Re: Anyone Thinking Of Working There Click Here!

[Curtis E. Carr]

This is in reference to the "A Day In The Life" joke on the recruitment website.

How false is this? And what is the "a coming storm means more business in the next two days so you beef up the schedule". What does beef up the schedule mean?!?!?

Here is a far more accurate snippet of a day in the life:

6.57am You roll in half dressed. You've had to come in an hour early to do the 7.30 am delivery that you only had a car offhiring at 23.30 last night for. An equally pissed off colleague drags himself in 2 minutes later and you set off. On the way to collect the car you both vent your anger at finishing at 9pm last night AND having to come in early today.

12.10pm It becomes obvious that despite your best efforts, nobody is getting a lunch break again. You called Mr Wilson half an hour ago to tell him that despite booking his van 3 weeks ago, you do not have one to give him. You spent the next few minutes learning some new words from the livid customer.

15.40pm Despite having to cancel your van deal earlier, a corporate deal has come through without you even being asked. Your Area Manager threatens you with the sack for daring to state the fact that you have no van available. Then your life is saved. Guess what? Area Manager phones to say a van is offhiring in another branch's area. The van is 45 minutes from your branch and offhires at 6.30pm.

6.45pm All your drivers and MTs get back from the seven deliveries they've been doing. You can now set off on the hour-and-a-half round trip to get the van and deliver it 20 minutes away in the other direction. At 9pm you have finished and drive home thinking why you and another member of staff have had to work three hours each with no hope of being paid for it so the company can earn £24 for the one day rental on that van.