This sounds so dumb but I’m a night owl and I was just wondering if it looks bad if I apply to something at like 3am. Like are they gonna be like omg we can’t hire someone who doesn’t have a proper sleep schedule or am I overthinking it 😭
I’m employed and been where I’m at for 5 years. It’s a great job, lovely colleagues and good money, but I’ve hit a ceiling and I believe it’s time to move on now.
i only seriously started my job hunt 2 weeks ago, but honestly shocked at how tough it has been. I can apply for a job at 8PM and get rejected an hour later. How?
I mentioned it to a friend and she told me employers are now using AI to sift CVs. I literally have everything the job adverts require, a wealth of technical skills and up to 8 years of experience in this sector, but I don’t pass the sniff test with AI?
It’s making me wonder if companies are worried or wondering about the quality potential hires they’ve let go of. I’m also curious to what criteria is set, if I have everything listed on an advert. This is really concerning.
I've been very senior in the NHS for many years. I'm about to be made redundant and I'm about 7 years off retirement age. I just don't have it in me to operate at that level again in a new industry and I can't go back into the NHS for 12 months as a minimum. I know I have transferable skills but I've only ever worked here so where do I start? Indeed is AWFUL! I'm looking at local government jobs sites, applying and hearing nothing back. Where do you find roles? How do you find time to apply for jobs and still work full time? As an older applicant looking to step down a level how is this going to look and how do I explain it?
Hi all,
Recently applied for a role, got to the final interview, the site now says "Requisition Closed". Is this a good or bad sign? I haven't been rejected via email or phone call yet.
Thanks for your help, couldn't find much on it
Got a 2:1 in Sociology and International Relations, realised it was useless and enrolled on a Welding course last year, I've got the Level 1 and have enrolled on the Level 2. I've been looking for apprenticeships and have had no success, I work part time in Tesco currently.
I enjoy welding, but feel I'm behind and I'm getting impatient, should I do the Level 2 (The Level 3 your guaranteed an Apprenticeship) or try and look for another job now. I'm torn, its a gut punch seeing others my age and even younger get ahead, I'm not jealous, good for them, but I get annoyed at myself for putting myself in this situation.
I started a new job last week. The mandate is three days in the office, two days WFH. However, I have two health conditions affecting my ability to work in the office, a chronic injury and late effects from a previous cancer diagnosis. I informed my manager about this before starting my job and signing the contract to make sure it would be okay. He said it would be fine to work more flexibly after a couple of months, however last week I was in a lot of pain so I asked whether we could bring the discussions about my flexible arrangements sooner. He said HR will be in touch with me about this, but I’ve not yet heard from them.
I’ve been assigned a workplace “buddy“ who is supposed to train me, let’s call her Gertrude. I met her in the office on my first day last week. I went in three days last week and it was extremely painful for me.
On my very first day, Gertrude saw our manager setting up my second laptop, (I have one for the office and one for home because I can’t carry my laptop into the office) and she seemed kind of annoyed. Gertrude brings her laptop in a suitcase when she works in the office. Our manager explained to her that it is possible to have two laptops, one for home and one for the office, and that previous employees have also had this arrangement.
Gertrude saw my equipment (special cushion and chair) and noticed I was very frequently having to change positions so she asked me if I’m uncomfortable. I didn’t mention the cancer but mentioned my chronic injury, which I’ve had surgery and multiple medical interventions for (unfortunately, nothing has worked and some things have made it worse).
I think Gertrude was under the assumption that I would work from home/in the office on the same days as her, which I did last week.
On Monday this week, I worked from home and she worked from the office. She asked me why I was working from home and said that communicating via Teams is going to be difficult. I replied that our manager said it was fine. She asked why (which imo is none of her business) and that’s when I informed her about the cancer and again about the injury, which I didn’t really need to. She saw it but didn’t comment on that at all.
Today I’m working from home due to pain. I informed Gertrude and told her that management is aware and that she should drop me a message if there is something to look over. She said that it’s a shame and that there are several things that she wants to show me but it is hard showing them over Teams and said “I will just do them myself”. I told her that I’m determined to learn, but I’m WFH today due to my circumstances. I expressed that I’m keen to keep progressing with everything that I need to learn and asked that she still shows me anything of relevance that comes up today, and we can work through it together. I also said that from everything that we’ve been over together already, I actually found it easier to learn over Teams.
