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Post by Vortex on Oct 4, 2024 21:01:29 GMT
Creasing myself at Dougs' final sentence.
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Post by Vortex on Oct 4, 2024 21:01:52 GMT
Ffs curse of the new page. Again.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 4, 2024 22:28:06 GMT
They were all absolutely lovely and great customer service. But yeah, call me a povvo philistine, the fry up would have been better value!
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Post by quadfather on Oct 5, 2024 14:45:26 GMT
It's quite the double edged sword as they obviously want someone younger who's more malleable and the questions are always going to be why are you going for a lesser role and automatically think you can't hack the role you're in. True. Plus it was a one and done apply thing. I did write out a banging cover letter for a job I really like the look for. I think this might be a good thing if I can get something like it, as it’s in Manchester and required to go in every so often, which is an hour train ride. Get to know some new people. Nearly 10 years at my current place. I’ve got to go. If you get it, I can meet you for a pint sometime - manchester is on my doorstep! |
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Post by Blue_Mike on Oct 6, 2024 11:59:30 GMT
First day back after 2 weeks off, and fuck me I have not missed it at all.
If I had the money, I'd retire at 40, spend the next 20 years doing whatever the fuck I wanted, and the minute I turned 60, I'd say "Right, that's enough" and book a one way trip to Switzerland.
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 7, 2024 7:03:54 GMT
Interview in 1 hour.
Not sure why I’m nervous, i know I’m the only candidate and if I still don’t get it then I’m going to switch to working as slowly as everyone else does here and waiting for others to tell me what to do as it’s clearly a sign that I’ve peaked.
I’ve been doing 90% of the job for the last 5 years while the person above has got the credit.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 7, 2024 7:08:40 GMT
Good luck!
I'm interviewing candidates this morning too, helping a colleague out. It's the incumbent who is on Temporary promotion. 5 other candidates. Always tricky.
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Post by technoish on Oct 7, 2024 8:24:37 GMT
Ah yikes, I've got one of my team heading off now, and I'm sure his direct report wants to apply for his job. If he doesn't get it he will look elsewhere. But I'm not sure he's ready...
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Post by zisssou on Oct 7, 2024 8:29:18 GMT
I have no idea what I'm supposed to do for a month, whilst this consultancy goes on. Play games everyday?
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Post by dmukgr on Oct 7, 2024 8:30:52 GMT
I have to deal with that issue a lot, and yeah, people leave unless you promote within.
My boss has a thing about always getting someone in with experience, which is really pissing off the lower ranks who now no longer see any career progression - and people wonder why we have bad attrition.
/edit - that reply was to technoish
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Post by Dougs on Oct 7, 2024 9:09:00 GMT
Ah yikes, I've got one of my team heading off now, and I'm sure his direct report wants to apply for his job. If he doesn't get it he will look elsewhere. But I'm not sure he's ready... We had 140 XWH applications for a (quite techy) G7 post. Mad. |
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Post by technoish on Oct 7, 2024 9:13:47 GMT
Most of our jobs tho first go through an internal pool process, as we have a big glut of people ready to move, and no jobs being advertised. It's like one a month at my level...
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 7, 2024 9:17:33 GMT
Interview lasted 45 minutes, we talked about him for the first 10 minutes then mainly standard questions with the usual bullshit answer (Why do you want it? To make the company better etc. No, just the money please). Ended with 5 minutes of him complimenting me in general with a tiny bit of advice.
