Going Perm in NFP sector - any cultural 'Gotcha's ??

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cojak replied

1 August 2018, 05:18
Be professional.

Don't be yourself.

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northernladuk replied

31 July 2018, 22:04
If you are so smart and you've got such a brain on you why can't you work it out?
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Old Greg replied

31 July 2018, 20:51
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Reminder: This is not General.

Then move the thread to General.
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31 July 2018, 20:41
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JCinCUK started a topic Going Perm in NFP sector - any cultural 'Gotcha's ??

31 July 2018, 17:41
Going Perm in NFP sector - any cultural 'Gotcha's ??

....any cultural 'gotcha's I need to know about?

I'm in a double bind here as I haven't worked this end of the market ever, let alone as a permie (doing this to springboard to more lucrative stuff). A couple of times the last decade I've had management have words with me about "If you'd been a permanent employee you'd have been castigated for"....basically I love to talk, I've a bit of a brain on me and don't mind flaunting it.

I know the usual stuff - avoid religion politics, avoid racial/sexual jokes, blah blah, but I imagine these places are WAY oversensitised, I've heard some frickken horror stories about people getting pulled up to HR for the absolute stupidest, pettiest crap. One did got frickken SUSPENDED simply for throwing a (dry) teabag at a colleague in the office kitchen during a joke. Turned out matey was gay, went straight to HR, and accused him of sexual harrassment (teabagging)...yeah.

I've considered just keeping my mouth shut (no pun intended) during the probie period but that'd look suss too.

Anyway, if anyone's got "The Smart Man's Guide To Banter Without HR", I'd be grateful.
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