The OP has written two lengthy posts and if anything I'm even more confused after the second one. It's clear as mud to me what's gone / going on; whether the OP has actually been asked to do stuff they didn't think they were signing up for, or whether they've gotten themselves all wound up over a hypothetical...
I reckon @Leper might be the man to decipher it for us...
Interesting the replies on here. I won't reply to the two most ignorant ones. This sort of question when I have seen it asked by others always a small percentage who are abusive or support abusive management styles. But anyway I am surprised I got some useful replies thank you to those that put some thought into it. I personally don't see how its acceptable that a manager can lie to you during an interview and then you have to suck it up or else you are a moaner. We used to have unions that prevented this. Anyway I think the approach to take is the one I am taking - meet them half way. Incidentally speaking of moaners, I have never heard so much moaning by people as I have heard in the public service job that I am in. Its how they deal with the abuse. The abuse is abusive management practice not necessarily abusive managers. Anyway, life is short you can say to an employer 'look I dont think this is what I signed up for lets see if we can work it out' My query was over really how does this approach work in the public service. I reckon it probably doesn't work, and you get called a moaner or seen as a problem. One thing I have noticed is that people are happy to be treated as 'temporary' clerical worker yet are so institutionalised they will do anything the employer asks!
You appear to be a poor communicator, unruly and potentially catastrophic for team morale. I expect you'll be promoted within 12 months. Best of luck.
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Am I right in saying that interview notes are available to applicants if they put in a DAR?
Steady on, I don't think they need to put in a DAR to get those notes, talk about using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!Am I right in saying that interview notes are available to applicants if they put in a DAR?
Why? There are some good answers on here? I have the information I need personally.Hello,
I think we'd all probably be better off, if this thread was closed, tbh.
OK i will bite here. I come from private sector. You can negotiate your way out of a lot of situations.I spent most of my working life as a Clerical Officer. I worked in different CS Departments and even in a couple of Public Service areas. I opted out of the promotion race early on and I have no regrets going through the system in what’s now its lowest grade. I worked hard and nearly always was a trade union official (unpaid). I’ve seen the utterly ambitious and the dreadful dossers come and go. With the evidence here I feel theOP here is not the kind of person I’d like to be working with in any section.
Can’t wait till leper sees this, probably after sunset in SpainWhy? There are some good answers on here? I have the information I need personally.
OK i will bite here. I come from private sector. You can negotiate your way out of a lot of situations.
You have stated yourself you spent most of your life working as a CO. What makes you think that you can answer my question with much authority?
I would welcome an opinion from a long haul CO but its rarely what you get when you ask. A lifer CO thinks they know everything about all work! You don't! You know everything about CO. Its very different. You only know the CO role you said it yourself! The fact you think someone that asks if they can negotiate after being lied to in an interview is someone that is not someone to work with says more about you and your kind (by that I mean low ambitious protect your own patch at any cost and that means supporting abusive management practices) than it does about me . Thank you , very informative! I have noticed how topheavy the public service is with directors and senior ranking managers who are quite honestly stupid and incompetent. I read about it before I joined but they are everywhere! Really stupid managers and a few clever ones who have their own patch, and then an army of TCOs sweating and miserable. The management - some of them, would struggle to achieve the score of moron on intelligence test!
After this post I'm beginning to wonder if this new member thread might in fact be an elaborate troll. In fact, given the consistent incoherence and lack of detail in the OP's posts, I hope for their sake (and their employer's) that it is...Why? There are some good answers on here? I have the information I need personally.
OK i will bite here. I come from private sector. You can negotiate your way out of a lot of situations.
You have stated yourself you spent most of your life working as a CO. What makes you think that you can answer my question with much authority?
I would welcome an opinion from a long haul CO but its rarely what you get when you ask. A lifer CO thinks they know everything about all work! You don't! You know everything about CO. Its very different. You only know the CO role you said it yourself! The fact you think someone that asks if they can negotiate after being lied to in an interview is someone that is not someone to work with says more about you and your kind (by that I mean low ambitious protect your own patch at any cost and that means supporting abusive management practices) than it does about me . Thank you , very informative! I have noticed how topheavy the public service is with directors and senior ranking managers who are quite honestly stupid and incompetent. I read about it before I joined but they are everywhere! Really stupid managers and a few clever ones who have their own patch, and then an army of TCOs sweating and miserable. The management - some of them, would struggle to achieve the score of moron on intelligence test!
If I may say, you’re being a bit obnoxious and disrespectful (particularly to Leper) but you’re a human being so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and give it another go.Why? There are some good answers on here? I have the information I need personally.
OK i will bite here. I come from private sector. You can negotiate your way out of a lot of situations.
You have stated yourself you spent most of your life working as a CO. What makes you think that you can answer my question with much authority?
I would welcome an opinion from a long haul CO but it’s rarely what you get when you ask. A lifer CO thinks they know everything about all work! You don't! You know everything about CO. It’s very different. You only know the CO role you said it yourself! The fact you think someone that asks if they can negotiate after being lied to in an interview is someone that is not someone to work with says more about you and your kind (by that I mean low ambitious protect your own patch at any cost and that means supporting abusive management practices) than it does about me . Thank you , very informative! I have noticed how topheavy the public service is with directors and senior ranking managers who are quite honestly stupid and incompetent. I read about it before I joined but they are everywhere! Really stupid managers and a few clever ones who have their own patch, and then an army of TCOs sweating and miserable. The management - some of them, would struggle to achieve the score of moron on intelligence test!
I’m starting to think the same thing myself. Except for the elaborate bit!After this post I'm beginning to wonder if this new member thread might in fact be an elaborate troll. In fact, given the consistent incoherence and lack of detail in the OP's posts, I hope for their sake (and their employer's) that it is...
I know of a lady who once had to wipe up the president’s puke but she was much more senior than CO.scooping up goat poo at puck fair?
Handing out flyers about vat refunds at Dublin airport?
Walking the president’s doggies?
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