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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Well today is on the up... I have just been offered an inter_iew for tomorrow morning at 10am that I was hoping for.... The problem is I should be at work and the inter_iew is at least a half hour job away.... Any ideas how I can do this as I really need out of the job that I'm in  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Well today is on the up... I have just been offered an inter_iew for tomorrow morning at 10am that I was hoping for.... The problem is I should be at work and the inter_iew is at least a half hour job away.... Any ideas how I can do this as I really need out of the job that I'm in "
Blame car trouble always a good one.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sounds like a sickie is in order. Not a problem if you hate the job your in. Even better if your confident on getting the new job
Good luck with it"
I've had a week off sick two weeks ago as really was sick and this is one of the main reasons for the change in jobs.
I'm debating just being honest with my employer x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Well today is on the up... I have just been offered an inter_iew for tomorrow morning at 10am that I was hoping for.... The problem is I should be at work and the inter_iew is at least a half hour job away.... Any ideas how I can do this as I really need out of the job that I'm in
Blame car trouble always a good one. "
I was thinking that as my fb lives that way on x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Take a risk, phone in sick and go for the inter_iew. What's the worst that can happen?
You don't get the new job and your current employer gives you a reprimand (after proving you were sick of course, which they can't).
Best case scenario is that you get the new job and they ask you to start straight away. To hell with your current employer.
Good luck. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you feel secure in your current job then honesty may be best policy. If they don't want to lose you then it may prompt them to improve your conditions. |
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By *xodussxMan
over a year ago
sheffield |
If I am right, the employment law give you the right to attend a job inter_iew as long as you tell your current employer without facing any trouble
Maybe I amwrong, let me double check again as it is fully allow in France and you can't be subject to any kind of harrassment or bully for letting your boss know that you maybe looking for another job |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If I am right, the employment law give you the right to attend a job inter_iew as long as you tell your current employer without facing any trouble
Maybe I amwrong, let me double check again as it is fully allow in France and you can't be subject to any kind of harrassment or bully for letting your boss know that you maybe looking for another job"
In practice it will be markedly different. Tribunals are notoriously difficult to win. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Well today is on the up... I have just been offered an inter_iew for tomorrow morning at 10am that I was hoping for.... The problem is I should be at work and the inter_iew is at least a half hour job away.... Any ideas how I can do this as I really need out of the job that I'm in "
That is very short notice for an inter_iew if you have only just received it. I would explain to them you cannot honestly skip out of work without taking a days holiday or offer to come after work. Any sort of employer worth working for will appreciate commitment to a position you hold and as they would want equally the same commitment they will rearrange.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If I am right, the employment law give you the right to attend a job inter_iew as long as you tell your current employer without facing any trouble
Maybe I amwrong, let me double check again as it is fully allow in France and you can't be subject to any kind of harrassment or bully for letting your boss know that you maybe looking for another job
In practice it will be markedly different. Tribunals are notoriously difficult to win."
Not if you are in the right you are not! Tribunals listen to the evidence and make judgement on that, its not a matter of being biased to one side and those who loose a tribunal invariably are in the wrong. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Well today is on the up... I have just been offered an inter_iew for tomorrow morning at 10am that I was hoping for.... The problem is I should be at work and the inter_iew is at least a half hour job away.... Any ideas how I can do this as I really need out of the job that I'm in
That is very short notice for an inter_iew if you have only just received it. I would explain to them you cannot honestly skip out of work without taking a days holiday or offer to come after work. Any sort of employer worth working for will appreciate commitment to a position you hold and as they would want equally the same commitment they will rearrange. "
They offered me the inter_iew on Monday but I couldn't get out of work... They then said that they would come back to me once the current inter_iews had taken place... I don't want to miss out |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If I am right, the employment law give you the right to attend a job inter_iew as long as you tell your current employer without facing any trouble
Maybe I amwrong, let me double check again as it is fully allow in France and you can't be subject to any kind of harrassment or bully for letting your boss know that you maybe looking for another job
In practice it will be markedly different. Tribunals are notoriously difficult to win.
Not if you are in the right you are not! Tribunals listen to the evidence and make judgement on that, its not a matter of being biased to one side and those who loose a tribunal invariably are in the wrong."
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"If I am right, the employment law give you the right to attend a job inter_iew as long as you tell your current employer without facing any trouble
Maybe I amwrong, let me double check again as it is fully allow in France and you can't be subject to any kind of harrassment or bully for letting your boss know that you maybe looking for another job
In practice it will be markedly different. Tribunals are notoriously difficult to win.
