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But the funny part was that 4 hours after being fired I got a call from a recruiter who was looking to hire someone, and I was perfect for the position. The benefits were great, the people that I would work with were described as friendly and outgoing, what more could you ask for?
Problem is he was recruiting for the position I was just fired from. (That should tell you a little about the management) Classic story though, so I decided to play along, "Why of course I'm interested! What I'm looking for is $125k, bonuses, etc." I play my bull well. And guess what, he want's my resume, he thinks I'll fit in very well.
What a joke. I can't wait for him to call back. Any suggestions on how I can play with him?
As a side note, my wife pointed out that I hated the job, the work, etc. and asked what I would do if I could do anything I wanted. Then she pointed out that now is the time to start. How great is she?
[edited by: lawman at 3:56 pm (utc) on Oct. 1, 2005]
Onya
Woz
The fact that someone reached you "right after" you were laid off could suggest that someone is attempting to play you?
Nah.
Still, I'd be careful what I said.
Funny part was someone there said to me, "You can't quit!".
That afternoon I took a call at home and on Monday morning I started a new job.
Problem is he was recruiting for the position I was just fired from. . . . Any suggestions on how I can play with him?
LOL hahaha OMG . . . this is too awesome . . . you are blessed with a golden opportunity here, I am too much of a rebel and my suggestions would probably be too racy for you or this forum. Suffice it to say I would play this one to the end. HAHA! :-)
A review of the movie Office Space will put you in the right frame of mind. :-)
Any suggestions on how I can play with him?
Why? If this is a third party recruiter he may have a great job at another company for you. Some companies will only deal with one or two agencies so it never pays to get on a recruiters bad side. In some cases they might have the power to block you from working at client companies.
If he is an inhouse recruiter, even then you never know who else he knows or where he will be working some day.
Sorry to hear about your getting fired. Good luck finding something new or branching out on your own.
Besides which, it's not the recruiter's fault that the managment you worked for sucked. Messing with him isn't the same as messing with your ex-boss, and that would make it hateful, not clever, to give him a hard time.
cEM
Disclaimer: I am not a solicitor, nor a barrister. In the USA that means I am not a lawyer. Seek real advice!
Syzygy
I'm with Jane_Doe on this one. Too easy for this to come back and bite you. Remember, if serendipity did this, then anything is possible.
I used to be in charge of IT hiring for a Fortune 500 company, one that paid pretty good, and many people tried to get jobs there.
All of the resumes for any of the programmer jobs came through me. If I knew someone from a prior job and thought they were a complete jerk, their resumes went in the trash and no one else at the company ever even saw their resume.
So it never pays to jerk people around for no reason. You never know where they are going to end up and what influence they might have on your life.
The fact that someone reached you "right after" you were laid off could suggest that someone is attempting to play you?
Nah.
Still, I'd be careful what I said. "
what could the possible reprocussions be?
[rant] I now earn more than I did when I was working and I am my own boss. I don't have to listen to all the excruciating management speak, cliches <snip>. I don't have to talk the talk or walk the walk or any of that cr@p. I no longer have to deal with sycophantic bosses who spend most of their time bootlicking and fawning to their superiors and blindly toeing the company line even when it is obvious to everyone else that it is wrong. I watched my company and my job go down the tubes because of people like this. [/rant]
I now do more hours than I used to but I take time off when it suits me and I still manage at least two good holidays a year. If the sun shines I can take the afternoon off and work in the evening. My financial situation has never been better and I sleep better at night.
Go for it.
[edited by: lawman at 11:22 am (utc) on Oct. 1, 2005]
I have 2 friends in London that were made redundant and took the various benefits with it (from firm and gvt). Few days later they were in the pub talking with a friend who clued them up that since they were replaced. They had the huevos to get a lawyer/solictor to go back to their former firm and ask for more so as not raise a fuss with gvt.
Never did hear the outcome of the story so they may have been full of ****.
I am working on starting my own business. So far so good, there seems to be plenty of work so now my problem is employees, I'm looking for some to work for me!
What I thought was funny was that it was a third party recruiter and my (former) supervisor was not smart enough to remove my name from the list that he sent the recruiter. (I was still there when I over heard them talking about the list that they were going to send to the recruiter, from the state licensing board) Even if they were not going to fire me they should have pulled my name from the recruiting list, thus proving my point that they didn't know what they were doing.
Would your interview be with the recruiter, or with the company?
See if you can set up an interview, and arrive for it "in disguise" (goofy hat, fake moustache, whatever).
Too funny! :)
