Employment

[mattfb]

I don't think they usually do

 

[-D-S-B-]

Harsh. Can't be good for the confidence.

 

[barmyarmy]

I have an interview tomorrow for a school even posher than the one Tom went to!

 

[pcfan123]

HAHAAHAHA if you don't get hired by McDonalds you have to be a special kind of retarded

 

[drainpipe32]

Posting on Jake's behalf - he missed out on the job at Maccas.

Feel free to insult him here - he is banned.

Hahaha legend.

 

[Cricketdude]

HAHAAHAHA if you don't get hired by McDonalds you have to be a special kind of retarded

HAHAHA so true.

 

[pcfan123]

I have an interview tomorrow for a school even posher than the one Tom went to!

good, maybe you can get yourself a couch then

 

[Highlander999]

I have an interview tomorrow for a school even posher than the one Tom went to!

Loretto or Fettes? Merchiston? That's about it lol

 

[Sureshot]

So, I start a new job in a couple of weeks. Trainee Assistant Manager within a hotel group, I'm also leaving home for the first time. First placement is in Cambridge.

Fun. Fun. Fun.

 

[Leggie]

HAHAAHAHA if you don't get hired by McDonalds you have to be a special kind of retarded

Lol it is quite funny.

But on a serious note, I've heard you can be overqualified to work at McDonalds (or any job for that matter). I had a mate to applied for a part time job at McDonalds, he was academically talented and got good grades. But he got turned down for the job, and a person working there told him after that McDonalds don't really hire intelligent people, because there's a good chance that you will get a another better job quickly, and that means more training for Maccys and thus more money being spent.

So they tend to go for the, in a nice way, the less qualified people, beacuse they know they're going to stay there for a long time.

That is all.

 

[Sureshot]

Any company will take (or should take) the neccessary measures to ensure low staff turnover. Hospitality in general has a very high turnover, Selection & Recruitment is an incredibly expensive process.

 

[CaptainOZ]

I've heard you can be overqualified to work at McDonalds

Really???

 

[Manly]

I was *SO* close to quitting work tonight.
Obviously, as in Random Thoughts, I have/had torn ligaments in my ankle. So I specifically requested no Friday nights or Saturday nights, trying to ease myself into it.

So a 5-9 shift didn't seem too bad. One of the girls I work with left when I arrived, fair enough, and my manager was due in at 5:30. From 5-5:30, we had the...sorry, I had the post-work rush. Absolutely heaving, we have an L-shaped bar, and I was absolutely swamped. Sakes.

Then, at about 5:40, my manager rocks up, makes a small apology, which I dutifully accepted, and cracked on.

6pm, she says "gotta go" and just leaves. No idea where or why, but we suddenly became 2-deep all the way round. This is so tough, and I'm rapidly running out of glasses. I think the last people I served were waiting about 10-15 minutes. I just gave them their drinks for free, with massive apologies. To which, give them their due, they said they couldn't accept, so to speak, because they could see the situation I was in.

So yeah, 8pm, and the first girl comes back, and I just do a HUGE glass session, did about 5 trays of them, got the shelves re-stocked and walked out. I was asked to work later than 9, and I would have done, had I not been on my own for the majority of the previous 4 hours.

Pricks.

Rant over.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Work night out thursday. Manager is paying for everyone to go bowling then for a meal, presumably it will end up with a lot of drinking thursday night. I have football though so will miss the meal, but my 10am friday morning lecture has just been cancelled...