BeatFM & AOL

Sully

Hey..

Quick question. Whats the story with BeatFM going around promoting AOL for jobs and stuff? Its one big promotion racket which seems to be going on since the summer and its getting a tad bit annoying listening to DJs calling the Beat Crew who plug AOL through the whole conversation.

Suppose thats how they make their money.. AOL must be pumping them with big money for it!

kensutz

I parked in New Street Car Park and it's plastered with ads from AOL.

Typhoon.

We should be thankful they're advertising jobs n not job cuts ...like other places

Sully

AOL has a work force thats not "expanding". Its the same, it just keeps loosing staff.

Cabaal

AOL is a call center and like all call centers it has a high turn-over of staff, if you haven't noticed AOL is doing alot of advertising at the moment which can be clearly seen on bus shelters and the backs of buses, so that explains BeatFM

Its not rocket science

echosound

Yep, AOL has a high staff turnover, so is constantly recruiting to keep numbers up.
The reason Beat are advertising non-stop the whole time is AOL are paying them for branding and advertising, be that ads, sponsorship of shows, or for promotional staff to hand out flyers in town etc. It's how radio stations make their money:p Irritating to listen to alright, but then again I don't listen to Beat;)

Have you not noticed that every single week the Munster Express has half page colour adverts for AOL in the recruitment section? Maybe if they spent more money on retaining staff (incentives, higer wages etc maybe?), instead of advertising for the next bunch, it might make more sense.

Trick of the Tail

'Beat FM'? That station has NEVER been called that!

echosound

Yeah Beat 102 103. Have never seen anyone get it right though!

JohnC.

Probably because Beat 102 103 doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. I'd rather they call it Beat or even Beat FM as some call it.

jhegarty

AOL sucks .... that will be all...

AdMMM

You're a member of the vast masses that is the AOL alumni so?

Cabaal

|.Murderer.| wrote: »

You're a member of the vast masses that is the AOL alumni so?

I believe he used to be but has since moved away
John is it?

MarkPH

my girlfriend moved here after finishing her degree at home, and was looking for some work to keep her ticking over until she found a proper job in her profession. Some pr!ck at one of the recruitment agencies here was pimping an AOL job on her and offering €18,000 per year and told her that was all she could ever hope for in this country and that she will never get a job in her profession as they wouldnt take foreigners. Took some convincing to tell her he was a pr!ck and that she would be ok. She has a job now and is earning €35,000+. I felt like going in to him myself and telling him where to go!

run_Forrest_run

MarkPH wrote: »

my girlfriend moved here after finishing her degree at home, and was looking for some work to keep her ticking over until she found a proper job in her profession. Some pr!ck at one of the recruitment agencies here was pimping an AOL job on her and offering €18,000 per year and told her that was all she could ever hope for in this country and that she will never get a job in her profession as they wouldnt take foreigners. Took some convincing to tell her he was a pr!ck and that she would be ok. She has a job now and is earning €35,000+. I felt like going in to him myself and telling him where to go!

yes that recruitment agent sounds like a right fool, they are mostly under-qualified bimbos who make money by pimping unsuspecting workers new to the whole recruitment game. yes you should have gone into yer man and had a word with him, or even better torch the place :mad: recruitment agents are to jobs as estate agents are to property..and how we all love estate agents

solas

well, I got the lay off call from Bausch and lomb yesterday and would gladly take a job from AOL if it was on offer. (if anyone would care to put in a word)

Sully

solas wrote: »

well, I got the lay off call from Bausch and lomb yesterday and would gladly take a job from AOL if it was on offer. (if anyone would care to put in a word)

A word? They take pretty much anyone if your willing to work about 20hrs a week or so.

solas

just got an application from someone. 20 hours is better than being on the dole at christmas

jhegarty

Cabaal wrote: »

I believe he used to be but has since moved away
John is it?

yes, I am the escapee in question.....dug a tunnel under the canteen with a plastic spoon.... only took me 8 years....

