Companies dont give a f*** do they?

x in the city · 22-01-2009 10:40am #1

Right so, got a call this morning, some company want to see me at 9AM SHARP, tomorrow in sandyford.

thing is im in the sticks of kerry.

so like no problem, I can fly my lear jet to some impossible to find obsecure business in sandyford at 9am tomorrow morning, no hassle.!

If I told the guy interviewing me, to meet me at 9AM SHARP, in some impossible to find locating in Kerry tomorrow morning, im sure you could guess what he would be thinking...

do these bosses have any dignity or shame?

kayos · 22-01-2009 10:44am

huh?

Nothing wrong in asking you to make an appointment at a certain time. its tomorrow morning grab a bus/train what ever up to dublin tonight stay in a hotel near the place QED

Xcellor · 22-01-2009 11:04am

I'm sure he is just eager to get interviews underway and most likely does not even realise you are in the arse of nowhere.

When I get these calls I arrange a time that is suitable for both of you, most employers realise that you probably are working anyway so will need to arrange time off with your employer. But with jobs few and far between in many industries don't be suprised if companies want you to jump through extra hoops.

heggie · 22-01-2009 11:09am

why is it their fault you applied for a job miles away from your home?

vms7ply9t6dw4b · 22-01-2009 11:12am

Whats the problem? Were you expecting him to come to you?

Hes hardly forcing you now is he? Im sure theres plenty of people from further afield who would love the chance to be in sandyford tomorrow morning @ 9AM SHARP for a chance to get a job.

apoch632 · 22-01-2009 11:14am

Exactly. To be getting an interview with the way things are is a big thing. Head up tonight and get a hotel room. Is the €50 really that much if its a better job

boredatwork82 · 22-01-2009 11:18am

I'll go instead of you. Trying to get a job at the moment, so far i have done interviews in Cork and Kildare, they were both treks......has to be done. Jobs are impossible to get at the moment.

On an ending note
They took our jobs!!!(Due to our company going to India, and they are walking round here while we train them in with big smiles on their faces.)

x in the city · 22-01-2009 11:20am

Yes, but like less than a days notice.

They should be more considerate or flexible, my last job was in Citywest and the company knew where I was coming from, so they said like some time in the afternoon theres no hassle and if your late its fine etc.

Its fine if you are a dub, you probably know sandyford inside out, getting from the red cow to this place would probably take an hour.

So, I would have to leave at 4am to get there for 9am. which is ridiculous.

And these people I know are always looking for people, for this particular job anyway. So its not like they are getting this interview drive underway and are in a rush.

heggie · 22-01-2009 11:26am

4am? boo hoo. don't bother going so. Btw, there is an exit on the m50 for sandyford, the red cow is the other side of dublin.

boredatwork82 · 22-01-2009 11:29am

Yeah I know, but it has to be done.... working for the MAN, they don't care about anything other than profit.
Hopefully this recession bites hard and we go back to farming and good honest work, and let all this ignorant multi nationals get out of our country.
I had an aptitude test last week, drove 2 and a a half hours to get there, they were half an hour late in bringing us into the test and no apologies, When they rang me back to come for interview, I declined and told them that i wouldn't work for a company that was so discourteous. Ring up this job. and tell them you cannot make the morning, and that you can only make afternoon interviews. they will see this as a sign of strength and that your not a puchover, and will hire you.

but the bottom line is in these economic days, we do what THE MAN says.

x in the city · 22-01-2009 11:31am

Yes, I know there is an exit for sandyford, But since I would be arriving from the sthicks, I would be on the N7 entering at the red cow anyway.

whippet · 22-01-2009 11:35am

boredatwork82 wrote: »

