Call me jealous or whatever, but most of the time I shop I get shitty service and inactive employees working in reputable companies like Officeworks, Big W, Coles and etc! To tell you the truth I have applied for these jobs but got rejected all the time and now I see the employees and I wonder how the hell did they get the job? It just frustrates me because I know if I got the job I would have worked hard and actually try and be a good employee!
I Don't Understand How Some People Got The Job
lifehacker on 03/02/2016 - 14:23
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When I was a teenager I applied for a job at McDonalds and was rejected. Coincidentally I had work experience week at school coming up, and guess where my parents made me work for that week? The managers at McDonalds seemed baffled that I would want to work there for free for a week, and I felt humiliated, especially when we had to relay our experiences at school the following week. But guess what? At the end of the week I got offered a job and was one of their hardest workers for about 2 years. I saw many people come and go in that time, most lazy and never lasting more than a couple of months.
I've had many jobs since then, but one thing never changes: there's always lazy, under-qualified or just generally shitty people in every workplace. There's also always hard workers and many that are over-qualified that you probably don't notice. Unfortunately that's life. The only thing anyone can keep doing is applying for jobs, trying to present themselves well and interview even better. Also, be honest with yourself — is there anything about you that may put an employer off hiring you? Ask a friend or family member to give you an honest assessment. Plus go over your resume and do a mock interview with someone else. Practice, keep trying and try not to be too bitter. Good luck. :)
Wow your parents sent you to Maccas for work experience? Talk about setting the bar high.
Edit: it sounds like it worked out well for you, didn't mean to sound condescending with my comment.
lol…they were obviously thinking short term instead of long term - and it worked! Clever strategy.
All good. They were just really hard on me and wanted me to get a job and pay my own way ASAP. I was already delivering papers and catalogues (since I was 10), but they wanted me to get a 'real' job. Same with school, they expected A's etc. etc. I hated it as a kid and imploded from the pressure as a young adult, but I appreciate it now. I'm good with money and will have my house paid off by my mid-30s while most of my friends are only starting to get into the market now.
Also, the next time we did work experience I did it at the Institute of Sport so, yeah, it worked out in the end. :p
Hi lifehacker — Employment is a little like being Single and watching everyone else in relationships. Chronically unhappy, disrespectful, unappreciative, entitled.. you know those less than desirable qualities.
Also like relationships - it's much easier to get into another JOB when you're already in one. Companies as has been suggested elsewhere look to tick 'HR' boxes.. Qualifications, right to work in Australia.. relevant experience. Quite often they seemingly miss why somebody actually 'wants' a job to begin with.. No you can't simply say that you want a job because of the money.. That creates a perception that you won't be working towards the same goal for the business.
Anyway, if you're feeling a bit flat and can't seem to get a break. I would suggest that you focus on areas where there seemingly is a distinct lack of 'supply' of reliable people.
Casual hospitality jobs / catering / marketing / field merchandising.. Might not be your ideal passion… but you have to WORK towards something.. Also it improves your confidence once you have something..
I don't know about that. My friend is a recruiter and said when they ask if you have applied for other roles elsewhere you should say no. And the notice period may be too long. My old managers was 3 months which was too long.
I'm tempted to just go back to my old job. It's February and I quit in December. They said I could go back anyway that's not the issue
I know exactly what you mean. Crappy employees are everywhere but you simply don't expect it at places that can have their pick from thousands of applications. Every Tom, Dick and Larry has probably applied for jobs at these places when they were students or ticking off their 10 fortnightly on-line job applications at Centrelink.
As someone who has had jobs having to communicate with supermarket managers, was personally acquainted with of a few of those managers and knows the experience of others under their reign, my guess is you probably saved yourself from a lot of mental torment. Ask someone if their manager at Coles is a (profanity) (or wankeress?) and you'll probably receive a resounding yes. If they say no they are probably a (profanity) themselves. They're one step short of being called the c-word, which is usually reserved for head chefs.
