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by Miki Saxon

From the comment section of an article on best places to work:

“i used to work for [X] it was realy grate would work there if i could there not hiring”

I was appalled, to say the least.

Also curious, since I am familiar with the company and the quality of its employees.

So I followed the links and found the person’s Facebook page.

Yes, the person has a college degree. No, the person is not that young (early-mid thirties at a guess).

No, I did not make this up or “improve” the comment.

Yes, I saved the links, but have no interest in embarrassing the person. To what end?

If it wasn’t so tragic one might suspect a somewhat twisted sense of humor.

I have to assume the person made good use of spell and grammar checker at work, but those aren’t available when dashing off a comment.

To one degree or another this is who you will be hiring now and in the future.

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And considering the extensive federal, state and local cuts to education don’t expect it to improve any time soon.

All I can say is good luck.

Be sure to stop by Wednesday for a look at just how important words can be.

Flickr image credit: dougbelshaw

2 Responses to “Written Communications”
  1. Julie E Says:

    Does make me wonder if “there not hiring” or if they just prefer not to hire that particular employee back?

  2. Miki Saxon Says:

    Hi Julie, It also makes me wonder how “there” got hired in the first place.

    But mostly, it’s a sad, sad commentary on our educational system. At the rate the US is going we will soon have the most ignorant population in the developed world.

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