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The Peter Principle, I've lost count of the amount of people that applies to.0
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The cheek of it!!!!MrOneLung said:
It's called The Peter Principle...Stig said:
With us both feeling the same Cabbles, it's amazing that we both got through the moderator's selection event.cabbles said:
I'd give you your poster of the week award for that. I cannot stand it. Job specs immediately make you feel like an ant I find. This is us, we're the best company in the world, we're going to make you feel like you'd be lucky to apply.Stig said:
The superlative-filled job specs and person specs that accompany every job advertisement. Why do they have to make every vacancy sound as if western civilisation will crash if they can't fill a post with their particular desired image of hyper-motivated beaver drone?SWEnglandAddick said:The fecking hoops you have to jump through to just apply for a job.
Any recruiter who expects their potential recruits to be 'passionate' about their job or their industry should be crushed like a bug under the weight of superfluous words they expect people to spout in applying. Passion is for lovers you idiots, not for corporate head-nodders. And another thing, not every job is strategic. In fact not every management job is strategic. In fact, here's the killer, most management jobs aren't strategic. Most are about seeing an organisation through the everyday hassles and problems it faces. Go and read Michael Porter to see what strategy is all about before introducing it into every job spec. You'll be amazed at how far removed it is from most people's work experiences.
Their hyperbole serves no useful purpose. It demotivates decent people whilst acting as an incentive to bullshitters and chancers. Here's an idea, just try being honest: we're looking for an ordinary person do an average job for as little money as we can get away with.
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Passionate in his hatred of risible recruitment rigmarole
It's a wider problem in business in my opinion. Bullshit and more bullshit. People tripping over themselves to come out with the wankiest possible waffle0 -
money talksStig said:
With us both feeling the same Cabbles, it's amazing that we both got through the moderator's selection event.cabbles said:
I'd give you your poster of the week award for that. I cannot stand it. Job specs immediately make you feel like an ant I find. This is us, we're the best company in the world, we're going to make you feel like you'd be lucky to apply.Stig said:
The superlative-filled job specs and person specs that accompany every job advertisement. Why do they have to make every vacancy sound as if western civilisation will crash if they can't fill a post with their particular desired image of hyper-motivated beaver drone?SWEnglandAddick said:The fecking hoops you have to jump through to just apply for a job.
Any recruiter who expects their potential recruits to be 'passionate' about their job or their industry should be crushed like a bug under the weight of superfluous words they expect people to spout in applying. Passion is for lovers you idiots, not for corporate head-nodders. And another thing, not every job is strategic. In fact not every management job is strategic. In fact, here's the killer, most management jobs aren't strategic. Most are about seeing an organisation through the everyday hassles and problems it faces. Go and read Michael Porter to see what strategy is all about before introducing it into every job spec. You'll be amazed at how far removed it is from most people's work experiences.
Their hyperbole serves no useful purpose. It demotivates decent people whilst acting as an incentive to bullshitters and chancers. Here's an idea, just try being honest: we're looking for an ordinary person do an average job for as little money as we can get away with.
Stig
Passionate in his hatred of risible recruitment rigmarole
It's a wider problem in business in my opinion. Bullshit and more bullshit. People tripping over themselves to come out with the wankiest possible waffle0 -
Emirates airlines - charge far more for us in dubai than they do outside of country. Then have the cheek to offer a discounted biz class upgrade with no perks (no Chauffeur or lounge access) after they screw me on the economy ticket!0
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A step up from a small bag of peanutsAll_Thaid_Up said:Emirates airlines - charge far more for us in dubai than they do outside of country. Then have the cheek to offer a discounted biz class upgrade with no perks (no Chauffeur or lounge access) after they screw me on the economy ticket!
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Stay at the hotels where they stop overnight and it is certainly on the menu!DaveMehmet said:
A step up from a small bag of peanutsAll_Thaid_Up said:Emirates airlines - charge far more for us in dubai than they do outside of country. Then have the cheek to offer a discounted biz class upgrade with no perks (no Chauffeur or lounge access) after they screw me on the economy ticket!
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Numpties on my Facebook sharing Southend News Network stories. Stupidity at its finest.2
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Do they think they are real and comment on them?ValleyGary said:Numpties on my Facebook sharing Southend News Network stories. Stupidity at its finest.
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Like Forest Echo News on Twitter?0
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Calling anything other than a 'suicide note' a suicide note.
Really trivialising suicide if you want to call a draft political document a suicide note.
Tories are shit, Labour are shit. This is a shit time for an election. #monsterravinglooneyparty2 - Sponsored links:
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"And that's why they call me the parking master"
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The selfish, moronic way so many people park their cars.
No consideration for anyone else whatsoever.5 -
I forgot how much this annoys me as have just done it AGAIN !!!Stig said:That Ctrl+F in Outlook forwards a message, but in all other programmes it is the shortcut for find. Some consistency please.
Have now looked it up and if you do F4 it brings up the find box.
F5 ruins our take over so be carefull2 -
Anyone who uses the following excuses to justify themselves being rude, obnoxious or impatient:
'I'm having a bad day.'
'I didn't sleep well.'
'I'm in a rush.'
'I'm old.'
Those excuses are nonsense. You just think you're somehow superior to the person you're aiming your behaviour towards and you'll get away with it with one of the above reasons.4 -
Anyone who says 'do you know who I am?'
I don't care who you are but I know you're an absolute class A w@#£€r!6 -
Pistachio nuts.
As my doctor insists on calling them.0 -
It requires a special kind of lack of self-awareness to say that in an un-ironic way.cantersaddick said:Anyone who says 'do you know who I am?'
I don't care who you are but I know you're an absolute class A w@#£€r!1 -
1. That I don't know the negative for 'ironic'
2. When people use the word 'learning' as a noun (specifically a work thing I guess):
"The key learning from this session is..."0 -
Sounds like the learning they need to do is learn the word 'lesson'.Oh_Yoni_Boy said:1. That I don't know the negative for 'ironic'
2. When people use the word 'learning' as a noun (specifically a work thing I guess):
"The key learning from this session is..."0 - Sponsored links:
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Yes, but then it sounds like a line from allo alloPowell Is Pleasant said:
Sounds like the learning they need to do is learn the word 'lesson'.Oh_Yoni_Boy said:1. That I don't know the negative for 'ironic'
2. When people use the word 'learning' as a noun (specifically a work thing I guess):
"The key learning from this session is..."1 -
Is it the last game at White Hart Lane today?
Sky haven't mentioned it.11 -
The complete timewasters you get selling your car privately. I used to think people were mad trading in but I can see the appeal now.0
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When you get to that point in exam term/ revision where your just wanna watch cat videos!
I don't even fucking like cats!
Edited so those with a dirty mind don't pick me up on sentence structure.5 -
Then stop doing it.cantersaddick said:I don't even like fucking cats!
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Fixed!Fiiish said:
Then stop doing it.cantersaddick said:I don't even like fucking cats!
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buying second hand records from Notting Hill Record and Tape Exchange.....
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When friends us the phonetic alphabet on the phone but it doesnt quite go to plan.....
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I thought it went "I'm going to cut you into little pieces...."A-R-T-H-U-R said:buying second hand records from Notting Hill Record and Tape Exchange.....
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The main players in CARD still doing the majority of home games this season as well as the Black & White scarf wearers buying stuff in the ground - Look at Blackpool, that's a proper boycott against the owners, 2,000 for a playoff game at homepalarsehater said:people wearing protest shirts then queuing up after ft to buy season tickets.
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