My guess is they hire people with crappy personalities to make their own path to the top easier. Saying all that, my local Coles (Maroubra) doesn't seem to have a toxic atmosphere and its employees are generally helpful. But maybe I've become a (profanity) myself.
It's big business syndrome - Unfortunately once a company reaches a certain size.. Employees begin to feed on themselves, without team spirit, goals, mentoring, support. I call this the Employee Zombie apocalypse….
Effectively you will always get people that are just chasing a pay check, or looking for progression, status at the expense of others.
This thread makes all the unemployed-but-continually-applying folk feel good. Myself included. Thanks OP
Most of the jobs you mentioned are dead end, minimum wage jobs. People tend of become surly in such a situation when they see so many cashed up, middle class SUV driving aspirationals, while they themselves are unable to improve their prospects. Being a wage slave in an extremely overpriced country is a recipe for misery. Trashing poor people (aka class warfare) seems to be a national sport.
They are deadend jobs but they are the better deadend ones if you know what i mean. Plus flexible enough to apply for better jobs when opportunity arises and still fall back on if you fail. So its not that bad as starting point for better things to come. Good on op for trying.
I totally agree OP. There are so many people in their roles that just shouldn't be there, and I really do feel sorry for the people who wish they were in their place and would probably do a much better job.
Unfortunately you can't force someone to appreciate their job, and you can't easily fire someone.
Keep persevering, you'll get there in the end. And when you do get a job, you'll appreciate it more and not throw away any opportunities.
If it's any help, during my university studies I stacked shelves at both Coles and Woolworths. As part of my online application there was an online personality quiz. As I was aiming for a job which involves stacking things I geared all my answers towards favouring manual labour. I managed to get those roles quite quickly after my applications.
I remember by Woolworth's grad program online application having a really lengthy personality test and then followed by an IQ test.
Have to say.. that IQ test was damn hard and there was a 1 minute timer for each question. I think I only managed to understand 6/10 of them.
Yeah from memory Aldi had a really crazy online application for their grqd program too with timers and mini games. Definitely not something you'd want to do whe. You're tired (didn't get an interview for that one).
Jealous? Are you jealous of these jobs?
outfit?
Some people are just spoiled and expect too much to be handed to them. In this day and age where the economy is likely to be in the rut for many years to come, I see people quitting their job just to "take a break". Taking a break over the weekend not enough? What about your 4 weeks per year annual leave? Do you really have to quit without having a contingency in place?
Guess what? Don't whinge when you have finished taking a break and you can't find a job because that's what you sacrificed.
We don't live to work but unless you're one of the lucky few, work is essential to pay the bills and also to prepare for when you're in retirement. I see time and time again, especially the younger people, that just wants to save up and travel. They own nothing to their name but happily spend the entire saving on overseas trip and then live off pay to pay.Surely some common sense should prevail and people should save up for rainy days…
I don't blame you for thinking that at all. As a uni student studying full time, who worked on contract, and relief as a teacher aid, I can tell you I understand the hate. For years during my study (almost finished as of this semester) I lost my employment (despite my employer, who is my referee and complimented me daily) to stay at home mums with not so much as even a cert 4 in education. Needless to say, as someone studying to be a secondary school teacher (social sciences and physical education) I found that rather insulting. Did more for that department than anyone else did, even had my work accredited to my boss instead of myself (didn't care at the time cos I was just happy having a job). In the end, having graduated with a 90+ TER and an almost complete 4 year bachelor degree… Some things you just can't make sense of. In Australia my belief is that you get the job not because you're the most qualified, experienced person available (though they love to tell you that), but rather because of your networking skills. Kiss ass, get to know, make sure they like you, and you can be sure you got the job! #Auslife.
Several reasons:
A) It is not what you know but who you know
B) Looks over merit
C) Lazy or incompetent management. You'll be surprised how many idiots want the role solely for the power trip, job title and/or pay cheque.
D) Too afraid of IR or the paperwork necessary to fire a person.This is the reason why Australian businesses will never be at the same level as our Asian peers as our IR laws favour the employee once their trial period is over.
