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Previously on "A new low in the world of recruitment..."

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Just because he marked your curtains!
    Marked? I had to burn them.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post


    They definitely don't use him twice

    Just because he marked your curtains!

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    I always removed the little monitoring device that they had under the desk to check when one was/wasn't there. A little, though largely insignificant, act of defiance.
    I just use a mouse jiggles...

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  • wattaj
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    And let’s not forget monitoring PC use (or lack thereof).
    I always removed the little monitoring device that they had under the desk to check when one was/wasn't there. A little, though largely insignificant, act of defiance.
    Last edited by wattaj; 10 September 2020, 08:12. Reason: Clarity.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    Does anyone really use PC though? I thought he was just there to secure diversity in the modern workplace.


    They definitely don't use him twice

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    And let’s not forget monitoring PC use (or lack thereof).
    Does anyone really use PC though? I thought he was just there to secure diversity in the modern workplace.

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    It's toe-curling BS. They espouse all the soft and fluffy corporate inclusivity bollocks and then Jes sets his security staff onto track down whistle-blowers.

    And let’s not forget monitoring PC use (or lack thereof).

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  • Andy2
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    what motivates you and how you align to the Barclays Values and Capabilities".
    I want money and barclays want money, so there is alignment of values

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Indeed.

    Barclays just isn't the same since they stopped supporting appartheid.

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  • _V_
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    I don't think I'd ever want to work there to be honest. My values certainly don't align to somewhere like that.

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  • TheGreenBastard
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    "find out more about you, what motivates you and how you align to the Barclays Values and Capabilities"
    Translation: expose yourself to us so that we can weaponise it... straight from the Catholicism and Scientology play books.

    Work is slavery.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    It would appear that Barclays now have their own version of the Voight-Kampf test: 21 short videos with 5 questions each to "find out more about you, what motivates you and how you align to the Barclays Values and Capabilities". It's a cavalcade of serious looking RADA drop-outs celebrating the wonderful diversity of the modern workplace in all its forms.

    Rejoice! Rejoice my fellow job seekers... we can debase ourselves even further in pursuit of the corporate shilling.

    Maybe we can shoot the questioner?

    Though I do like free money and a bit of nepotism so maybe I do align with their values?

    Fincrime Briefing: SEC fines Barclays for corruption in ‘princelings’ scandal, Swedbank fires top execs amid laundering probe, Tanzania AML enforcement uptick, and more - CFCS | Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists | A BARBRI, Inc. Company

    SEC fines British banking giant Barclays $6 million for hiring relatives of business prospects in further tendril of ‘princelings’ scandal
    The chief watchdog of the U.S. securities sector penalized one of London’s largest banks more than $6 million for broad corruption failings by illicitly trying to boost its investment banking business by hiring the friends and relatives of powerful foreign government officials – bringing the total number of banks to fall for similar actions to nearly a half-dozen.

    Fraud trial of former Barclays bosses puts SFO under scrutiny | UK news | The Guardian

    The cases relate to a £12bn rescue package provided by investors including Qatar Holdingsin 2008, which helped Barclays avoid a government bailout during the banking crash. The investigation centred on a subsequent $3bn (£2.3bn) loan to state-owned Qatar Holdings, which was allegedly used to buy Barclays shares in what the SFO says amounted to unlawful financial assistance.

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  • wattaj
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    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    Somebody should tell them that diversity of workforce does not equate to diversity of thought.
    It's toe-curling BS. They espouse all the soft and fluffy corporate inclusivity bollocks and then Jes sets his security staff onto track down whistle-blowers.

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  • Zigenare
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    Somebody should tell them that diversity of workforce does not equate to diversity of thought.

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  • wattaj
    started a topic A new low in the world of recruitment...

    A new low in the world of recruitment...

    It would appear that Barclays now have their own version of the Voight-Kampf test: 21 short videos with 5 questions each to "find out more about you, what motivates you and how you align to the Barclays Values and Capabilities". It's a cavalcade of serious looking RADA drop-outs celebrating the wonderful diversity of the modern workplace in all its forms.

    Rejoice! Rejoice my fellow job seekers... we can debase ourselves even further in pursuit of the corporate shilling.

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