Good News/Bad News

[philipswales]

The good news is that I've been offered a new, permanent job starting Monday.

The bad news is that its in a call centre.


I've effectively sold my soul to the Devil.


Ah, well.

[= KA$H =]

I hear they have long hours.

What are the hours?

[philipswales]

Standard 37.5 hour week, weekdays only.

[richardmorgan]

Youre in work hell

[philipswales]

Not any more. I've just quit.

[richardmorgan]

LMAO. Why?

[philipswales]

I quit because:


they lied to me about weekend work (told me definitely Monday-Friday when they offered me the job, told me Saturdays were part of the shift at today's induction)

of their policy whereby if you quit before 3 months' service, they actually CHARGE you up to ?300 for the cost of your training

I didn't like the actual working environment of the call suites once I'd actually been inside one

too many rules and regulations, whereby even putting a holiday in requires a lot of effort and bureacacy

and because the 12-PAGE (!!!) contract contained so many clauses which were skimmed over in the induction that I refused to sign it until I could take it home and read through it thoroughly

[= KA$H =]

Down the Job Centre then.

Got yourself into a growth industry at last.

[philipswales]

Good news!


Managed to land another job... a decent one this time.


I'm gonna be an Administrator working at the Learning & Skills Council, a Government body set up to help young people to get into training and further education.


Permanent job, decent salary, good benefits, etc.

All my persistence has finally paid off.

[= KA$H =]

What does an Administrator do. Do tell old boy...