smile even if you’re in a bad mood. If you don’t include a cover letter your application goes in the trash.
It's hilarious how much this triggered people. And based on your responses, it's probably best you don't write cover letters to demonstrate your lack of personality and communication skills.
It's hilarious how many people are willing to die on the hill that they shouldn't have to demonstrate a required skill that takes ten minutes before they get moved onto the next stage of hiring. Ya'll are going far in life. >

I have an app for that >

Great. Demonstrating you can at least get the job if you didn't do it still sets you apart from the dozens of other people who submit the same exact looking resume but think they are too good to spend ten minutes writing a cover letter. I'd give you an interview. Does Wednesday at noon work for you? >

Can't,  I don't get up before 2pm
Does 3pm work? Zoom call, no video? >

I usually do interviews at the brewery, but 3pm works. >

this should be the default opinion >

this is the default opinion >

If it was, there wouldn't still be cover letters. >

Employers like it because it gives them the opportunity to see why an applicant wants to work with them and how they might be a good fit beyond what is said in their resume.
Applicants like it because it allows them to say those things and stand out from the crowd. It takes additional effort that most people don't want to put in. This is a good indication that the applicant actually wants to work for the company. 
So they benefit the company, and they benefit the people who most want to work for the company. There is no incentive for either the company to stop accepting the letters (which costs them literally nothing), nor for the applicants to stop sending them (which increases their chances of being hired). Thus, the practice will almost certainly continue >

The employee wants to work there because they need money >

Some people actually want to work in places because they support the work the company does, have heard good things about the workplace culture, or want experience in a particular niche. Not saying money isn't important, but it isn't the only thing that is important to some people. >

Money is 100% the top priority when it comes to a job. You could have the best work culture in the world but if it doesn't pay the bills it means nothing >

money however is also the same motivator across the board. If you only want to work because money I will take the person who wants to work for the same money and who is actually interested in what we do, because chances are they will be a better worker, because people tend to be more motivated in stuff that interests them. >

Not at all. People with track records of high performance work better, even in jobs they don’t like. >


People with track records of high performance work better

People who work better, work better? Who knew?!?