I agree it's about connections but it's not looks over merit.
I'm a f****** model and I missed out on jobs over the years by my less attractive but more qualified friends.And we are talking minuscule differences -
D from Usyd v HD from unsw
Sales experience from Prada v Gucci
English only v English and ThaiStuff like that.
Getting a job or promotion doesn't always make sense. But if the employer likes you and feels that can work with you and your a yes person than your more likely to get a job
If they feel you're too smart and have good ideas they might think your too much trouble.
I agree with wondering how some people got their job, but may have contributed to it. I hired my not very close friend and after a few months, it turns out she is has quite an attitude and a bit slow. This was during a time when an ex-employee quit immediately and I had to go on leave. I regret that decision now as she has lost a moderate sum in revenue. In addition she was given a PIP and she is improving. Plus looks like she is really trying hard to. But I don't like her attitude and it feels like only when her job is on the line will she really try. She has 1 month longer for probation and who knows after that how she will be like after? Should I fire her just for her lack of professionalism when her work ethic is improving? Or leave it because I will be leaving and she will be working with a new girl? I might delete this later because there are so many identifiers.
Please add Chemist Warehouse. Their staff never know how to do split payment. And even can't understand English. I guess Chemist Warehouse like to employee those girls and boys just drop off from the middle school.
They can't understand English, but you don't make any more sense than them… To be a grammar nazi, it's employ and drop out .
My mother language is not English so I don't need to be perfect on that. But as an employee, isn't it a basic skill? If in my country a service staff can't understand the local language, she/he should be fired. Besides, you can find the staff in Chemist warehouse always be changed. That's why their service is so poor.
If you've worked in a retail environment in Australia, you'd understand staff turnover is a big problem everywhere… If English is you're first language, maybe you should see if you've explained it correctly to them that you want to split your payment, instead of just generalising it to all the people at a company. ie. Look in the mirror.
@bob_wangkar: Please test your local Chemist warehouse to see how many staffs on the reception knows split payment without asking their manager.
Plus from what I've heard they tend to not like customers who bulk buy swisse products or baby formula. - http://www.oursteps.com.au/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=…
You're not the only people who know how to use google, don't perform like a grave digger. If you want to argue with me. At least you should try to use some more tools like google translate and see what I post before. I guess the only word you can understand is Swiss isn't it? Don't act like a student who just drop out from the primary school.
You asked what its used for. I'm assuming you asked because your daigouing.
@bob_wangkar: You can say whatever you imagine. Next time try some translation software that is not free.
Plus I've seen they were impatient to a black old man who just want to buy a bottle of Vitamins. The poor black want to buy it but feel it is too expensive so hesitate in the reception. The staff in Chemist warehouse don't like people to bulk buy and don't like people only buy one. What do they want? Probably want us to give them money and leave with empty? To be honest, they just be spoiled. But their good time will end. Probably in your world this is normal? But in our culture, it is really rude.
Maybe you're correct. They just don't like ppl to bulk buy. Like they said it's not fair or policy bull shit words. But WHY their manager looks happy when I walked in and introduce their new vitamin stocks are available NOW? If you want make money, you should at least respect your customer. That's the basic manner. CW pretend itself like a CHARITY NGO and perform itself like a muuum, like a bixch. As I see, it is really broaden my eyes in this country. And thank you. Anyway, western worlds are always right.
what do you expect? they are teenagers who probably do their very first job. what were you like when you were doing your first job? english isn't your mother tongue and you criticise the locals dont understand your english. get a boat
Yes. They are teenagers so they can disrespect the customers? That's your logical? Hope you don't teach your kids like this.
Why I didn't complain staff work in WWS or Coles or KFC? Most of them are teenagers as well. But they're very nice. It is the fault of the manager and the boss. PLUS, the staff work in CW are not all locals. If you don't believe, go and do a check. Don't make comment from your dream.