She then sent me a nasty message saying that I’m only considering the training from my point of view, that I don’t seem to realise that she has to do her own busy job whilst training me and that teaching me over Teams slows her down considerably.
I have been trained in even more complex roles remotely before, I know this job can be taught and learned both in the office and from home.
I was in the office yesterday and struggled to concentrate due to the pain I was in. She was WFH yesterday so she taught me things over Teams.
I think she’s salty about my reasonable adjustments for some reason, and I don’t know why.
She seems to be quite an unreasonable person. For example, she was talking badly about another employee who left earlier this year for a different job. She was “cross” with the employee because she had resigned during a busy period. I don’t really see this as a reason to be annoyed with the employee who left, if the company is understaffed it’s not the employee’s fault, it’s a management issue.
I’m new and don’t want to escalate unnecessarily, but I found her messages very hurtful and unprofessional. I also want to make sure my rights are protected given my health conditions.
Should I send screenshots of the conversations to my manager and ask someone else to train me since she finds it difficult to train me over Teams, raise it with HR, or leave it for now? I was also contemplating contacting that former employee on LinkedIn and asking about her experience in the role. Any advice welcome.
Edit: To clear up confusion, when I had the same in-office pattern as Gertrude during my first week, which was last week, she taught me a process over Teams and she was fine with it, it was actually her who reached out to me to teach me that particular process over Teams. We operate from a shared team mailbox so she doesn’t have sole responsibility for incoming requests, it’s joint responsibility across the whole team. We also don’t have any targets for number of cases resolved. When Gertrude trains me over Teams, we do a screenshare where I watch her do a task whilst she explains or I do a task whilst she instructs me. This clears up outstanding tasks from the joint mailbox whilst I learn.
What kind of questions should I be prepared to answer and how best can I prepare? It's tomorrow at lunchtime. TIA.
Manager: Why are u behind targets?
Veteran: Because I am training the newbie.
Manager: But they had that training?
Vet: Oh no! That person left after 2 days.
Manager: ok, what about John and, why are u behind targets?
Vet: Am training the newbie.
Manager: Hasn't John been trained on this?
Vet: John gave up 2 months ago.
Manager: Okay, we have an order of X amount can u complete it today?
Vet: where is X amounts' paperwork?
Manager: Will be ready 5 minutes before your home time, can u and Fernando manage?
Vet: Fernando was the newbie who left yesterday and without paperwork, that work can't be completed.
Manager: Okay, so Task A is going out in 2 weeks start it today. And as today is Thursday, tomorrow is the deadline for Task B u can have that work first thing 1 minute before your home time not today.
Vet: I am tired of training the newbies, this is the 20th one this month and nothing is up to date.
Manager: as a veteran we expect more from u. Anyway, train the newbie I will go and disorganise the tasks which u kindly organised 2 days ago.
END
I mean every workplace has this same pattern. Disorganisation, vets burned out from training, Managers not updating nor being updated, posters of Mental Wellness to prevent sick leave due to stress.
So yesterday I arrived at an interview (small coffee shop in town) all nicely dressed but didn’t over do it obviously, when I got there they only asked me 1 question (how much experience do I have) and to do a trial run without a date or time and sent me on my way, am I as the kids say “cooked”?
Earlier this year a hiring manager at a legal firm reached out to me on LinkedIn and basically said, "Your experience is exactly what we're looking for. Tell me what we can do to get you to come and work for us."
The page looked legit, her details all matched when I did some digging on the SRA website, but when they agreed to part time fully remote (hello unicorn job) I started to think something was up. I did a zoom interview at 4.30pm on a Friday, no red flags other than how perfect it was, then her assistant called at 5.40pm to offer me the job at the salary I'd asked for. I was still suspicious but accepted. This all happened in the space of 3 days.
