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Originally posted by dsc View PostBest ones imho are the companies who can't make up their mind, so go half and half - "we offer a flexible working schedule, you can work up to 3 days from home". Like this is going to change anything, you still need to be local for those 2 days which means you need to be local for the whole lot FFS.
My co is using the money they are saving to send everyone on holiday for 2 weeks - post lockdown !!
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Originally posted by jayn200 View PostI know it doesn't matter right now but out of curiosity why did you not move? If you own your house let it out and rent something closer. Was it because of kids?Comment
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Originally posted by BigDataPro View PostYou guessed it right. It was because of kid and the school. Even though kid is going to Uni next week, I wouldn't move. London is congested and expensive :-)
1st contact offered after I moved
Glasgow !!!
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Originally posted by sira View PostI already have a job offer. And they apologised, and will be rescheduled. It's unacceptable imo.Comment
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Originally posted by Antman View PostWell played sah! Good for you, I would have taken the interview and hoped the desperation didn't show too much.Comment
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Originally posted by LondonPM1 View PostMore evidence if any needed that perm is somehow safer then contracting. Total nonsense. Perm is notice period and that’s it. Always has beenThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by dsc View PostBest ones imho are the companies who can't make up their mind, so go half and half - "we offer a flexible working schedule, you can work up to 3 days from home". Like this is going to change anything, you still need to be local for those 2 days which means you need to be local for the whole lot FFS.Comment
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Originally posted by dsc View PostBest ones imho are the companies who can't make up their mind, so go half and half - "we offer a flexible working schedule, you can work up to 3 days from home". Like this is going to change anything, you still need to be local for those 2 days which means you need to be local for the whole lot FFS.
Few days later I get a phone call from the agent as the client was concerned about my location and pointed out they had a third office in the home counties I might need to visit. I pointed out it wasn't physically possible for one person to be near all three offices and any form of lockdown would make it all academic anyway.
Never did hear back. I suspect they are waiting for someone to apply perfectly equidistant from all three offices.Comment
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Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostI got put forward for a contract that was initially WFH but might involved some meetings at their office in the West Midlands when things opened up a bit (it was earlier in the year). No problem. Went on to point out they were moving to a location in Oxfordshire. Again, no problem as I can come and stay over if they want me in the office.
Few days later I get a phone call from the agent as the client was concerned about my location and pointed out they had a third office in the home counties I might need to visit. I pointed out it wasn't physically possible for one person to be near all three offices and any form of lockdown would make it all academic anyway.
Never did hear back. I suspect they are waiting for someone to apply perfectly equidistant from all three offices.
More likely the pimp was selling to you a fake job, and he was tracking you for a few days/weeks with empty updates, to see if you end up getting on to something else and he can, in the guise of a chat / updates, check what other roles are going on in the market, so he can steal it.
I have had things like this happen to me too.
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