Yeah I know, but it has to be done.... working for the MAN, they don't care about anything other than profit.
Hopefully this recession bites hard and we go back to farming and good honest work, and let all this ignorant multi nationals get out of our country.
I had an aptitude test last week, drove 2 and a a half hours to get there, they were half an hour late in bringing us into the test and no apologies, When they rang me back to come for interview, I declined and told them that i wouldn't work for a company that was so discourteous. Ring up this job. and tell them you cannot make the morning, and that you can only make afternoon interviews. they will see this as a sign of strength and that your not a puchover, and will hire you.

but the bottom line is in these economic days, we do what THE MAN says.

great post :rolleyes:

Maybe the person who is interviewing you is very busy and the only free time in their schedule is 9am in the morning. If you really want the job you will arrive on time and seem happy about it. The interviewer will realise this, however if you don't they will think of you differently .. it may not be fair but it is real life.

kayos · 22-01-2009 11:43am

Honestly 4am is nothing I do that every monday morning to get to my client in Dublin. I could list all the times/places where I've been requested one place or another and just had to go. Its life the market is hardly the employees playground any more where you could hop from one job to another.

Honestly be happy you are even getting a chance to interview many out there would give their right arm for.

ntlbell · 22-01-2009 11:48am

if you're not happy with how you're being dealt with by this company it's probably a good refecltion on how they're as a company.

explain your circumstances offer another time.

or kindly reject the offer and find another company to deal with you in a way of your liking.

I am pie · 22-01-2009 11:54am

You need to show a bit more enthusiasm than that. Do you want the job enough to travel ? If not then that's going to come across in the inteview. If you appear hassled or annoyed by the early interview it's going to come across. If you travel you need to be telling yourself that this is proof that you are the right man for the job, you're up for it and you know you're going to succeed in the interview. If you come across as focused on yourself and how the job/interview affects you rather than how you can affect the company in a positive way then you're done for.

Otherwise you will be wasting your time. Sorry, sounds harsh but that's life.

22-01-2009 12:06pm

Honestly, how much do you want the job that getting up at 4am is a deal breaker? I had an interview on Friday in Brussels - got up at 4.30, in a taxi, flew to Charleroi, got a bus to the train station, train to Brussels, metro to where I was going. By the time I got there it was 2pm and I had no time for lunch and I sat through an hour and a half interview and aptitude tests starving. C'est la vie. Getting from Kerry to Sandyford really isn't that big of a deal.

If I told the guy interviewing me, to meet me at 9AM SHARP, in some impossible to find locating in Kerry tomorrow morning, im sure you could guess what he would be thinking...

Thing is, you want the job. He doesn't. You live in rural Kerry, he lives in the capital. If you live in the arse end of nowhere, you can expect to have to travel for interviews and jobs, what's so unreasonable about that?

x in the city · 22-01-2009 12:20pm

Lol

Well, apparently they will meet me monday or wednesday of next week.

So I guess THE MAN does rule after all....

but on a serious note, Its not a job I am looking to get into, but these recessionary times...

MagicMarker · 22-01-2009 12:25pm

He probably asked you to come in at 9am just to see if you wanted it bad to enough to actually do it!

Now he has his answer.

You could even treat yourself to a night in the big city, stay in the Beacon Hotel which is in Sandyford.

Fighting Irish · 22-01-2009 12:26pm

x in the city wrote: »

Right so, got a call this morning, some company want to see me at 9AM SHARP, tomorrow in sandyford.

thing is im in the sticks of kerry.

so like no problem, I can fly my lear jet to some impossible to find obsecure business in sandyford at 9am tomorrow morning, no hassle.!

If I told the guy interviewing me, to meet me at 9AM SHARP, in some impossible to find locating in Kerry tomorrow morning, im sure you could guess what he would be thinking...

do these bosses have any dignity or shame?

:rolleyes:

AARRRGH · 22-01-2009 12:32pm

I was unemployed once. I had to get to France the following day. In a matter of minutes I arranged all the travel details (including numerous train journeys) and made it to France no problem.

If you want it bad enough, you can do it.