Find out this week.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 7, 2024 9:52:36 GMT
Interview lasted 45 minutes, we talked about him for the first 10 minutes then mainly standard questions with the usual bullshit answer (Why do you want it? To make the company better etc. No, just the money please). Ended with 5 minutes of him complimenting me in general with a tiny bit of advice. Find out this week. Wut? Why were you having an interview to talk about the interviewer?! Also when you say "advice" it comes across as they were being patronising. |
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Post by dfunked on Oct 7, 2024 10:31:18 GMT
"So. Tell me about myself"
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Post by Garfy on Oct 7, 2024 10:44:21 GMT
"So. Tell me about myself" "Well I wasn't going to mention the smell but...." |
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 7, 2024 11:09:43 GMT
Interview lasted 45 minutes, we talked about him for the first 10 minutes then mainly standard questions with the usual bullshit answer (Why do you want it? To make the company better etc. No, just the money please). Ended with 5 minutes of him complimenting me in general with a tiny bit of advice. Find out this week. Wut? Why were you having an interview to talk about the interviewer?! Also when you say "advice" it comes across as they were being patronising. He loves himself, and thinks his opinions are important and correct so I played to his ego which I know him well enough to know he loves. Yes he is patronising, and a dick. |
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Post by apollo on Oct 7, 2024 11:19:28 GMT
An manager on my department keeps using co-pilot use to write acceptance criteria - which is bloated and often does not get it right. Why have a few bullet points when you can have a fuck load that even misses key info (its because the manager in question, has no idea what the real problem is)
I expect this to be more common, now its part of Edge and windows
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Post by technoish on Oct 7, 2024 11:27:05 GMT
Well, you can spot the job applications that use chatgpt easy enough... (Or maybe not...) I saw one where they'd used the same example for different behaviours but asked chatgpt to rewrite it so it looked completely different, which it did, but was clearly the same thing. At some point we'll just have AIs recruiting and applying  |
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Post by mikew1985 on Oct 7, 2024 11:35:59 GMT
Wut? Why were you having an interview to talk about the interviewer?! Also when you say "advice" it comes across as they were being patronising. He loves himself, and thinks his opinions are important and correct so I played to his ego which I know him well enough to know he loves. Yes he is patronising, and a dick. You sound really enthusiastic about the people you work with and the job I'm rooting for you??? |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 7, 2024 11:41:13 GMT
Wut? Why were you having an interview to talk about the interviewer?! Also when you say "advice" it comes across as they were being patronising. He loves himself, and thinks his opinions are important and correct so I played to his ego which I know him well enough to know he loves. Yes he is patronising, and a dick. Oh, so there we go then. I admire your restraint in not punching him. |
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 7, 2024 11:42:13 GMT
He’s moving to a different job at the end of the month so I won’t have to report to him. He’s just sorting this before he goes.
No one below him likes him, he’s one of those that’ll screw anyone over to go up the chain.
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Post by mikew1985 on Oct 7, 2024 12:29:44 GMT
Sounds lovely, well hopefully the rest of the team are better!
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Post by mikeck on Oct 7, 2024 13:08:52 GMT
Three hour train journey to London this morning for afternoon meeting with Amazon and client, delayed for half an hour and then just as I get off the train my wife calls and my dad has been blue-lit to hospital with a blood clot on the brain and has had a stroke.
I could not continue with a meeting knowing he's in surgery and I didn't try and get back home. So swift calls with travel agency cancelling hotel and tomorrows return and getting a train home asap (which I'm now on).
Rest of our team are handling the meeting and I'm sat writing this on the train as I'm still trying to process. He had to go and trump his cancer with something else (and great timing). Really need him to wake from surgery so I can tell him as much.
Sorry, heavy shit in the thread, but needed to release.
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Post by quadfather on Oct 7, 2024 13:10:31 GMT
Three hour train journey to London this morning for afternoon meeting with Amazon and client, delayed for half an hour and then just as I get off the train my wife calls and my dad has been blue-lit to hospital with a blood clot on the brain and has had a stroke. I could not continue with a meeting knowing he's in surgery and I didn't try and get back home. So swift calls with travel agency cancelling hotel and tomorrows return and getting a train home asap (which I'm now on). Rest of our team are handling the meeting and I'm sat writing this on the train as I'm still trying to process. He had to go and trump his cancer with something else (and great timing). Really need him to wake from surgery so I can tell him as much. Sorry, heavy shit in the thread, but needed to release. Shit Mike, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it goes as best as it can. |
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Post by mikeck on Oct 7, 2024 13:12:25 GMT
Thanks Quaddy. So hard to concentrate on anything. I usually enjoy a train ride. This one sucks (as you can imagine).
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Post by quadfather on Oct 7, 2024 13:21:43 GMT
Well, hope it gets you back safe and sound anyway
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 7, 2024 13:30:41 GMT
Sorry to hear Mike that sounds awful.
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Post by JonFE on Oct 7, 2024 13:49:43 GMT
So sorry to read that Mike, hope you get some time with him, such an awful turn of events.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Oct 7, 2024 13:54:25 GMT
Sorry to hear that Mike, good luck to your Pa.
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