i recently lost my job and it's horrible being in the 'unemployed' class -- you're made to feel worthless, you have to take advice from people, perfectly well meaning of course, that are basically encouragement on digging your own grave - i love being in the position where i have to do some fake elizabethian courting ritual where i have to pretend i'm super excited to do whatever tf they do, oh and i'm the best man for the job! -- when you've just sent in 200 applications and gotten nothing back, when you've just been let go for dubious bullshit reasons, you're supposed to act like you're ready for a challenge!
important video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYHNO2vNG4
Would you rather hire someone excited to be there or someone who doesn't give a shit?
I understand why people do it but it's a superficial and bad metric. Some people are bubbly and excited all the time, meanwhile I rarely tend be visibly excited. Plus the way it's gamed these days, it's a better indicator of how much of a suck up someone is and how willing they are to fake their emotions.
something every manager values
a useful skill in every public-facing profession
The community's called work reform.
which is why I didn't think I needed to highlight the irony with a sarcasm tag, but apparently I was wrong