OP: By next Monday or Wednesday, they will probably have interviewed quite a few people, and may have already made up their mind. I think you've made the wrong decision.

who007 · 22-01-2009 12:36pm

I wouldn't bother - I think they got a Polish girl to stack those shelves instead.

OP you never told us what the job was? Might give us an idea as to why it aggravates you so much?

Serafijn · 22-01-2009 12:50pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

OP: By next Monday or Wednesday, they will probably have interviewed quite a few people, and may have already made up their mind. I think you've made the wrong decision.

+1

Don't be surprised if you get a phonecall tomorrow saying sorry the role has been filled...

Saint_Mel · 22-01-2009 12:54pm

Serafijn wrote: »

+1

Don't be surprised if you get a phonecall tomorrow saying sorry the role has been filled...

That would be very funny if the job was for a deli

But seriously, they asked you to be there for 9am. Presumably you asked to schedule the interview for a more suitable time, allowing for travel, before you went on a rant about how unreasonable they were?

x in the city · 22-01-2009 1:06pm

How can they expect someone to get their s**t together for an interview in such short space of time.

I dont care if there is a recession or not, and the role wont be filled by next week, I know for one.

I could easily make dublin for tomorrow at 9am but I would have had to drive up and be in bits for the interview, so it would be a waste of time.

I drove to wankerford once 5 hours driving and this n0b of a HR guy asks me half way into the interview 'are you allergic to work'.

I told him im not allergic to work but I am allergic to **** like you wasting my time driving 5 hours for an interview and walked out*

* actually, I did not say that, but on hindsight I should have

RentDayBlues · 22-01-2009 1:08pm

And yet you're unemployed. . . . .

MagicMarker · 22-01-2009 1:15pm

x in the city wrote: »

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I could easily make dublin for tomorrow at 9am but I would have had to drive up and be in bits for the interview, so it would be a waste of time.

Well it doesn't matter if you have to drive up tomorrow or in 2 months time, you'd still be in ''bits''. So why the fúck did you apply for a job in Dublin?

partyguinness · 22-01-2009 1:20pm

Mate..be glad you have a job interview.

I was travelling to England for interviews at one stage on only a few days notice. I didnt complain.

Did you not know the interview would be in Dublin? It is short notice..so perhaps you should stop posting threads and get to it...:P

Serafijn · 22-01-2009 1:29pm

Saint_Mel wrote: »

That would be very funny if the job was for a deli

Ba-dum-tish

But just in response to the thread title. Most companies at the moment are having a lot of problems of their own. Managers want to get people in and hired quickly in case their recruitment budget gets pulled. They are inundated with applications for any jobs they do post, and smaller companies in particular don't have the systems or processes required to handle this kind of volume.

Granted they should still take into account peoples' personal situations and do what they can to accomodate. Maybe they thought that a full 24 hours was enough notice, maybe they don't know how long it takes to get here from Kerry, maybe they were working alphabetically down a list and didn't realise you weren't local......

You're doing well to have gotten an interview at the moment, so try not to mess it up by having such a negative attitude.

vms7ply9t6dw4b · 22-01-2009 1:33pm

x in the city wrote: »

How can they expect someone to get their s**t together for an interview in such short space of time.

I dont care if there is a recession or not, and the role wont be filled by next week, I know for one.

I could easily make dublin for tomorrow at 9am but I would have had to drive up and be in bits for the interview, so it would be a waste of time.

I drove to wankerford once 5 hours driving and this n0b of a HR guy asks me half way into the interview 'are you allergic to work'.

I told him im not allergic to work but I am allergic to **** like you wasting my time driving 5 hours for an interview and walked out*

* actually, I did not say that, but on hindsight I should have

This is what happens when you live in the back arse of nowhere, why dont you move to a city where you can actually find work instead of whinging everytime you have to drive to an interview?

partyguinness · 22-01-2009 1:40pm

You need to get into your head that the company in question or any other company does not owe you siht so get off your high horse...