And don't forget your ancestors take a boat come here and killed the aborigines. Why not go back to your GREAR BRITISH? I guess you're one of manner lost staff before? Ask your mum how to perform like a English Gentleman.
I guess you guys don't want to believe what am I'm talking about. But it is the truth. People don't want to hear the truth. That's your choice. This is what I have learnt in the AU.
As a teenager you can lose manner because you're a teenager. Even if you're working.
And as a foreigner you can't expect the receptor know English better than you because your English is not perfect. Ummm…
White man always right. If white man is wrong. Get a boat.
Plus, you don't need to take the Uni and learn basic manners. You can always find jobs. And NO ONE CAN CRITICISE YOU.
I've lost count of the number of different chemist warehouses I've been to in the last 5 years (I travel a lot and buy ah-hoc for business and personal). Not once did I have a problem with the staff language skills. They may have a problem with split payments but that is not a standard sale scenario.
I wouldnt expect POS staff with high turnover to learn everything immediately and as a customer if I face the same problem frequently I would factor that lost time into how long it takes me to buy stuff from the shop. Or I would save my time and buy online if possible.Based on how you are responding to people Id say you are the one with a massive chip on your shoulder. Throw around all the anecdotes you want and keep sounding like a spoilt primary school brat. Black man references, "white man always right" sarcasm… wow.. just wow. BTW I'm not white, but you are an embarrassment and are part of the reason I have to try harder to fight covert racism from actual racists.
I have to say the Language issue is occasionally happens. Actually it only happens once. I just feel unhappy someone's logical: "your English is not good so you can't say others say bad English".
If you go CW, you'll find how rude they are. Once I called them how many lechithin can I buy, they told me six. The day after I drive 30mins to there and they told me I can only buy 3. I guess you never meet that.
And also with their "price beat guarantee" is like a bullshit. Their staff have thousand excuses to stop you to do the price beat. If you suffer this, I don't think you can stand here and judge what I say. I don't think teach a young man with split payment would take too long. 5 mins? 2 mins?
There're people like you live in peace and can't understand how others suffering. I'm not racist and I believe you are not. But don't admit there're no racism in people's mind. They just don't say it out.
In a western world, the basic ability when arguing with others, I think is not to judge a person himself. You can judge the thing. But did you see the guy using searching and imaging what I said in "oursteps"? I'm actually telling people the swiss product can make ppl allergy. But that google guy using this saying I'm doing daigouing. Why can't you seeing that? If you want to fight with racists at least you should have basic reading ability to know why I said that words.
Does it ever get cold on the moral high ground?
I tell you the truth is, everybody denied himself is not a racist. But when comes to the baby formulation things, they will complain about asians. Don't they know that's the formulation's boss's decision? I think they know, they just using this way to show their racism.
Price beat is a universal problem. I didnt get that at CW but it happened more often than not at OW, Good Guys etc. And yes bad advice over the phone also sucks. They are cheap for a damn good reason. Poor training, factory like pharmacy conditions, commission based sales etc etc. You didn't mention these before and made a special point about language.
I never said I lived in peace and there was no racism. Quite the opposite actually because subtle racism is very common and direct racism less common but still present. The "problem" is far from isolated to white majority populations. Ive experienced as much racism from minority groups as I have from local populations. Its a human condition and it became less of a problem for me when I stopped responding at their level with sarcasm, bigotry and a sense of entitlement. Oh and I improved my English. Turns out most people actually had issues with my communition and social skills rather than my country of origin or skin color.
"your English is not good so you can't say others say bad English" is bad logic, "get a boat", and implied bulk buying is racist or just cheapshots from people who are lazy with expression and critizing your critisim. IF your original responses were as moderated as your reply to me, we wouldnt be having this conversation. I never got anywhere arguing back with things like:
* "Don't act like a student who just drop out from the primary school."
* "don't forget your ancestors take a boat come here and killed the aborigines"
* "cold on the moral high ground?" -nice tryHow does the decision of a corporate boss justify the behaviour of individual vultures who strip the shelves of products for their own profit?
