"Then they must be delighted with your career."

[mr_flay]

Didn't get the job. Still stuck in this dismal, depressing, windowless hellhole, in a job that is tedious, unchallenging and yet at the same time deeply stressful, working for idiots with the management skills of a chocolate fireguard and with no apparent means of advancement, or even escape

Comments

[noondaydemon]

Shitarse:-( That really blows chunks.

[purplegril]

Boo. I'm sorry.

[alexmc]

if there is anything I can do then do ask. But for now I'll just give you my "read but no comment" comment.

[bottled_cat]

HELL! But don't give up the fight!

[naturalbornkaos]

Fuck 'em; you'll get something soon enough. Just keep trying other jobs. It's pretty soul-destroying when you're desperate to get out of something awful and you get a rejection from a job you know you can do with your hands tied behind your back, but that's just how the system works sometimes. It's shit but it's not a rule of thumb for every job you apply for.

Just keep going for it and don't let the black dog hump you too hard.

[mr_flay]

On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, it's the fifth job I've applied for, and the first (sort-of - bit complicated) I've actually had an interview for. Don't know how much more I can put up with at the moment.

[naturalbornkaos]

Yeah, that seems like a lot - especially if you've had to go through all the Hell of having to fill in long-winded application forms, etc - but five jobs isn't THAT much in the grand scheme of things. :/ I've had times when I've searched for a job and got one straight away, then others when I've applied for what seems like hundreds before I even got one bite. When I first moved to London, without a job, I spent every day for two weeks just going into agencies, signing up on their books, searching job sites, applying for jobs. That's a loooot of time and a lot of jobs and I only got one interview from the lot of them (I was lucky in that I got the job, mind). Probably about 40 applications overall, and just one interview and yet I got the job? There's no rhyme or reason to it sometimes. It's luck and circumstances far beyond your control. Don't take a rejection personally. I've been on the other side of the table in recent weeks, interviewing people. Had four candidates in one morning and only one of them was actually rubbish; the

[mr_flay]

Thanks, that's very thoughtful.

Got any jobs I should apply for? ;)