Life on the bench: in my dressing gown

[Tarquin Farquhar]

STOP WITH THE FRICKEN LOL'ING!!! IT DOIN' MY 'EAD IN!!!!

<and breathes....>

Chill .......

[mudskipper]

STOP WITH THE FRICKEN LOL'ING!!! IT DOIN' MY 'EAD IN!!!!

<and breathes....>

WSS

[NeverBeenNorthOfTheM25]

STOP WITH THE FRICKEN LOL'ING!!! IT DOIN' MY 'EAD IN!!!!

<and breathes....>

Could the people in here be any more hypersensitive? ........ I think not ...

[RichardCranium]

Spring must have arrived - the happy bunnies are out!

633 applications.
Averaging about 3 to 4 applications per working day.

1 telephone interview - "Not got right kind of experience" (i.e. I have public sector experience).
1 face-to-face 'interview' that was just free consultancy.
1 telephone interview - "Not got experience" feedback (which defied belief) and I think it was free consultancy.
1 face-to-face interview that was then filled internally (which I think they intended all along).
1 telephone interview for a sales role (I wish they'd said that up beforehand).
1 telephone interview - outcome unknown as agency never returned calls.
1 face-to-face which went horribly wrong yet...

I start on Monday.

• Project management.
• My niche field (they never found a 2nd person to interview).
• Paying 50% MORE than I was seeking. (85% of the highest rate I have been on.)
• Probably over a year's work.
• Agency is paying weekly.

(And the really scary bit? The money was finally going to run out completely 2nd week in Feb. I was going to phone my Dad this weekend and - well, I don't really know what I was going to say. All far too close for comfort.)

A highly polished, indoor, top quality position on the bench (with cushions and beer-chiller thrown in) will be appearing on eBay shortly.

[ratewhore]

good effort.

can this thread be locked now?

[AtW]

[DaveB]

Well Done That Man!

[Pogle]

Fanbloomingtastic

I shall be smiling all weekend now -

[LostInBrussels]

I am so pleased

YAY!! I'm so thrilled for you!
A good nights sleep at last eh?

[Churchill]

Oi RC!

About time, ya bum!