Bollockoff wrote:

The hospital I work at got burgled wednesday night. They knew the door code into the cardiology dept then took the hardrives and cpu's from all the computers.

Jesus wept.

Could be opportunism to sell clinical data. Though there's very little that's stored locally which they might not realise. I remember something similar happened to my school once.

Bloody hell. That’s a whole world of data crime I’d never thought about.

afgavinstan wrote:

Application away for management role in the Argyle St, Glasgow store. Positive vibes only, folks. Let's do this shit!

And there ye go, just like clockwork, as always with hmGav, just when you think it's all plain sailing..

So on Thursday there, the RM visited. He calls the shots on management appointments. Just a normal visit/walk round.

After the usual chat I ask what's happening with Argyle St. He tells me that, even though it's been advertised, the job appointment is on hold as the branch currently can't afford another supervisor, due to their April employment budget being affected by the living wage increase leaving them with £247 which is obviously way way below what a supervisor should get in any given month. This is despite them NEEDING another supervisor. Fuck, the guy that made the space is my new Ass.manager, even he's baffled by it. So I was told "wait til we see what May is like" and that's it.

The attitude I get from my RM about this wage increase is that it's a burden to him and to the company. That instead of using profits to account for it, head office want branches to trim off what they can to afford it. We've already had to say bye to two part-timers. It just baffles me. And given what's happened to me in the past, I smell something extremely fishy.

I think that the RM doesn't want me for it, in his mind. That he wants someone already on an established supervisor wage to apply so they can get it and be happy when their chunk, and a more experienced sales assistant from Argyle St (all their SA's have been there for eons) can go take their old spot wherever they've came from but staying as a SA, thus making it "affordable" to Argyle St and saving the other branch (and more importantly, his region) money. Its a bloody chess set.

Could be wrong. But I've been shafted three times before. I know one when I feel one (oo-er).


Add in to that, my lady got let go from her job (stylist for international "goth/alternative" fashion brand) today after being thrown in in a position she had zero experience in, got no training given, and got slaughtered for any mistake she did despite giving it her all and nigh on making herself ill with the stress.

Fucking rat race, man. I want out. No luck these days!

Retail is a cunt. Get out.

Yeah, problem is she's really too nice to people. She admitted herself she's just not ruthless enough herself to have organized shoots and get it done efficiently. The lack of training or guidance made her second guess herself way too often, which took away focus. No prisoners.

Pure hunners of pish, Gav.

Hard lines gav and ms gav.

Sending you good vibes.

Speaking of overconfident egotistical no-marks …

A headhunter/recruitment person contacted me today. Another design studio (again in Edinburgh, what is it with Edinburgh right now?) want to know if I’d consider leaving to work for them. Since they work mainly in booze branding I told her I’d talk to them if they can offer me £50k a year and sent over my CV.

Which is hilarious. Reminded me of Cindy Gallop’s advice to ‘ask for the highest number you can say out loud without giggling’.

Nicely done goobs.

Congrats Goob.

Congrats dude!

Had a phone interview this morning, been in my job 5 years and although I mostly enjoy it, feel a change might be needed.

Phone interviews are the fucking worst though, no idea how I did, and even if I want the job or just to use it as a bargaining chip for a wage increase. Feels spoilt complaining but I'm not earning mega bucks and have a 2nd baby due in 20 days. Would be nice if my wife could do part time.

Nice one Goobs!