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Wedgie wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Wedgie wrote:Sorry to hear that LM but as you said she's learnt a valuable lesson.
It's a pity she didn't work in hospitality where most managers are happy to help staff go elsewhere as they know how shit hospitality is themselves!

Yeah, I'm hearing ya, the eldest daughter has been an event manager previously and they get the raw end of the stick for sure, always a big turnover with staff at many of them too. The Reepham always seems to be a stepping stone for many young ones who move on to bigger and better things, they have an absolute gem working there atm most busy times.

My company doesn't help things moving managers around too.
I have one shift left but have been at the one pub 4 years and 4 months and have had 10 different managers!
There will only be 2 people there who have been there longer than me too.
At least if I ever wanted a reference I had plenty of choices!

They send all the happy ones to the Hendon.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Miss 19 Y.O daughter messages me in a tither, she has applied for a new job and has had two interviews and got an email today requesting a number of a recent employment referee.

She has become a manager where she works and hasn't told them that she was looking elsewhere, she wasn't really but a job came up and she was asked to apply.

I said to here to just speak to a manager that you get along well with from a different department and point out the sensitivity of the the call to your prospective new HR officer, does this sound like the right advice?

Her manager found out last Thursday and demoted her from 2IC and from managing over the weekends like she has done for the past 18 months.

She got the job.

I'm going to get to have lunch with my little girl every day, pretty excited is an understatement.

At the same place or nearby? Work I mean.

DOC wrote:At the same place or nearby? Work I mean.

At the same place, her desk will be about 10 metres from my office, it was all her doing.

I do get $1000 finders fee though

Lightning McQueen wrote:

stan wrote:As disappointing as that might be for her, that's a great life lesson she has learnt at 19. Some employers, not all and particularly some mangers will make life hard for you if you are leaving.

I just had a conversation with a young grad at my as he is applying for another job and explaining to him that although I have no issue with this, his manger is not going to take this well. And I have encouraged him to embrace the fall out.

In fairness, his manager is a fickwhitt so this is all expected.

Yes, it’s unfortunate that all integrity must go out the window, like she was going to stay in retail for ever, she was going to uni studying two disciplines of accountancy on top of working 30+ hours a week, a lot of weekends too, they shat on her just after she turned 18 as well.

It appears as though she has the new job anyway, it’s for a worldwide manufacturing company in a role that suits her and offers growth within the business, should find out all the final details today when she knocks off.

Overall I would say that's a good result.

The experienced gained from what can happen when you leave a place and then getting the new job.

It's fair to say in life she will need stop for through this again and now she knows what can happen.

It's all important, what happened at the place she worked at wasn't right at all, however it happens and you need to understand what happens.

Sounds like all has ended well which is great to hear.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

stan wrote:As disappointing as that might be for her, that's a great life lesson she has learnt at 19. Some employers, not all and particularly some mangers will make life hard for you if you are leaving.

I just had a conversation with a young grad at my as he is applying for another job and explaining to him that although I have no issue with this, his manger is not going to take this well. And I have encouraged him to embrace the fall out.

In fairness, his manager is a fickwhitt so this is all expected.

Yes, it’s unfortunate that all integrity must go out the window, like she was going to stay in retail for ever, she was going to uni studying two disciplines of accountancy on top of working 30+ hours a week, a lot of weekends too, they shat on her just after she turned 18 as well.

It appears as though she has the new job anyway, it’s for a worldwide manufacturing company in a role that suits her and offers growth within the business, should find out all the final details today when she knocks off.

All you can do is be honest with your manager/employer, which admittedly can be daunting for a young person in such a situation. If they can't appreciate that, then it's a reflection on them.

But I can give a couple of examples from our work which show why managers, employers, HR sometimes get shitty.
We were going to employee someone from a handful we'd interviewed, doing reference checks, a bloke here called called her current manager who hadn't even been asked to be a referee, let alone know this lady was being interviewed for another job.
Similarly we had some who left who, unfortunately, just wasn't up to what was required. A few months later we got a call saying so-and-so said he had previously worked there and to give them a call, without his manager ever offering, or being asked, to be a referee.

FlyingHigh wrote:
All you can do is be honest with your manager/employer, which admittedly can be daunting for a young person in such a situation. If they can't appreciate that, then it's a reflection on them.

But I can give a couple of examples from our work which show why managers, employers, HR sometimes get shitty.
We were going to employee someone from a handful we'd interviewed, doing reference checks, a bloke here called called her current manager who hadn't even been asked to be a referee, let alone know this lady was being interviewed for another job.
Similarly we had some who left who, unfortunately, just wasn't up to what was required. A few months later we got a call saying so-and-so said he had previously worked there and to give them a call, without his manager ever offering, or being asked, to be a referee.

That is a key error, I often have to do character references for people for various reasons, if they don't give me the heads up prior it's quite redundant as I won't know how to relate my relationship with them to what they are needing a reference for.

