You are very correct about technology. It seems this girls outgoing voice message, low tech as it might be, has affected her in a negative way.
But it’s not just messages on a machine. I’ve always told my kids to make sure their social media sites are not filled with trash that might negatively affect their future job choices. In fact, it’s better to have no social media presence or have a very vague and bland approach.
Smart employers will often do a social media search on a candidate before hiring them. I wonder what this girls TikTok, Facebook, etc. social media sites look like. Probably not something that would impress most hiring managers.
But technology in business is also a culprit, as it eliminates jobs humans used to do. Sure, it increased productivity , and made data more quickly accessible. But it also slows the process of correcting errors, and makes it harder for people who have had incorrect data inputted, or programming errors, that result in adversely affecting some people and the nightmares they experience that seem as if there is no way out in some instances.
Several years ago, I came home from a job interview and told my family I was pretty sure they’d make an offer.
My daughter posted it on Facebook. I told her that I had no idea how sophisticated the company was and if they’d do a social media search.
She didn’t believe me and of course her 15 year old mentality knew more than me. I forced her to remove it.
Turns out the company wasn’t all that sophisticated but they did hire me.