Junior

jhegarty wrote: »

yes, I am the escapee in question.....dug a tunnel under the canteen with a plastic spoon.... only took me 8 years....

F*ck me Hegarty I thought you'd be in there for life, you dom, ger, the belly kelly etc... There was a few of us lucky to get out a live at all.

flonge

solas wrote: »

well, I got the lay off call from Bausch and lomb yesterday and would gladly take a job from AOL if it was on offer. (if anyone would care to put in a word)

You get a definite 20hrs if your part time and as far as i know,if your full time its 40hrs a week.As far as I know they're still on the look ou for people,I have the number if you want it?

Freddie59

solas wrote: »

well, I got the lay off call from Bausch and lomb yesterday and would gladly take a job from AOL if it was on offer. (if anyone would care to put in a word)

Sorry to hear that butty. Hope you get sorted. Why do these companies always do tis at this time of year?:mad:

solas

flonge wrote: »

You get a definite 20hrs if your part time and as far as i know,if your full time its 40hrs a week.As far as I know they're still on the look ou for people,I have the number if you want it?

Application is in and all. thanks.

Freddie59 wrote: »

Sorry to hear that butty. Hope you get sorted. Why do these companies always do tis at this time of year?:mad:

they tend to recruit to suit manufacturing needs and it seems they've over estimated in their production forecasts for the end of the year (or at least thats the official version) B&L also just finalized a merger with Warberg Pincus so eyes are on the stock markets at the minute.

magick

ahhhhhhhh good ole AOHELL

dont i remember the horror that was........

well id rather be raped by 35 ebola infected monkeys than work in there.

Oh God how i remember the epic AOHELL thread

junkster12345

anybody else think beat 102 103 is a load of pants,, that eejit power in the morning time with the squeaky voice really gets up my nose, id rather gerry ryan anyday and it pains me to say it, even oliver carroll

SUNGOD

junkster12345 wrote: »

id rather gerry ryan anyday

aahhhhhhh no not G RYAN he is the devil, granted beat is utter crap . today fm is a great all round station or if its just talk ya want ya cant go past "news talk ".quick question why does G RYAN love talking about womans issues especially fannypads

Sully

Beat Talk is grand, its an enjoyable show. I didnt like it at first, but I do now. Much better then Gerry, who loves himself.

Aquos76

Plus Mary O Neill is a right old tease on it too

Trick of the Tail

And gorgeous!

A.

meldrew

Thanks Aquos finally a face to the voice !

ExAoHeller

magick wrote: »

ahhhhhhhh good ole AOHELL

dont i remember the horror that was........

well id rather be raped by 35 ebola infected monkeys than work in there.

I hear you there brother.

Oh God how i remember the epic AOHELL thread

Oh yes so do I. That thread caused a witch hunt within AOHell trying to find the culprits. There were HR goons going around trying to identify the authors of posts to that thread. It caused a right stink. Many innocent people were accused in the wrong of posting to that thread.

The funny thing was the person named in the thread never knew of its existence.

Cabaal

ExAoHeller wrote: »

Oh yes so do I. That thread caused a witch hunt within AOHell trying to find the culprits. There were HR goons going around trying to identify the authors of posts to that thread. It caused a right stink. Many innocent people were accused in the wrong of posting to that thread.

The funny thing was the person named in the thread never knew of its existence.

Hmm the above sounds like crap to be honest,
Regardless I can see this thread going the same route which isn't a good idea.

I personally think there's no harm locking this thread

Musicman2000

junkster12345 wrote: »

anybody else think beat 102 103 is a load of pants,, that eejit power in the morning time with the squeaky voice really gets up my nose, id rather gerry ryan anyday and it pains me to say it, even oliver carroll

Yup, never heard so much S***t in all my life, Gerry Ryan can do the head in sometimes as well, Hopefully their 10 year licence is up soon, and the Franchise awarded to a different group. As a few of you know. The regional licence should have never have being awarded to Beat in the first place.

But thats another story;)

Aquos76

Musicman2000 wrote: »

The regional licence should have never have being awarded to Beat in the first place.