Not if you are in the right you are not! Tribunals listen to the evidence and make judgement on that, its not a matter of being biased to one side and those who loose a tribunal invariably are in the wrong. "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can you not say you have over slept and will stay on late or do you have any niece/nephew's you could say that there has been a collapse of childcare and you are helping out. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Can you not say you have over slept and will stay on late or do you have any niece/nephew's you could say that there has been a collapse of childcare and you are helping out. "
Unfortunately I only live ten minutes from my current workplace, I'm feeling a trip to the fbs is in order and a broken down car |
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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago
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I was honest with a previous employer and with a manager I got on well with. On casually asking me why I wanted a holiday .. with 2 weeks notice I told him I had an inter_iew and thought nothing of it.
Next thing, my duties were shuffled off to other people leaving me with fuck all to do. Asking why, he said I was a risk to the business and that I didnt appear to want responsibility.
Ended with me not getting that job but leaving after a years battle of doing nothing and getting 'shit canned' I think is the phrase lol |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I was honest with a previous employer and with a manager I got on well with. On casually asking me why I wanted a holiday .. with 2 weeks notice I told him I had an inter_iew and thought nothing of it.
Next thing, my duties were shuffled off to other people leaving me with fuck all to do. Asking why, he said I was a risk to the business and that I didnt appear to want responsibility.
Ended with me not getting that job but leaving after a years battle of doing nothing and getting 'shit canned' I think is the phrase lol"
I get on reasonably well with my managing director, however not sure I should tell her due to me having enough of the way I'm being treated.
Not really worried about my tasks being passed to others as this would be a massive weight off my shoulders, just worried ill be out of a job |
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By *xodussxMan
over a year ago
sheffield |
"Think I've just stuffed it up... Mum told me to be honest to the boss so I have... Just have to wait and see the response I get x "
. You worrying too much. Your boss may not want you to leave after all and will have a nice chat with you
My question is how have told your boss??? Do you have any prove that you told him??? I.e e-mail, sms or letter...bear in mind that you may need it one day if he turns nasty
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Think I've just stuffed it up... Mum told me to be honest to the boss so I have... Just have to wait and see the response I get x . You worrying too much. Your boss may not want you to leave after all and will have a nice chat with you
My question is how have told your boss??? Do you have any prove that you told him??? I.e e-mail, sms or letter...bear in mind that you may need it one day if he turns nasty
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Have it on text... She says it is fine for me to come in after the inter_iew. They know I'm not happy but now I wish I had more time to prepare for the actual inter_iew x |
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By *xodussxMan
over a year ago
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"Think I've just stuffed it up... Mum told me to be honest to the boss so I have... Just have to wait and see the response I get x . You worrying too much. Your boss may not want you to leave after all and will have a nice chat with you
My question is how have told your boss??? Do you have any prove that you told him??? I.e e-mail, sms or letter...bear in mind that you may need it one day if he turns nasty
Have it on text... She says it is fine for me to come in after the inter_iew. They know I'm not happy but now I wish I had more time to prepare for the actual inter_iew x"
....you see??? You don't need time to prepare or get ready for any inter_iew. You start your next job inter_iew the day you sign aa contract for a any job. What is good is to get your resignation letter ready from the day you start a new job as the real happiness on job market is to be able to change job. But saddly the reality is something else now that there is no jobs
Go for the inter_iew,do you best and who know...good luck |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages.  |
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Ok, not sure how much good this will be to you but I've in my 2nd week of a new job - I was so nervous before inter_iews - I had a telephone inter_iew out of the blue and passed it - I'd failed quite a few before when I'd over analysed myself and surrounded by all the paperwork with the 'correct' answers. I had very little time to prepare for the meet and greet inter_iew - passed it - and then the next day was my one to one inter_iew - again passed it. My OH had told me to just be myself and not think about what I thought they wanted to hear but what I knew. It works - if you know you can do the job they are inter_iewing then go in with confidence and just be honest - if you don't know something then just say - don't waffle.
But most of all relax  |
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By *xodussxMan
over a year ago
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. "
....he is paying the wages for the service we provide.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. "
I have... Well have now after a long hard think... And I am only looking at a new job due to the way the company is treating me... So I don't see why I should have loyalty x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ok, not sure how much good this will be to you but I've in my 2nd week of a new job - I was so nervous before inter_iews - I had a telephone inter_iew out of the blue and passed it - I'd failed quite a few before when I'd over analysed myself and surrounded by all the paperwork with the 'correct' answers. I had very little time to prepare for the meet and greet inter_iew - passed it - and then the next day was my one to one inter_iew - again passed it. My OH had told me to just be myself and not think about what I thought they wanted to hear but what I knew. It works - if you know you can do the job they are inter_iewing then go in with confidence and just be honest - if you don't know something then just say - don't waffle.
