Part time lover
So this full time temping secretarial gig is beginning to get old. To the point where I'm back on Seek.com.au (ok, so I was still on Seek from Day 1 of this assignment) browsing over jobs I don't really want but that are part time so hopefully this will reduce 'bitching about day job' time by 50%. Leaving me time to bitch about public transport, the fucking liberal government, my sex life, money and other miscellaneous items in between.
I was excited by a 5 day fortnight position advertised on Seek and applied through the agency - only to discover that the position was in the company that I'm currently temping in now. The Stepford Wives Firm that includes 2 hour seminars on workplace behaviour for all new starters (see previous entry regarding team 'exercises' on same topic). The feeling I had when I discovered this was akin to the feeling you get when you sidestep a fresh dog turd while walking down the street only to step in another stinky pile while you were avoiding the first one.
The interview was this morning with the Department Co-ordinator and the usual HR token cheerleader who is required to sit in on these things in order to make her job look like, well, a proper job. And despite me having worked in the company for over a month now, despite me having worked in that department for 3 days and knowing the Co-ordinator - I was still subjected to the usual bullshit barrage of interview questions. 'Where do you see yourself in 5 years' 'what has been a challenging situation for you' ('sitting here and pretending to take it as seriously as you do?') blah blah blah blah.
The role is a 4 month part time contract role. Yet they seemed taken aback when they asked what I liked about temping and I replied 'the lack of commitment'.
The role is vacant now. It needs to be filled immediately. Yet they said they'd get back to me within the week for the SECOND ROUND interview (this is a secretarial position, remember) and thus I am underworked and overpaid in another department until I hear from them and they are overpaying a temp in that department until they get in touch with me.
Logic is fast becoming just another nonsensical word.
I was excited by a 5 day fortnight position advertised on Seek and applied through the agency - only to discover that the position was in the company that I'm currently temping in now. The Stepford Wives Firm that includes 2 hour seminars on workplace behaviour for all new starters (see previous entry regarding team 'exercises' on same topic). The feeling I had when I discovered this was akin to the feeling you get when you sidestep a fresh dog turd while walking down the street only to step in another stinky pile while you were avoiding the first one.
The interview was this morning with the Department Co-ordinator and the usual HR token cheerleader who is required to sit in on these things in order to make her job look like, well, a proper job. And despite me having worked in the company for over a month now, despite me having worked in that department for 3 days and knowing the Co-ordinator - I was still subjected to the usual bullshit barrage of interview questions. 'Where do you see yourself in 5 years' 'what has been a challenging situation for you' ('sitting here and pretending to take it as seriously as you do?') blah blah blah blah.
The role is a 4 month part time contract role. Yet they seemed taken aback when they asked what I liked about temping and I replied 'the lack of commitment'.
The role is vacant now. It needs to be filled immediately. Yet they said they'd get back to me within the week for the SECOND ROUND interview (this is a secretarial position, remember) and thus I am underworked and overpaid in another department until I hear from them and they are overpaying a temp in that department until they get in touch with me.
Logic is fast becoming just another nonsensical word.
posted by belle de dayjob at 3:22 am
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