But thats another story;)

You might enlighten us all so!

Sully

Musicman2000 wrote: »

Yup, never heard so much S***t in all my life, Gerry Ryan can do the head in sometimes as well, Hopefully their 10 year licence is up soon, and the Franchise awarded to a different group. As a few of you know. The regional licence should have never have being awarded to Beat in the first place.

But thats another story;)

To be fair Musicman, you have stated that a few times in Beat related topics (about the license). Once is enough, espically since we cant be sure what your saying is fact.

Anyway, Beat is doing quite well I personally think. Whatever peoples views are on BeatTalk - the station seems to be doing well. I dont like the "Irish Beats" or that really depressing show on Sunday nights - cant think of its name.

Sully

Cabaal wrote: »

Hmm the above sounds like crap to be honest,
Regardless I can see this thread going the same route which isn't a good idea.

I personally think there's no harm locking this thread

As much as I dont want to see it going down the same route, tis a bit early to call. I never saw the problem with people expressing their opinions on AOL, might do the company some good.

Ill leave it open for now, as its a mixed discussion.

CantGetNoSleep

Sully wrote: »

To be fair Musicman, you have stated that a few times in Beat related topics (about the license). Once is enough, espically since we cant be sure what your saying is fact.

Anyway, Beat is doing quite well I personally think. Whatever peoples views are on BeatTalk - the station seems to be doing well. I dont like the "Irish Beats" or that really depressing show on Sunday nights - cant think of its name.

HeartBeat with Diana Luke? I'll say no more

What I hate about Beat is how much they go on about the amount of music they play and their ****ty ads for themselves on the radio

paul666

what i hate about beat in the morning is listeners send in their personal problems to be solved by niall and whats her name
who do these guys think they are giving out advice on peoples problems they are djs not councilers or therapists

Sully

paul666 wrote: »

what i hate about beat in the morning is listeners send in their personal problems to be solved by niall and whats her name
who do these guys think they are giving out advice on peoples problems they are djs not councilers or therapists

To be fair, that kind of thing is normal. I think listeners want their (and the general public's) opinion. Its just simple chit-chat. Nothing serious. I mean, how many of us have asked our friends opinions on something that bothered us? Similar thing..

The show has improved a lot. Its better then Gerry Ryan, and that 2fm breakfast show which is pathetic. It might not be brilliant, but its geared towards differnet tastes.

SUNGOD

Sully wrote: »

As much as I dont want to see it going down the same route, tis a bit early to call. I never saw the problem with people expressing their opinions on AOL, might do the company some good.

Ill leave it open for now, as its a mixed discussion.

no offence sully but i think you should take your own advice about people expressing opinons on various companies , i seem to remember you editing/censoring posts recently because someone mentioned the companies name . think you actually moved it cos you couldnt lock it (car sales thread ) i know you started this BEAT AOL thread but that shouldnt effect your judgement.

Sully

SUNGOD wrote: »

no offence sully but i think you should take your own advice about people expressing opinons on various companies , i seem to remember you editing/censoring posts recently because someone mentioned the companies name . think you actually moved it cos you couldnt lock it (car sales thread ) i know you started this BEAT AOL thread but that shouldnt effect your judgement.

The car sales thread was a consumer issue. The only place such conversations are allowed are Consumer Issues.

Im not talking about AOLs products, I was refering to Beat advertising AOL so much its sickening. I dont mind people expressing (in a mature way) what they thought the overall business was to work for. Without naming names or anything. A lot of people like it, a lot of people didnt.

Hope that makes it a bit clear..

Cabaal

Its very unlikely sully would be discussing AOL's products considering they only offer them to people within the UK

Before you start nitpicking, while AOL is owned by Carphone Warehouse, CPW doesn't use the AOL Broadband brand in Ireland to provide dialup or broadband services to Irish consumers.

Going Demented

Wow hegs you're gone? I was on your tech team when i started - good auld days. Took me just about as long as you to escape. Next time i see them is in court. Should be mighty fun. Best move ever getting away from there, turned to proper ****e.