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I’m a 29-year-old man who can’t tell the difference between an 8-year-old and a 13-year-old. In that same breath, if a song on the radio has officially reached my ears, kids in high school have been listening to it for months. If I’m using a slang term with my friends, it’s probably been expired because it’s already been viral on Vine for, like, a year.
But the difference between me and other people on the older spectrum of the generational gap is that I’m at least self-aware when it comes to interacting with people out of my age range. I don’t even bother talking to our interns – not because I’m a dick, but because the last thing they want to do is talk to me.
This wasn’t the case with Microsoft, though, when one of their recruiters emailed the interns about a potential party. In possibly the single most cringe-worthy email I’ve ever seen, the recruiter uses phrases such as bae, lit, noms, and dranks. And when you put all of it together, it creates a masterpiece.
I don’t know who thought this was a good idea, but it just clearly wasn’t. I wouldn’t send half of those sentences to my friends as a joke let alone seriously type out “HELL YES TO GETTING LIT ON A MONDAY NIGHT!” in an email where my name was associated to it.
Luckily, Microsoft was aware that this email was an abomination and told Business Insider, “The email was poorly worded and not in keeping with our values as a company. We are looking into how this occurred and will take appropriate steps to address it.”
“Poorly worded” is the understatement of the fucking century. .
[via Business Insider]
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It looks like you are trying to recruit millennals. Would you like some help?
Kim, you’re fucking fired.
“will take appropriate steps to address it.” translates to the above.
What’s sad is that twenty years ago, college juniors would give up their left nut to get an internship with Microsoft. With Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Google etc., Microsoft can’t scoop up the best talent anymore so they’re reduced to shit like this.
Congrats Microsoft, you’re Silicon Valley’s Uncle Rico.
Plot twist: Kim was his last name.
Once again, I pray for war.
Just another west coast try-hard dork what’s new
People who get overly excited about drinking on a Monday are the same people who don’t have anyone to go out with on the weekends.
if getting blackout drunk on a monday was at all a feasible option for me you bet i’d be happy.
I want to punch Kim in the face.
Reading this was the “nails on a chalkboard” equivalent for my eyes.
This reminds me of every friends’ mom who would say “dude” to us growing up.. Just cringeworthy