The new starter paperwork arrived. All normal stuff, except for "what is your mother's maiden name? We need this to set up security questions" and a whole section on my health over the last 6 years, including any illnesses, time spent in hospital, time off sick, therapy I'm undergoing, medications and the dosages...
I'm a naturally suspicious person. It felt too good to be true. I genuinely thought I was being scammed and I also had a lot of other things on my plate personally so I thanked them for the opportunity but said there'd been an unforeseen change in my personal circumstances and I couldn't take the role anymore. They said that's too bad, thanks for letting them know.
It's been a few months now and I'm still job hunting, but I can't help wondering if I was just a little bit TOO suspicious and I walked away from the perfect job. Is it normal for businesses to ask new starters their mother's maiden name and to ask for so much information about medical details?
Advice on a big leap
I'm from the UK female 34
Job 1)
Fully remote - no travel costs
Easy desk based role - no stress lots of flexibility but also not skilled
48k / year total
Little to no progression other than annual 3% payrises
It's unsatisfying work and I am bored but also I know lucky am lucky to be fully remote. Unstable often redundancies but been there 5 years
5% pension match - total 10
Job 2) just been offered after interview
Fully onsite -
9 day fortnight
Practical hands on job (something I miss)
Lots of scope and future progression with courses and skills to be achieved. Stable industry no risk of AI etc
40k/ year starting (predicted after 12months 48k
You put in 5% they out in 3% pension - total 8
Over time opportunities at 1.5x
Im SERIOUSLY stuck on what to do/where to go and seeking some guidance on taking the leap or if I'm stupid and should stay and only if I ever get made redundant then to reapply elsewhere
Any thoughts very welcome!
Thankyou
I (22m) was offered a new role with my current employer. It is moving from a customer success role into a sale role and I have been pushing to do this (happy with sales targets and have previous sales experience). My responsibilities will increase but my employer has not offered a pay increase as they see it as a bridging role and I will only be in it for a short while.
I am pushing for more money and honesty will likely look to leave if I am not offered it. Has anyone ever had a similar experience and if so did you leave or how did it work out staying?
Hello all. I was made redundant 6 months ago, after numerous applications to a variety of roles, I’m currently half way through my ‘training’ for an unnamed telephone research company….who even takes calls from unknown numbers, let alone has 20 minutes+ free to answer questions!? I know this isn’t the right attitude, but I’m genuinely struggling to get my head around this.
Any advice from someone who’s done this sort of thing before or is currently doing it?
TIA x
Hi all, I currently work at Costa and have been here for 3 years. Transferred to a different store 8 months in due to moving to a different town and been recently promoted to a full Team Leader/Barista Maestro (BM)
I've seen staff come and go in my current store and a new hire who's been here for 2 months and a Team leader/BM who's been here for 2 years are incompetent and slowing service down and I'm sick of it.
I think I'm being impulsive cuz of my ADHD but I want to move onto somewhere that offers evening/night shifts so I can actually do stuff during the day and somewhere where the team work well together and pull their own weight. Like a relaxed bar or local pub and use my skills as a barista and put that into bartending and making cocktails as I genuinely enjoy making the drinks.
Any opinions or advice will be very much appreciated
Permanent IT job paying 65k, fully remote work from home.
I asked them if they could do a mutual 1 month notice period after completion of 3 month probation for stability and certainty. They declined.
I asked if probation could be limited to 6 months, so 3 months followed by further extension of 3 months. They declined.
I asked if they could remove the Lay off clause as this is a permanent salaried position. They declined.
They've essentially said the contract is the same for everyone.
What are people thoughts?
Tldr - Concerned about contract terms. Up to 1 year probation, 1 week notice during first 2 years, no sick pay during probation, 14 days holiday controlled by the company, remote working not guaranteed.
EDITED TO ADD: I am currently unemployed and reliant on government support. I was signed off work sick from my previous job last year due to workplace stress and have been out of work for over a year. So I am really nervous about returning to work and stability is really important to me. This contract is already stressing me out.
Hi all, commenter for a long time first time poster in this sub.
TLDR: I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share what reasonable adjustments they have in place at work and how useful they are?
More context below if willing to read it.