@wyrmy: I only say the truth I saw then some people attracted me with my English and trying to dig out what I have done in the CW. I'd never be nice with those people. I talk nicely to you because you're nice to me. And you're talking about the thing. But you still like to stand on the moral high ground and talk to me.
And I don't know what's the meaning of your last vultures words meaning. I guess you don't understand what happened on the CW exactly. I suggest you never make a judgement before you know the whole story.The vultures was in reference to what locals think of the people buying all the baby formula in store so they can sell to China. Not saying you are one but you said "Don't they know that's the formulation's boss's decision? I think they know, they just using this way to show their racism."
So I wasn't sure how the decision of the formulation boss justifies the behaviour of those buying the actual products.
@wyrmy: Chinese like AU's baby formulation. So they're happy to pay more for that. The manufactory is happy and the government is happy. Also the reseller is happy..Bellamy increased their price and the CW and WWS even keep their baby formulas in the box. Because they like people do bulk buying. At least their action showing that. That's why I say they're bitchy.
Who's unhappy? Only OZ people's unhappy. You're really naive on this. Firstly, it is not illegal. Secondly, everyone except normal oz people can get profit from that. And some big CN reseller even buy OZ milk and vitamin factory's shares. It is actually a grey market before, and now the government and business man make it bigger and white. I think it is good because at least those manufactory belongs to AU and the government can take great tax from them. Can you please indicate who is the vultures in here? Probably "Jessica Rudd" and her online business in China?
@ezhang6767: The only "happy" people you mentioned are the ones profiteering. You are wrong when you say it is not illegal. There are import and export limits in place between Australia and other countries for certain products. People just found ways to work around them. Also even if something was legal it doesn't mean it is automatically moral, it just means laws haven caught up to changes in human behaviour or exploitation of loopholes. Obviously prices have increased.. that is exactly what happens when demand exceeds supply. The reason the government has now intervened is because it IS a problem and they want to find ways to continue supply to BOTH China and Australia.
The difference between Jessica Rudd and the vultures is that she is working at the manufacturing and distributor end.. not overnight buying out limited supplies at the retail end and preventing mothers who are dependent on a certain formula from getting stock. There is a shortage of product and that isn't going to magically fix itself without sourcing more raw ingredients and building more factories.
Hows this for an idea? I'm going to cut off your electricity and water for 2-4 hours every day because I know how to divert your supply to my house during the day. Everyone should be happy. I'm saving you a lot on usage bills, you eventually get you power back, the utility company and government still gets money so why should they care if its coming from me and not you?
@wyrmy: It is not illegal by all means. It is not just black and white in an adult's world. I don't want to talk about moral things because we are talking about the law. Of course Jessica looks like more moral in your eyes, because she is rich and she can stock items. But the ability of manufactory is limited and that's why normal people can't buy what they want to buy. You sure you logical is right?
And what I can say is, the grey part is in China's government. Not in AU's part.
Yes, you can come and cut off my electricity and water. Not for just 2-4 hours. Please come to my home and cut it for overnight. I'm happy using this way save the energy and bills. We're happy to use torch and stock water before you cut that. I don't think you make good example here.
@wyrmy: Even though I think you opinion is really naive, I have to agree with you one thing. OZ people have the right to complaint. But they have to know, it is their government and companies sold their Electricity and Water usage to a bigger market. I can understand the government, if you can cut off my utility and give the house-owner enough money, I think most people will consider that. But their home members like some kids will always complaint. They don't care how many work opportunities will be made and how many export values will be made. They like to talk about the moral things just like you. I don't care the job or the import as well as you. I hate those vultures and those bitchy resellers as well. In another way, what else can you to expect the Australia to export？Education? or Mines? or Holden? You can't use your microscope to see the world and talk about moral. If you want to blame, at least you should find the right one.
As far as I know Jessica is not a buyers agent. I say this because her brand Bubs Australia has nothing to with the other brans like Bellamys, Swisse, A2 etc. If this was not he case I would put her in the same category as the other vultures.
