As mentioned, I reached out yesterday to folk still in the casino game. Ended up with 2 gaming managers and a pit boss from that casino messaging the gm about me, and the GM from the Edinburgh casino (who i was in training school with back in 2004) messaging him as well, and offering me a reference.

Must've worked, the agency just called this morning, wanting me to go to an interview on the 25th. Need to do a competitor visit, and a swot for the Berkeley. Fingers crossed lads. Even if careco was secure, i'd like to go back. My c.v. starts with that casino, that's the point i can trace my career back to, everything before that was daft wee part time jobs, going to college etc. i'll have went full circle. Funnily enough, the reason i left casinos was it looked like it'd take over a decade of dealing to get into management, i wasn't willing to wait. still taken over a decade, but it's been a decade spent gaining experience in other jobs. funny that.

The hours will be a change, but it's 4 ten hour shifts a week, instead of 5 eight hours shifts, gives me a day back to try and have a life. Ironically, I had a better balance when i was doing those fucked up cinema shift patterns, was able to see my gf a few times a week, see my son twice a week, and still get doctors appointments and haircuts etc. In my current job, it's work then wean then work then wean then work then wean, i have zero time to myself.

And it'll be back to a steady wage (a fairly tasty one as well), and back to engaging with punters, which is my biggest strength, and something i enjoy.

Just need to get through the next couple of weeks, keep my job here, then get this and tell careco to collectively sook my pipe.

Dante, voicemail backed up by email, go back to sleep, then call again once you wake up. nothing else you can do.

\m/

Not got the job I applied for which I am currently doing cover for. At the very least I have it until the 3rd of March, which is nice I guess. Ho hum.

Tempy wrote:

Not got the job I applied for which I am currently doing cover for. At the very least I have it until the 3rd of March, which is nice I guess. Ho hum.

Boo but agreeing with HBJ on the hanging in there. Something good will open up in the workplace for you soon enough.

Tempy wrote:

*reads up* ah fuck, sorry HBJ, didn’t mean to barge in on your far more significant issues. Hope the Casino stuff works out for you!

Don't be daft, no apology needed at all!

Tempy wrote:

Not got the job I applied for which I am currently doing cover for. At the very least I have it until the 3rd of March, which is nice I guess. Ho hum.

Sad about this, as it's been fun sharing an office with Temps and winking at him over our monitors. I'm glad I was at least able to get you in for the cover, hopefully it'll serve to at least nudge open another door somewhere eventually.

Also, sorry Temps, but hey it's been some experience, I'm finding the biggest barrier to me getting positions recently has been the fact I've not worked for so long

haha, fair

cockbeard wrote:

Is Stansted that bad?

It’s super-busy and it’s designed with a retail focus instead of a transport focus.

So yeah, you get off your train and make your way up into the airport. And you’ve checked in online and you have no hold luggage, because you’re a pro. But then you’re funnelled into a winding path through LOUD! GLOSSY! SHOUTING! RETAIL! Like a fucking cross between Oxford Street and Ikea. And it’s FULL of people who don’t know where the fuck they’re going or why. And then you’re guided through the exact same thing again but for food and drink. And all you want is to get from the train station to the gate for your flight, but you can’t because first you have to navigate this artificially elongated winding back on itself RETAIL PATHWAY crowded with dawdling tourists gawping at everything like a muppet in a new city, while your senses are being assaulted by perfume sellers, watch brand and whisky adverts all at the visual and scent equivalent of TURNED UP TO 11.

Ah fair enough, this was almost 20 years ago, it was pretty quiet and getting through it was super quick, so quick in fact I almost forgot earlier which airport it was I used

Yeah I can well imagine.
All competition though innit, if one brand pulls it back they disappear amongst the others.

It's big, big money as well in terms of sales there and brand recognition later.

Pays my mortgage though

Owners son, maybe priming himself to take over, wants to do due diligence and full audit the company?? Possibly someone is abusing something so wants to look over everything?? Maybe just simple stuff like profits down so wants to see where any leaks might be??

Easy for me to say, but I'd try not to take it personally unless it is obviously personal, do you know for sure that it isn;t also happening to everyone else??

edit: Adding him to the mail seems a bit passive aggressive, if you feel the need to do something, go full aggressive and ask him straight out if he wants to be cced in on the same

Absolutely brutal day. Had to refuse to let a mum pick her kiddo up as dad had turned up with a court order giving him full custody with immediate effect.

Didn't go down too well.

Jaysus tiger, you are not paid enough. That must be horrific to be in the middle of. Poor kid as well.