I'm 32F, diagnosed with combined type ADHD 5 years ago. Not medicated currently/anymore. Just returned to work following a period of burnout relating to work and personal life (signed off for a month).
Working in an office environment as a team leader/manager (contracted within local government which is probably relevant). I'm mostly WFH but this is part of the struggle as my brain struggles to transition from work/home in the same environment and I've not really done fully office based roles before.
My main struggles are intrinsic motivation, time blindness and management e.g. leave things to the last minute, struggle to plan ahead, not giving myself enough time to get to places or overbooking myself.
Never had formal reasonable adjustments and haven't found many workplaces or occupational health forthcoming in actual suggestions on what can help. Had 3 assessments and no actual adjustments as the main answer I've received is "there's loads of things you could do but it depends on the employer and what they can offer" that's not helpful and is never carried forward or progressed in a meaningful way.
If you work in a similar role/environment even better but would love to hear from anyone with examples of what works for them to manage their symptoms!
Hi all,
I just secured my first job a little less than a month ago, I'm nineteen for reference.
I'm working as a GP surgery receptionist/admin.
I am so beyond stressed.
It's around five miles from where I live, but because it's in an area without a station with a main line or many bus stops the commute there takes more than an hour.
I leave half an hour early every day because I'm so insanely paranoid I'm going to miss my bus/train or one or the other is going to be delayed — I take a line that comes every half hour for reference (going back and forth.)
Onto the actual job itself — I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
I had plenty of admin experience beforehand but never in a GP surgery, the entire reason I got the job in th first place was because my mum’s friend put in a good word for me because she's best friends with the hiring manager/supervisor — which has only added more stress onto my shoulders because multiple people put in a word for me to get this job and referred me as a good candidate and I'm absolutely rubbish.
I shadowed someone for around three days before they sort of left me to my own devices.
I don't understand the programmes, the medication, the abbreviations, the emails, the scanning, the patients, the samples.
I have to learn so much and I don't understand how to do literally any of it.
I've managed to pick up a couple of things but nowhere near as much as I think they've expected I could.
I get nervous answering the phones because of the patients/not even understanding how to help them because nobody has shown me.
Whenever I get a call in, I put them on hold and ask a colleague what to do — and the colleague will tell me but not actually explain why I'm doing this or how it's helping.
Yesterday I had to leave two hours early because I got an insane tension migraine — I was dizzy/nauseous/about to pass out.
I've never experienced a migraine like this before in my life.
I have one right now — coincidentally just before I'm about to go in.
I'm beginning to link it to work, but I don't want to tell anyone because I'm new and don't want to be an inconvenience.
Corporate 9-5 at a large organisation, hybrid working. Is it really not a thing at these places that you just do your tasks, get paid, and go home?!
For context, I’m planning to leave the corporate world and start my own business. Mentally I checked out long time ago. I perform my tasks at work but in my head, I’m somewhere else. I have zero interest in networking in this industry (I even deactivated my LinkedIn account), and I don’t want to make friends with any of my colleagues.
Yet, my manager constantly talks to me about how important it is for my career progression to build relationships internally, have regular catch-ups with people from my team and also with senior management, and participate more in team socials (i.e. join them to the pub after working hours).
How do I tell him that I’m not here to make friends? If I was in a client facing role, it would make more sense. But my job is fully back office, and I think I can collaborate with anyone perfectly well without knowing where they went on holiday or what they took their dog to the vet with.
Am I in the wrong here??
UPDATE: I’m actually a quite social person, and in the industry I want to pivot into, I already have good relationships. So it’s not about me being a weirdo, absolutely not! They are just not my kind of people and that’s exactly why I want to change careers - I don’t have a sense of belonging in the industry I’m currently in.
If you are starting a role now, that is no longer the practical reality.
Under the Employment Rights Act, the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal protection drops from 2 years to 6 months on 1 January 2027.
Because the new rules apply to anyone with at least six months of continuous service once 1 January 2027 arrives, anyone starting a job around now will cross that six-month threshold shortly into early 2027.
So if you are currently negotiating probation periods or worrying about long-term probationary limbo, the two-year buffer for employers is effectively dead for anyone entering the workforce today.
(This is GB; NI will stay at one year).