Comments | yodathedark: Too long

yodathedark

Too long

Apr 15, 2009 00:38

People have been telling me to do a real post for ages, and so here it is ( Read more... )

ugly, books, rough, geek, emo, anarchy, work, bad, larp, gaming, mcslave, zombies, good, tech

Comments 13

ulaidhan April 15 2009, 02:28:59 UTC

Sounds awfully like the model used by a fabulously exploitative company called "Millenium Marketing" (sic) that I ran afoul of - it was itself part of a larger pyramid scheme.

It was the sort of place where the boss boasted about paying £1,000 in tax that month - and then offered a 50 pence per head incentive to recruit new suckers to join the work-force.

"Trainee Manager" was always the post advertised by it or its various spin-offs. After my brush with them, I learned to rule out any job that didn't quote a confirmed salary range (never "predicted earnings"), and to definitely rule out any job advertisement that didn't clearly state what company it was for....

yodathedark April 15 2009, 13:39:22 UTC

That sounds about right.

The Group I was with was TheKlub which was a spin off of Cobra (may have actually been Kobra - never got a spelling).

peerietrows April 15 2009, 07:47:38 UTC

I'd keep quiet about still being on the system if I were you. A manager for the company I work for does the same thing because staff retention affects her bonus. She recently discovered that her long departed staff got paid for all the holidays they hadn't taken at the end of the financial year! You may find you get an unexpected "bonus"!

yodathedark April 15 2009, 11:17:02 UTC

At McDonalds I'm fairly sure you earn your holiday pay by working there. I still have some holiday pay due to me and I'd rather not wait till November/March to get it...

dantesvendetta April 15 2009, 16:54:46 UTC

I can't believe you actually did that! ;o)

Poor Yoda, hope things go better for you soon.

yodathedark April 15 2009, 16:59:56 UTC

So do I...

viking42 April 15 2009, 17:17:41 UTC

Congratulations, once again. The future can only be better from now on (when you get your laptop back, at least).

I also hope Forsaken was fun.

yodathedark April 15 2009, 17:31:50 UTC

Of course Forsaken was fun!

viking42 April 15 2009, 18:01:58 UTC

Good to hear. I have no way of knowing unless people say so.

yodathedark April 15 2009, 18:18:32 UTC

This is why I ask.

galaxy_girl00 April 15 2009, 19:39:32 UTC

I went to an interview for something really similar about 5 years ago which said predicted earnings of £17k but I'd have to go door to door selling stuff.

Hopefully things will get better for you.

I have to admit I skip the twitter posts (not just yours every ones)!

yodathedark April 15 2009, 19:42:32 UTC

I'm just terrible at real posts...

It's exactly that that I've been contracted to do. But I've gone "enough is enough" and am trying to find some other source of income.