Comments | moopet: [public] MercuryTide play games with my life.

moopet

[public] MercuryTide play games with my life.

Apr 01, 2005 14:06

I was first contacted by Elan IT, who wanted to put me forward for a web development role at MercuryTide. I looked the company up on the net and found they were a small business providing (mostly local) IT/web solutions ( Read more... )

Comments 9

kuzanagi_ April 1 2005, 13:25:43 UTC

Sorry to hear that mate. Do you have any idea why this change of heart came about? Could a reference check come back that was bad?

moopet April 1 2005, 13:49:54 UTC

They didn't bother to contact my references.

kuzanagi_ April 1 2005, 14:13:01 UTC

Do you know that for a fact or are you presuming they didn't? It seems really unfair to me to offer you the position and then withdraw it for what's undoubtedly a questionable reason without giving you a chance to defend yourself. Being late for an interview is often said to be an absolute no-no, but that's not true in my experience. I was late for the interview to the last job I took, and I was offered the job the next day. As long as you're apologetic, have a valid reason for being late (as you did) and can do the job itself then I don't think it represents a show-stopping problem...

moopet April 5 2005, 10:59:10 UTC

Yeah, I know it for a fact. I keep in contact with people where I can :)

ravensrealm April 2 2005, 09:35:53 UTC

Let me get this straight in my head a sec. The guy who interviewed you gave you good credit to elan but also told them that you were untrustworthy? Is this judgement purely based on you being late (for which you had very good reason - as also indicated by the lateness of other staff members that day)? I don't understand.

flying_muttley April 4 2005, 03:24:27 UTC

If they're going to fuck you about like that at this point then you don't want to work there anyway....that might just be my jaded and cynical alterego speaking, but at the minute i think it's the truth......but then what do i know, I'm as unemployed as you are.

ededh April 5 2005, 10:41:51 UTC

Gits! As has been said before, if they are as untrustworthy as that, not sure I'd want to work there, either.

Anything else on the horizon?

moopte June 12 2005, 21:27:40 UTC

Hello, mr. Moopet!

I just dropped here to say that I like your nick. :)

moopet March 12 2018, 11:09:58 UTC

I like yours too!