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What are some modern bullshit jobs? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by tjarod11@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Jobs that either don't contribute in any meaningful way or jobs where one would be better off if they were paid to be on call.

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[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 year ago

Real estate agents

[-] wulf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yes! It shouldn't be difficult to purchase a house, but when we were looking, none of the seller agents would even talk to us until we had a buyers agent 🙄

[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Years ago my dad was fed up with realtors and you couldn't list a property for sale without a realtor license. So he figured it's probably as easy as it seems, seeing how many airhead realtors he'd met. He was right. He read a book and then went and passed the exam to get licensed. Sold his own property himself and never used the license again.

[-] bravesirrbn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Absolute madlad

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Wow I didn't know this. How fucking stupid. Why is there this for a house but I can sell anything else

[-] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The agent we have used for several houses has been indispensable. He got us into our current house before it was listed, and before that he knew all the issues with every house we looked at because he's been in the area for so long. You may have had bad agents, but some of them are really good at their jobs and add quite a bit of value.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

In property markets where prices are reasonable they can be alright, but up here in Toronto where detached houses go for 3 million plus, there's just too much incentive for greedy parasites

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