20+ eye-opening industry secrets: 'Job requirements are more of a wish-list situation'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 14, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

The best part of having friends in different industries is that they can share knowledge with you that most folks are completely unaware of…

This can be useful whether or not you have an interest in that particular industry. For instance, based on these responses in this Reddit thread, I surprisingly learned information about refrigerator models that I will take with me the next time I need one. Sharing industry secrets can be more of a selfless act than a shady one. If there are simpler solutions for customers that would result in saving money, perhaps it's not a good idea to let your boss know that you're sharing those tricks of the trade but perhaps one's moral obligation is to share said secrets so that people can potentially save a buck. 

Keep scrolling below for this brand new collection of industry secrets. When you're done, check out this post about an employee who stood up to his boss regarding outside work events.

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    IsJoe FlaccoElite ⚫ 23 hr. ago When you're buying a higher end refrigerator, you're basically only paying for fancier doors. Most of the inner workings are the same, just a different door configuration. I used to work in the appliance industry.
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    • telecasper 1 day ago Most fitness models, coachers and influencers are using anabolic steroids or did it once at least, and among competitive bodybuilders everyone does it, but almost no one admits it.
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    bigboisbotleo 22 hr. ago Used to screen resumes for small companies. Job "requirements" are more of a wish-list situation. Never let some unchecked boxes deter you from applying you have no idea what the applicant pool is like. The biggest boon, especially at small companies, is someone who legitimately cares.
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    martinfendertaylor ⚫ 1 day ago s Hospitals at cyber security.
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    STRICKIBHOY. 23 hr. ago I was told during my driver training for a public bus company, if a car pulls out in front of you, causing you to slam the brakes, hit it. Let the passengers claim insurance from the car driver. If you slam the brakes, avoid the collision, the injured passengers will/can sue the bus company.
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    praetorfenix 1 day ago . edited 14 hr. ago Healthcare IT is held together with duct tape and twine. Related, pay attention to the treatment release forms. Your health data is being sent EVERYWHERE and there's not you can do about it. No sign, no treatment. Edit: apparently it is possible to opt out of your state's health information exchange but it must be done with the exchange itself. The process varies by state and can be painful.
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    bliss_jpg 23 hr. ago If you give one website your name, another website your number, and another website your email, there are services that merge info together by scanning the web and build a profile of you for ad targeting and sales. Some of you may assume this already but it is standard practice and utilized more frequently than you might think.
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    OkEngineer8233. 1 day ago In the restaurant industry, the secret is that the "special sauce" is often just a clever blend of the same condiments you have in your fridge-mayo, ketchup, and a dash of mystery
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    Human_Cranberry_2805. 1 day ago Nutrition labels on small, not well-known brands can be inaccurate, and nobody would ever know. Once you send your food product out to a lab to have a nutrition label created for it, that is the last time anyone is ever going to check it. It would take someone to pay for a new analysis at a lab to see if the percentage of qwar gum, for example. is still accurate, and nobody is going to do that.
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    stonedfishing 1 day ago The military typically disposes of old vehicles by parking it somewhere on a large base, and abandoning it. Sometimes they use them as training targets. It's cool but eerie to see. I know where there's a lake that's full of Sherman tanks. They drove them out there in the late 50s in the winter and left them to fall through.
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    PM_UR__4_RATING .1 day ago No matter how high up the chain you get, nobody really knows what's going on... everyone is winging it for any work that falls outside their very specific area of expertise.
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    scrimmybingus3. 23 hr. ago Dawn dish soap is the single best way to clean up an oil spill on the small scale. The US government went to great lengths to try and make their own cheaper in house equivalent of Dawn for cleaning up oil but they found that they couldn't make it better or cheaper than Dawn already did so they just buy Dawn.
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    c2h5oh_yes 1 day ago · edited 18 hr. ago Teachers ROUTINELY fudge kids' grades upward. Sometimes it's because a kid is nice. Sometimes it's because administrators pressure us. Sometimes we're afraid of being sued. That high graduation rate at your local HS? It's most likely due to the books being cooked.
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    BagTomato Nose 23 hr. ago Vehicles are offloaded from Roll-On, Roll-Off ferries (aka RoRos) in a specific order for weight and balance reasons. If you are nice to the crew and give us cookies, you will be offloaded sooner. If you are verbally abusive to the crew you will be offloaded last. Dead last. For weight and balance.
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    . Impossible_Bit_431 1 day ago edited 1 day ago . Your massage therapist doesn't care about your size or your body hair, but they appreciate when you've showered within a few days of your appointment and have brushed your teeth. They aren't judging you for the things you feel self conscious about, but they are judging you if you are an entitled Saying things like "my wife would not be happy if she knew how hot you were", although it may seem to you like a harmless compliment, is creepy and will
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    ampsr2 1 day ago The blue flakes in your laundry detergent are just the white flakes dyed blue.
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    KhaosElement · 23 hr. ago If you'd just actually f reboot your ☐ you'd have to spend a fraction of the time dealing with "broken" tech.
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    prezuiwf 1 day ago The stuff that makes movie theater popcorn taste like movie theater popcorn is called Flavacol. It's a salt-like additive that you can buy yourself and add to your popcorn at home. A carton lasts forever because you only need like a teaspoon of Flavacol per cup of kernels, and it's indistinguishable from the popcorn you get at the movies.
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    BangBangBarts[ 22 hr. ago Just last night we were playing a gig and my guitarist said he was going to show us a little trick he uses to get everyone on the dance floor. Over the mic he asked everyone to come up in front of the stage so we could get a group picture of everyone who came to the show. As soon as he got the pic we started playing and everyone stayed on the floor until the end of the set. It was a great!
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    • bryson430 1 day ago Theatre Seats aren't all the same size. Some are narrower than others we use a variety to manipulate the "sawtooth" arrangement so that you look through a gap between heads not straight into the head of the person in front of you. That means some seats are "better" (ie: wider) than others.
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