Creating wasps seems more of a Catholic thing to do to me.
They saw the joy of bees and decided it must be punished.

My in laws friends own a lavender farm in Wales. I think they've stolen all the bees tbh, it's quite the sight. And sound for that matter.

Nice one.
Yeah best way.

All the best with it Temps.

I had always presumed there was some sort of bad reaction to doing that but I guess there probably isn't as they'll have backup candidates. Hopefully I can get it, it's not too far removed from what I used to do at E.on. Stability and money would be nice now, grunt work for the Council can probably open a lot of doors. GW job might only be a 12 month contract, but again, opens a lot of doors. Plus it's genuinely "the dream" to work for something I get a kick out of.

I do feel weird about the GW one though. It was up for such a short amount of time that I reckon it's an internal hire, so I hope I haven't done all that work for nothing.

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Don't need to advertise externally though. They could have just advertised internally if that was the case.

I think.

Let’s not start this convo again. If the job can go to someone internal they’ll keep it in house if at all poss. If there’s no-one good enough internally then it’ll be sent out for the rest of us to clamber at.

Thanks to the GW application, you might have found a worthwhile side gig for future, more settled, Tempy. That was a good piece of video and you could seriously consider trying to build up a YouTube channel along those lines. One day.

Yeah if I ever get a solid job and move flats I'll definitely consider filming my painting a bit more. People make an OK living streaming themselves painting, but it's a bit of a crowded field. It's pointless doing tutorials as Competition Winners have already got that market covered. But I enjoyed doing it and there's nothing to lose by doing it. The main thing it would do is earn me comissions, which is something i've not managed to crack yet.

Cheers man, i'll sling you a DM in the next few days

Strip painting videos? Selling "used" brushes? The world is your oyster.

And always say yes to all interviews and job offers. If you got the council job and then GW offer you the painting one and it's better then you can always fob off the council one. You might feel like a bit of a jerk but, hey, these are the same people that don't respond to your applications or give you feedback on interviews. Until you're in the company you ain't nothing to them.

Good luck T!!!

I feel you Gav. I’ve never done the kind of job you do, but I got a taste of it while working on care home design. It’s so bloody rough, psychologically. Dealing with people whose perception of reality just isn’t right, and trying not to take it personally.

Utterly amazing scenes today. All ready to go for this Glasgow Council interview. Turn up and the first thing they say “it’s not for the role you applied for”

Nah, it’s only for a fucking customer contact centre, on the same wage I was on at E.on before I went to Uni. Just fucking incredible isn’t it?

Apparently so. Double checked the email when I got back in, it's the reference for the Admin job I applied for. But no, I didn't get that one and the Customer Contact Centre took my application and reached out to me without letting me know. Worst thing is I probably have to take it because I can't afford not to. Absolute load of shit though, both because they didn't let me know and also apparently 10 years later, a degree under my belt, experience in QA, back office work, freelance writing and editing, I'm still good for fuck all other than what I did at the Tech Guys.