The Official Nonsense Thread

[Minty]

Yeah jumbo baby, you work it!

Darkened the green a bit more. Think that's it now as it matches the top bar.

A bit pissed today. Not only did I ping a muscle in my back without warning or reason, but I got a phone call that wasn't the best. A few days back I went for an interview, where they said they didn't want me for the job I'd gone for but I'd be on first dabs for another. All I needed to do was speak to a certain agency that handled this particular part of the business, tell them Euan had said to keep my details for it next time it came up, & that would be that.

I should have known it was going to be too good to be true. The agency in question paid zero attention to what I was telling them & instead immediately tried to "sell" me into taking a completely different minimum wage job (of no small notoriety up here) they were getting megabucks for placements for as no one lasts there longer than a month. Eventually I ended up having to be blunt with the muppet in question & remind them I was contacting them at the request of one of their clients to perform a set task, nothing more. Cue petted lip & a hint of "I won't pass your details on coz you're a big jobby not helping me meet my monthly target".

I'm sick to death of these sharks. None of them are manned with people with the slightest clue about the employment market, only sales agents who will glance at your CV, spot the first key word, & instantly try to "sell" you into taking whatever pap they can't get anyone else to take (which always earns them the biggest commission as high staff turnover jobs are always the most desperate employers), no matter how unsuited you may be.

One of my neighbours has now experienced the delights first hand of the recruitment agency market as one company in particular kept pestering him to take care home jobs with a particular disreputable local "graveyard checkout till" hospice for the elderly. His previous job until redundancy was in freight haulage. You can see the connection, can't you?????