You are right, the grey restrictions are more in the China government end. But again you are OK with actions and behaviour as long as the laws haven't caught up yet? "I don't want to talk about moral things because we are talking about the law." That says a lot about your attitude and is a big part of the reason why certain racial groups have so much racism directed towards them. Actually I'll leave you in the middle of the desert first and then buyout your only source of water.
I'm not saying the government is cleared of all blame, but they are acting on it now after nationwide complaints. A bunch of individual possibly non-citizen non-tax declaring profiteers are buying up local stock and that is creating job opportunities for local Australians? seriously?
I'll give you the benefit of doubt and assume you are taking about organized exporting. Pray tell how many jobs do you think the increased demand is going to create? How much extra manual labour is actually going to be needed for increasing the scale of existing products which largely re-use existing shared back office resources and logistics channels? Don't bother answering that.. I'm sure you will just look at whatever facts and numbers best suit your point of view. Either way I have nothing against increasing the supply to cater for the foreign demand. We were talking about the individuals who monopolise stock and you turned it into a conversation about government exports to justify the actions of the individual few.@wyrmy: My attitude is simple. I hate those guys and I'm agree with you. But you can't use moral here to show you're right. If something is not be forbidden under the law, it is legal. You can complaint but you can't stop it. By the way, your example is always rubbish. I don't think those vitamins are like water to human and I never eat them myself. It is anyhow a supply issue. You make it to a survival issue. I hope you can be the Australia PM one day and make everything planned economy. What you saying today is pointless and also your example. You can keep judging those bulk buy people because they're the only group you have the ability to blame.
And probably you should explain what's the meaning of "get a boat"?
I don't know what's that meaning since I took a plane here. But no doubt that someone's ancestors were get a boat here.
Because they have a mouth that is good at drivel and people fall for it.
Problem is a lot of people tell themselves, "I'm not paid enough to care about this job." I've even had friends say it to me.
To which I say, "But you're paid enough to pretend to care."
Don't feel too bad, for every-time someone does get accepted for an interview they usually don't go well in most cases and/or it then gets passed onto someone internally- this is what a Woolworths HR rep told me when I was unsuccessful :(.
Also the amount of times I've applied for Woolworths and Coles only to get rejected with an automated message is frustratingly bitter. I could wallpaper my entire room with the amount of reject emails I get from them. And what's annoying the most is how much of a monopoly both companies have, but at least over here in WA Aldi is finally going to scare them up- hopefully they won't be less picky on new applicants.
Just keep trying OP- as much as I hate that saying even whilst still unemployed, its important to stay positive :)
In a large global retail chain my friend works at (as a senior manager), someone mixed up the interview sheets. All the people in the "no" pile got put through. This was after 2 interviews and a recruitment seminar. All six of them. Hopefully something like this happens for you OP.
It's not what you know but who you know. My hubby was shortlisted for a job with a multinational company. He was second choice for the job but some of his work colleagues from his previous job lobbied for him to get it and he did. My brother got an apprenticeship when one of his tafe mates mentioned he was offered a job but knocked it back. Networking is a really good way to get a job, don't underestimate it.
Relate-ability probably. Life is rarely a case of more is better, its usually closer to trying to hit a target keeping within certain parameters. To the average person, someone whose a little clever looks like a genius, while an actual genius can be hard to distinguish from a madman to them. What you see as your clear superiority over others may not be self evident to the person in charge. A flaw in the social system.
Talk about DEADWOOD join Corrections Victoria
When you work in retail you realise how rude a lot of people can be. Retail brings out the worst in people. A friend or relative may be nice to everyone but the minute they go shopping they treat people working in retail like dirt. After a lot of abuse some workers just don't care anymore.