Why should they give a crap? who are you?:eek:

Emerald Lass · 22-01-2009 1:41pm

x in the city wrote: »

How can they expect someone to get their s**t together for an interview in such short space of time.

because you applied for the position, thereby implying that you were ready to actively seek work and attend an interview. If you were not in a position to do that then why did you apply???

x in the city wrote: »

I dont care if there is a recession or not, and the role wont be filled by next week, I know for one.

so if you don't care, then get over it and stop whinging?

x in the city wrote: »

I could easily make dublin for tomorrow at 9am but I would have had to drive up and be in bits for the interview, so it would be a waste of time.

so you admit you can easily do it but you still complain, and whinge? yes you are right, it would be a waste of time - for the interviewer as you clearly have a very poor and negative attidude.

x in the city wrote: »

I drove to wankerford once 5 hours driving and this n0b of a HR guy asks me half way into the interview 'are you allergic to work'.

this man from 'wankerford' seems very astute - seems like he got the cut of you fairly quickly.

x in the city wrote: »

I told him im not allergic to work but I am allergic to **** like you wasting my time driving 5 hours for an interview and walked out*

* actually, I did not say that, but on hindsight I should have

yes your right, in hindsight you should have said that - you were far too nice and polite and charming. This is obviously your downfall, you should be more 'honest'.

I for one am glad people like you are looking for jobs - in fact i hope that you get interviewed right before me. Then even if I go in looking like a hobo, not giving a **** and being a rude twat I will still impress them compaired to you.

Charm is your very essence my friend! :rolleyes:

Geri Boyle · 22-01-2009 1:54pm

Wtf?! Welcome to the real world!

x in the city · 22-01-2009 2:08pm

because you applied for the position, thereby implying that you were ready to actively seek work and attend an interview. If you were not in a position to do that then why did you apply???

I did not apply, they headhunted me. I am overqualified for the role, but desperate times like this.

x in the city · 22-01-2009 2:11pm

You could even treat yourself to a night in the big city, stay in the Beacon Hotel which is in Sandyford.

Sure, like I have a wad of cash here for hotels in Dublin..!

boredatwork82 · 22-01-2009 2:14pm

your deadright OP. Irish people whinge about stuff, thats what we do! so carry on! I agree with you whole heartedly.

Also, I feel you will also get a lot of sympathey for your case on the Joe Duffy show. And other people will come on and offer you jobs on air.

partyguinness · 22-01-2009 2:28pm

x in the city wrote: »

Sure, like I have a wad of cash here for hotels in Dublin..!

Christ OP it was just a helpful suggestion to try and make the most of it..why jump down his throat??...

Its no wonder your unemployed with the attitude.

Will you be honest in the interview and tell them you are overqualified?:eek:

x in the city · 22-01-2009 2:51pm

Will you be honest in the interview and tell them you are overqualified?

Im sure they already know this from looking at my resume.

Lads, calm down a bit, its just an interview. I bet if I posted this 2 years ago when the economy was flying, responses would be alot different.!

Emerald Lass · 22-01-2009 3:04pm

looks to me like they are the desperate ones if they headhunted you - your attitude sucks.

x in the city · 22-01-2009 3:11pm

looks to me like they are the desperate ones if they headhunted you - your attitude sucks.

My atttitude doesnt suck, I am just a resonable guy. I have done plenty interviews and 9 times out of 10 they would taken into account your travel distance and try and accomodate you as much as they can.

It seems the company were not aware I was so far away.

Seems everyone here is bitter because of the difficult times right now.

his man from 'wankerford' seems very astute - seems like he got the cut of you fairly quickly.

You knew nothing about this interview so keep your opinions to yourself.

apoch632 · 22-01-2009 3:20pm

x in the city wrote: »

Im sure they already know this from looking at my resume.

Lads, calm down a bit, its just an interview. I bet if I posted this 2 years ago when the economy was flying, responses would be alot different.!