I've had calls for people I haven't seen or heard from for over 10 years.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

FlyingHigh wrote:
All you can do is be honest with your manager/employer, which admittedly can be daunting for a young person in such a situation. If they can't appreciate that, then it's a reflection on them.

But I can give a couple of examples from our work which show why managers, employers, HR sometimes get shitty.
We were going to employee someone from a handful we'd interviewed, doing reference checks, a bloke here called called her current manager who hadn't even been asked to be a referee, let alone know this lady was being interviewed for another job.
Similarly we had some who left who, unfortunately, just wasn't up to what was required. A few months later we got a call saying so-and-so said he had previously worked there and to give them a call, without his manager ever offering, or being asked, to be a referee.

That is a key error, I often have to do character references for people for various reasons, if they don't give me the heads up prior it's quite redundant as I won't know how to relate my relationship with them to what they are needing a reference for.

I've had calls for people I haven't seen or heard from for over 10 years.

so your saying i should take you off my resume then?

tipper wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:
That is a key error, I often have to do character references for people for various reasons, if they don't give me the heads up prior it's quite redundant as I won't know how to relate my relationship with them to what they are needing a reference for.

I've had calls for people I haven't seen or heard from for over 10 years.

so your saying i should take you off my resume then?

Not at all, the last bloke that asked about you was most impressed when I told him that you were the 3rd best dildo tester we've ever had.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

tipper wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:
That is a key error, I often have to do character references for people for various reasons, if they don't give me the heads up prior it's quite redundant as I won't know how to relate my relationship with them to what they are needing a reference for.

I've had calls for people I haven't seen or heard from for over 10 years.

so your saying i should take you off my resume then?

Not at all, the last bloke that asked about you was most impressed when I told him that you were the 3rd best dildo tester we've ever had.

The other 2 must have been outstanding!

"He left a hole that we've struggled to fill" wasn't the best answer though, was it?

amber_fluid wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Not at all, the last bloke that asked about you was most impressed when I told him that you were the 3rd best dildo tester we've ever had.

The other 2 must have been outstanding!

My picture aint on the wall for nothing mate, chipped a few teeth along the way though.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

tipper wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:
That is a key error, I often have to do character references for people for various reasons, if they don't give me the heads up prior it's quite redundant as I won't know how to relate my relationship with them to what they are needing a reference for.

I've had calls for people I haven't seen or heard from for over 10 years.

so your saying i should take you off my resume then?

Not at all, the last bloke that asked about you was most impressed when I told him that you were the 3rd best dildo tester we've ever had.

wow. i exected a good reply. but ill be honest, i didnt see that twist ahead of time.

funniest shit ive read in a long time

What is a 'people mapping meeting'?

RB wrote:What is a 'people mapping meeting'?

I'd guess its restructuring of some sort

RB wrote:What is a 'people mapping meeting'?

For mine it would be where I tell my boss where I'd like to be in 5 years time, they will train me to develop the skill set to get there, in some instances some people's goals are to move to other departments so they will need to take the steps gradually.

Mine is now simple, I want to be the GM at our Gold Coast site, I'm hoping to move there in just over two years and then go from their, in the interim I'll take on whatever training I can get to have me ready for it, I do realize I won't get the main job when I move there but it is on my radar.

At times I was part of a production/planning team but I had my mind set on sales so they trained me internally for me to make the transition.

RB wrote:What is a 'people mapping meeting'?

Someone misspelt fapping.

Having a second crack at heading to Broken Hill after Covid stopped our last attempt. Neither me or the misses have been there before and to be honest apart from the fact we will be seeing good friends im really not looking to the place.

Is there anywhere to stop on the drive that's worthwhile...…….we have a 4 year old with us so wouldn't mind breaking the trip up with a half an hour stop somewhere. On the map it looks pretty baron though

whufc wrote:Having a second crack at heading to Broken Hill after Covid stopped our last attempt. Neither me or the misses have been there before and to be honest apart from the fact we will be seeing good friends im really not looking to the place.

Is there anywhere to stop on the drive that's worthwhile...…….we have a 4 year old with us so wouldn't mind breaking the trip up with a half an hour stop somewhere. On the map it looks pretty baron though [emoji38]

When we go we usually stop at Burra and Yunta. Mainly for food and fuel. Alternatively if we're not in a hurry we take the long way and go through Mildura

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mickey wrote:

whufc wrote:Having a second crack at heading to Broken Hill after Covid stopped our last attempt. Neither me or the misses have been there before and to be honest apart from the fact we will be seeing good friends im really not looking to the place.

Is there anywhere to stop on the drive that's worthwhile...…….we have a 4 year old with us so wouldn't mind breaking the trip up with a half an hour stop somewhere. On the map it looks pretty baron though [emoji38]

When we go we usually stop at Burra and Yunta. Mainly for food and fuel. Alternatively if we're not in a hurry we take the long way and go through Mildura

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Nice......we might stop at Yunta...otherwise ill take a look at how long the Mildura way takes.

We live 25 minutes from Burra so bit early for a stop for us.