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Random MSN Gibberings LVI - Until You've Lived It Like, Divn't Preach It

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Got a meeting with the main man tomorrow! To talk about the future?? Been doing some voluntary work and the main man says he wants to meet with me to talk about the future! Nervous as fuck
 
Acidtek said:
Got a meeting with the main man tomorrow! To talk about the future?? Been doing some voluntary work and the main man says he wants to meet with me to talk about the future! Nervous as fuck
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Sounds similar to my DMT experiences at the weekend, except it was the Main Woman meeting me to talk about all kinds of shit that I couldn't quite take in. ;)

Seriously, good luck though.
 
SamhainGrim said:
Geoffrey from Rainbow ended up stacking shelves. Geoffrey. From Rainbow.

After seeing that, I don't think a man's calibre (however you may decide to measure it) is necessarily of any relevance to what he does for a living.
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That's depressing that is!

Hey, is TheKid still about? I miss him I does and I don't think I've seen him post since I've been posting again
 
TheSpade said:
Just finally got speaking to someone about that 'phone interview' earlier. Turns out it's a sales job for BT, definitely not for me. It's a job that is constantly advertised at the job centre, week in week out, forever which means there must be a high turnover. Call centres work is horiffic, hassling folk to buy shite they don't need must be more so.
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Fuck that.

ChinbarWhalloped said:
If you are putting in for call centre work, just make sure you put in for inbound rather than outbound and you'll be grand.
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I wouldn't say "you'll be grand" but definitely avoid outbound if at all possible. Avoid sales as much as possible. Remember that "Customer Service" generally means "Sales In Disguise", if it's a company that can possibly have anything to sell then no doubt they'll want you to try & sell it no matter what your actual job is.

My work have a call centre in Dundee I think & I know they were taking on a load of temp staff to deal with a peak on a particular line of business, maybe worth asking at the job centre & see if they're still hiring. You'd be cooshty enough doing that job temporary & the pay will probably be half decent (not as good as mine though :p)

SamhainGrim said:
Geoffrey from Rainbow ended up stacking shelves. Geoffrey. From Rainbow.
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I'd stack shelves before I'd do outbound sales calls for BT.
 
SamhainGrim said:
Hardly the mines though, is it?

Can't imagine how you'd cope with a shift dahn t'pit. :D

A lot of people out there would take pretty much anything right now.
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Spade's hanging out for a job getting pissed and hanging out in hostels in the 2nd or 3rd world. Can't believe he hasn't landed one yet.

snolly said:
Hey, is TheKid still about? I miss him I does and I don't think I've seen him post since I've been posting again
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Hey Snolly :). PM him, he's around but not posting much from what I can tell, but he did reply to a PM I sent him.
 
wouldn't say "you'll be grand" but definitely avoid outbound if at all possible. Avoid sales as much as possible. Remember that "Customer Service" generally means "Sales In Disguise", if it's a company that can possibly have anything to sell then no doubt they'll want you to try & sell it no matter what your actual job is
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It was inbound and sales disguised as a 'customer adviser' role. When I talked to the bint on the phone it became clear there was little advising to be doing and the focus was solely on persuading people to buy with targets and deadlines and all sorts. I suppose if they're phoning you then it might not be too bad as they're calling for a reason and probably know what they want to buy or upgrade too. The fact it's constantly advertised shows it's a pretty pish job that people quit often. Call centre work is pish enough without the added hassle of selling. And if you quit a job you canna sign back on for months apparently so I'd be fucked when I inevitably quit.

Not seen any adverts for your work like. There's fuck all in the way of jobs here, applied for everything that's relevant and nothing new seems to be coming up at all.

Spade's hanging out for a job getting pissed and hanging out in hostels in the 2nd or 3rd world. Can't believe he hasn't landed one yet.
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It would be better than being a call centre mongo or office monkey.
 
Spade, being an office mongo wouldn't be a bad thing, as long as it's strictly temporary (although don't mention that to your employers), enabling you to get your shit together and TEFL or whatever you need and have a crack at teaching abroad. Is that still the plan?

As long as you've got your long-term sights set then the office mongoship shouldn't be too bad.
 
TheSpade said:
All going well I'll soon be one of the above again. :|
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Zoroaster have mercy on the fuckwit who thinks their occupation means anything except maybe a trinket or two for their mother's dysfunctional mantelpiece.

Except those who are helping others in any way, who deserve exception.
 
^^^

Fukin hell hold it down a bit Sam, i gotta get up and go to work tomrorow
 
SamhainGrim said:
Geoffrey from Rainbow ended up stacking shelves. Geoffrey. From Rainbow.



After seeing that, I don't think a man's calibre (however you may decide to measure it) is necessarily of any relevance to what he does for a living.
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I used to be mates with this guy who's dad used to play Bungle. Can't remember how long he did it for. The reference was lost on me but my other half was amused.

Never saw the show till I was about 26 and even then it was only that pervy piss take they did.

TheSpade said:
It was inbound and sales disguised as a 'customer adviser' role. When I talked to the bint on the phone it became clear there was little advising to be doing and the focus was solely on persuading people to buy with targets and deadlines and all sorts. I suppose if they're phoning you then it might not be too bad as they're calling for a reason and probably know what they want to buy or upgrade too. The fact it's constantly advertised shows it's a pretty pish job that people quit often. Call centre work is pish enough without the added hassle of selling. And if you quit a job you canna sign back on for months apparently so I'd be fucked when I inevitably quit.


It would be better than being a call centre mongo or office monkey.
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Truth!

And yeah Spade, I've seen that a lot lately. Usually they advertise them as inbound sales advisers. total pish.
 
dont I know it, pretending I give a shit about any of their meaningless waffle is the real daily struggle, the actual work is easy in comparison
 
Spade, being an office mongo wouldn't be a bad thing, as long as it's strictly temporary (although don't mention that to your employers), enabling you to get your shit together and TEFL or whatever you need and have a crack at teaching abroad. Is that still the plan?

As long as you've got your long-term sights set then the office mongoship shouldn't be too bad.
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Done office work before, was mind numbing and soul destorying. Made me seriously unhappy even though it was only for 6 or 7 months. Only did it to get enough cash to go travelling and even with that on the horizon it was torture.

The teaching abroad is still an option, just applied for my funding from the ILA so I can do the basic TEFL course. Thing is my spelling and grammer is atrocious, I knew it was bad but recently by doing tests online I've realised just how bad it is and I might well fail. Couple that with the fact I have no real interest in teaching and just want to not be living here long term the teaching abroad prospects don't look promising.

I want to travel more than anything rather than be stuck in one place working, the reality of it is the pay wouldn't be great, it'd be quite difficult due to languager barriers and differences in culture and actually living and working in a city puts a whole new slant on it. Work is work at the end of the day and being stuck in a foreign country with fuck all money isn't ideal. I'd have to take a decent amount of savings over with me, hope to get a job quickly and earn enough from the job to survive on, more research I do the more unlikely that seems.

Still it would be better than here, I'm quite confident of that and it's the only option I can see that gets me out of here long term. 4-6 months away travelling is great but coming back afterwards broke and having to look for work is pretty depressing.

I'd just like to express my delight at good old Zoroaster making into bluelight culture
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Glad someone knows what he's talking about. Beats me...
 
do some events management, for fuck sake. paint yourself silver and be one of those annoying 'statue' people in the royal mile.

dunno if silver paint would cover up ginger hair though... :\
 
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