Well its not, the world is the way it is at the moment. Do you have any idea of how desperate some people are to even get any interview at this stage.

RentDayBlues · 22-01-2009 3:28pm

You knew nothing about this interview so keep your opinions to yourself.

Surely you were looking for people's opinions if you posted here?????

Whiskey Devil · 22-01-2009 3:54pm

I they didn't know you were in Kerry why didn't you mention it?

Opportunites are few and far between. At least you have an offer.

nyarlothothep · 22-01-2009 3:55pm

x in the city wrote: »

My atttitude doesnt suck, I am just a resonable guy. I have done plenty interviews and 9 times out of 10 they would taken into account your travel distance and try and accomodate you as much as they can.

It seems the company were not aware I was so far away.

Seems everyone here is bitter because of the difficult times right now.

You knew nothing about this interview so keep your opinions to yourself.

I admire your attitude, never suck the company's cock or be "grateful" for a job. You are a free individual. Walk tall.

Driina · 22-01-2009 4:29pm

Don't be so picky... If you NEED a job, go for the interview. It's not like the few hours of travel would kill you...

btw... what job is it? can we have a look?

maybe some of us would be happy to get there in time...:p

Geri Boyle · 22-01-2009 4:39pm

Stay in Bewleys Leopardstown. Its cheaper than the beacon. I have a feeling that if you feck up this opportunity one like it is not going to come round again in a month or two. All joking aside, it's not two years ago and our economy is not what it was. Dont shoot yourself in the foot because you're 'over qualified' and you think you're too good for the company. Pride is a terrible thing OP.

ollyk1 · 22-01-2009 4:56pm

You handled this badly OP imho.

What you should have said was "actually I have another interview tomorrow at 9am would it be possible to schedule something for later in the day?"

It sends out the message that you are in demand and is an effective way of pushing the interview back until later in the day in a manner that they can't really argue with.

I've done it before to great effect.

AARRRGH · 22-01-2009 5:25pm

ollyk1 wrote: »

You handled this badly OP imho.

What you should have said was "actually I have another interview tomorrow at 9am would it be possible to schedule something for later in the day?"

It sends out the message that you are in demand and is an effective way of pushing the interview back until later in the day in a manner that they can't really argue with.

I've done it before to great effect.

Yeah, I think this is good advice.

I've seen the "she's in demand" thing work before.

x in the city · 22-01-2009 5:30pm

I better get this closed soon..

Mods.?!!

I dont mean to come across all arrogant and whatnot, better get this locked. Did not mean to come across as an a$$..!

AARRRGH · 22-01-2009 5:35pm

x in the city wrote: »

Did not mean to come across as an a$$..!

The story of my life...

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 22-01-2009 5:40pm

x in the city wrote: »

Right so, got a call this morning, some company want to see me at 9AM SHARP, tomorrow in sandyford.

thing is im in the sticks of kerry.

so like no problem, I can fly my lear jet to some impossible to find obsecure business in sandyford at 9am tomorrow morning, no hassle.!

If I told the guy interviewing me, to meet me at 9AM SHARP, in some impossible to find locating in Kerry tomorrow morning, im sure you could guess what he would be thinking...

do these bosses have any dignity or shame?

You can STFU any time soon, poor you getting an interview. Make arrangements and leave early, leave the night before and stay in a B and B. Do something about it, bitching here isn't going to help.

I used to live in the sticks too, when I got an interview on that short notice I simply explained to them that I live in the sticks and will need more time to organise transport. Christ, it's not rocket science.

Sick of people whining about work when there are tens of thousands of us out there dying for a chance.

grizzly · 22-01-2009 5:48pm

I'm with x in the city, what kind of company calls up a potential employee before checking relevant maps and timetables!!??

Fúking companies these days *blood boiling* :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

EDIT

Just checked – you can find relevant maps and timetables on the internet. So there's no excuse.

Companies dont give a f*** do they?

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