That's no excuse to treat the good customers badly though. I saved my evil looks and nastiness for the people that deserved it.I worked in retail for 3 years, and I regretted starting really. if you want to be a nice person, don't work in retail because you see the evil side of the others. this old lady could be super sweet, tender, nice but the next old lady could really be a c u n t . my job made me hate people as I've seen how cheap they could be only for a few bucks, or sometime for very unreasonable refund/exchange.
Something to remember with McDonalds, Woolies, etc is that age plays a big part. The younger you are, the less they can get away with paying you. I've seen people get their hours reduced after their 18th Birthday.
It could come down to timing and the interview. That person might be good at interviews. Also, in big companies, even if an employee is sub-par, it is not easy to let them go. They need to be some solid reasons and evidence.
I remembered at one of the companies I used to work for, in a meeting (it was about IPO share allocation for employees), one of the employees indicated that the share allocation system is unfair. The response from the CEO was "(Employee's first name), life is unfair". Life is unfair unfortunately…
Always remember one important fact when it comes to jobs: It's never the best person that gets the job, its the person who can best sell themselves at the interview. So it matters not how skilled, experienced etc you are, all that matters is how well you can bullshit and sell yourself.
Report them to the store manager.
Or report them through those company's website.If you actually worked at Officeworks/Big W/Coles, you will eventually become like them too. A bunch of idiots with false sense of entitlement can really make you think twice about the whole "Customer is always right" mentality.
As for getting a job, you can't just send resumes and hope for the best. You need to network and make friends. Read Dale Carnegie's "How to win friends and influence people".
Same man. 5 years long-term unemployed (little casual positions here and there) but have not been able to find a shitty part-time shelf-stacking job or similar. For five years.
I feel I interview well when I actually get to the point of an interview, but too many times have I applied and heard nothing back, not even a rejection email.
I HATE seeing incompetant staff at places I know I would happily work at.
Arghhhh.
Some backstory information - all previous work experience is in Retail, most of it return casual positions for seasonal work - photographer at santaland, ticket sales during the fringe etc… and I have around 2 years volunteer experience which I have since had to give up because I couldn't afford the travel costs anymore.
Not a single thought given to even contact me.
In Adelaide if it makes a difference.
Cronyism
Favouritsm
Looks trumping ability
Belief in smooth talkers being experts … Not
Dumbass managers being ….. Dumb and making dumb decisions
HR recruiters being inept and hiring more inept people like themselves to join the cockroach club
Keep trying mate… Stars will eventually shine through but the floating garbage will gradually sink under their putrid weight
I agree with you OP. Every time I'm at Big W, target, Kmart there's no one around to ask questions or help. It's almost self service. Rubbish
I see this all the time. You wait in the technology section for 15 minutes before someone gets to you. I don't think they care because people will shop there, good prices.
Be a total @#$#hole. Market yourself well. Embellish truths. Lie. Look good doing it. Then later slack off once in the job. Rinse. Repeat. Wins every time. This is the name of the game.
I've also lost count how many times I have received sub-par service (while saying this, some awesome people doing great service never seem to stay with a crappy company for long…they move on to better things).
I applied at M C Donald's FIFTEEN TIMES (15) and I am still unemployed. Today I went past one in a food court and there was a 20 year old gremlin covered in tattoos and I got rejected. THANKS ALOT MCDONALDS
FUNNY I WORKED FOR CORRECTIONS VICTORIA FOR OVER THIRTY THREE YEARS GAVE MY ALL LOYAL,DEDICATED TO THE JOB WENT OVER AND ABOVE
MY JOB REQUIRNMENTS YET STAFF AROUND ME GOT PROMOTED HAD LITTLE OR NO SKILLS COULD'T EVEN DO THE JOB.USELESS LAZY WORKERS WHILE ME AND OTHERS WERE OVERLOOKED FOR PROMOTION. TALK ABOUT DEAD WOOD WORKERS AND MANAGERS WHO WERE JUST AS BAD.
WHEN I RETIRED I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY FAREWELL OR GIFT FROM THIS HEARTLESS VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT. IT APPEARS NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
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Family and Relatives, I might say. But are those companies that good?