But most of all relax "
Thank you for this, I'm really nervous however have done a similar job for the past six years, and am currently in a higher position than what I have applied for. I'm just hoping the realise I'm honest and that I'm not just looking for a stop gap x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. ....he is paying the wages for the service we provide.
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Yes ! Week in, week out and deserves some respect for the committment he has shown to you !!!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. ....he is paying the wages for the service we provide.
Yes ! Week in, week out and deserves some respect for the committment he has shown to you !!!! "
Yeah but surely commitment, loyalty and respect is a two way thing!!! |
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By *quirrelMan
over a year ago
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. ....he is paying the wages for the service we provide.
Yes ! Week in, week out and deserves some respect for the committment he has shown to you !!!!
Yeah but surely commitment, loyalty and respect is a two way thing!!! "
Ingratitude? I have lost count of the number of employers i have worked damn hard for who have said "if you don't like it the door is there, don't let it hit you on the arse on the way out". You only work for someone as a means of paying the bills, the days of loyalty to one's employees never occurred in this millenium. Workers have been sacked by telephone, text, fax and e-mail. I was once sacked by letter the day after I went away on holiday and it was 2nd class stamp on the envelope, so it was posted 2 days before it landed on my doormat. If all employees were happy with their job and the boss then they would not look for other employment elsewhere. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. ....he is paying the wages for the service we provide.
Yes ! Week in, week out and deserves some respect for the committment he has shown to you !!!!
Yeah but surely commitment, loyalty and respect is a two way thing!!!
Ingratitude? I have lost count of the number of employers i have worked damn hard for who have said "if you don't like it the door is there, don't let it hit you on the arse on the way out". You only work for someone as a means of paying the bills, the days of loyalty to one's employees never occurred in this millenium. Workers have been sacked by telephone, text, fax and e-mail. I was once sacked by letter the day after I went away on holiday and it was 2nd class stamp on the envelope, so it was posted 2 days before it landed on my doormat. If all employees were happy with their job and the boss then they would not look for other employment elsewhere. "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. "
Ok, maybe we still do have loyalty to the company, but its not always that easy to approach the subject with an employer. Especially if its a close office and your friends.
Have you ever changed jobs? how did you deal with having an inter_iew?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages.
Ok, maybe we still do have loyalty to the company, but its not always that easy to approach the subject with an employer. Especially if its a close office and your friends.
Have you ever changed jobs? how did you deal with having an inter_iew??"
Changed from being an employee to employer 20 years ago, only previous inter_iew I've ever had, I took as holiday ! |
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"Wow, this thread has been a real eyeopener! The level of ingratitude and deceipt shown to employers is staggering. Were's your loyalty and respect to someone who is currently paying your wages. ....he is paying the wages for the service we provide.
Yes ! Week in, week out and deserves some respect for the committment he has shown to you !!!!
Yeah but surely commitment, loyalty and respect is a two way thing!!!
Ingratitude? I have lost count of the number of employers i have worked damn hard for who have said "if you don't like it the door is there, don't let it hit you on the arse on the way out". You only work for someone as a means of paying the bills, the days of loyalty to one's employees never occurred in this millenium. Workers have been sacked by telephone, text, fax and e-mail. I was once sacked by letter the day after I went away on holiday and it was 2nd class stamp on the envelope, so it was posted 2 days before it landed on my doormat. If all employees were happy with their job and the boss then they would not look for other employment elsewhere.
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Guess it just boils down to your own moral fortitude, being a bad employer, with no thought or care for those who dilligently go about their business, helping to run your business, is equally appalling, but doesn't mean you have to compromise your own standards of behaviour. Rise above it and move on, those who strive to excel will succeed ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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best of luck for tomorrow.
Don't think about your Boss, you don't want to let that distract you!
Be yourself, be confident, and be friendly and smiley!!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"best of luck for tomorrow.
Don't think about your Boss, you don't want to let that distract you!
Be yourself, be confident, and be friendly and smiley!!
x"
Thanks, just wish I was on top form health wise too, as little sleep is not going to help today... On a plus I'm feeling positive x |
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