Recruiter's scathing LinkedIn rejection shamed online

[northernladuk]

OK pop pickers

you have two roles advertised, you can do & like the look of both of them but one is in Amersham and one is in 'west london' both have similar pay. Which one do you go for? The one in West london turns out to be South Acton and the one in Amersham is East of Amersham 5 miles away yet if it were in Harrow you could do it by tube easily. which one do you go for?

This gibberish that employees should live to work is going to far when you expect people to get up at 4am to get to work.

You go for both of them and make a decision when you get some offers on the table.

[vetran]

Right, but at what point do you make that level of granularity an issue? If I get approached about a job that says "Glasgow" knowing it could easily be someplace involving an unpleasant car commute, I wouldn't get too concerned about that in the initial phone contact. Maybe I'm just too desperate...

where it will significantly affect your commute or enjoyment of the job.

Glasgow you can get across town in an hour at high traffic. Or at least you could. so 8 hours + 2 hours = 10 hours home to see the kids for 6 hours.

London a commute can take 3 hours+, 8+6 =14 hours you might tuck them in if they are 4 or older.

Yes possibly he asked too early but the agent was very vague. West London is a huge area and it has a large triangle of commute.

[vetran]

You go for both of them and make a decision when you get some offers on the table.

and then you are the fickle candidate who didn't fancy a great job. Or you waste a day interviewing for a job you obviously don't want the minute you find out where it is.

[BrilloPad]

If the agent isn't willing to send me complete directions and a satellite map of the site they can take a hike. What am I paying them for anyway?

When the gig comes up to work on PHP to enslave the UK, you are not going to be considered.

I applied. It was 10 Downing Street. But don't tell anyone - that is a secret....

[BrilloPad]

where it will significantly affect your commute or enjoyment of the job.

Glasgow you can get across town in an hour at high traffic. Or at least you could. so 8 hours + 2 hours = 10 hours home to see the kids for 6 hours.

London a commute can take 3 hours+, 8+6 =14 hours you might tuck them in if they are 4 or older.

Yes possibly he asked too early but the agent was very vague. West London is a huge area and it has a large triangle of commute.

Then never take a job in the city.

The only reason they pay so much is putting up with the commute.

[seanraaron]

Possibly the truest thing, you have said on here all week.

Well done

Don't say I never do anything for ya.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Then never take a job in the city.

The only reason they pay so much is putting up with the permy morons and the ream of consultants.

[NigelJK]

Career Coach Susan Burke, of LinkedIn Success Academy, told Recruitment Grapevine

Gets my vote for non-job of the year.

[vetran]

Then never take a job in the city.

The only reason they pay so much is putting up with the commute.

it was 'West London' not the city.


You have Uxbridge, Watford, Hayes etc that fall into that classification. Commutes to there could be sub 1 hour depending on where you start from. I doubt the opportunity was so well paid that the applicant would be swayed by the cash.

[NibblyPig]

Very puzzled by these replies, first thing I would ask is where.

In fact, that's usually the first thing they tell me, unless it's a permie role in rural wales, in which case they drone on about how amazing it is before dropping the bombshell that it's in a farmer's field in a village with population 27.

To not waste anyone's time you should immediately state the obvious deal breakers - what it is, and where it is.

No point in discussing the ins and outs of the client's requirements if the job is 400 miles away in the scottish highlands, or that they've picked up your .net software engineer CV for a structural engineering job on the severn bridge (both of which have happened to me).

Really baffled that people would think otherwise.