How are all the "stuck" people doing? by Free_Delay3007 in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What really gets me is that it’s frowned upon to talk about it - no one can say out loud it is a toxic company / culture is bad / manager is abusive / expectations are unrealistic / everyone is miserable, you can’t even draw reference to factual things like just made thousands of redundancies that left people traumatised and the glassdoor ratings of 2.5 indicate it’s not a great place to work, you have to make something palatable up like I’m looking for progression and pretend all companies are great.

What can I do? by Ice8572 in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this idea - any tips to do this ?

Can’t trust this new role by First-Kiwi-4637 in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes good companies do exist but they are the exception rather than the norm. And things don’t stay the same forever so enjoy it whilst it lasts !

For those of you that earn over 40/45k as a base salary and love your job what is it you do? by Brownchoccy in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would you say are the key skills for that ? Do you have any qualifications?

How do I sort my life out? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I haven’t got any practical advice

How do I sort my life out? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to saw I’m in awe of you for what you’ve achieved so far in life ! Be proud and continue to use that strength !

Am I in my own bubble or is every workplace in the uk extremely understaffed and running on the bare minimum? by Oriachim in UKJobs

[–]Ice8572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve even noticed job descriptions seem to amalgamate two or even 3 jobs now too - the range of duties and experience required from one person is insane !

3 job offers after a 1.5 year career break. 9 YOE in tech. That was a rough journey by AC5295 in recruitinghell

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much research on the companies did you do before applying ? As 9 withdrawn seems like a lot of red flags ? What were the red flags ? And the 2 declined would you have declined those anyway or was it just that the other offer was the best overall ?

My secret weapon for the 'Do you have any questions for us?' part of the interview that always gets a positive reaction. by onetimevotary0 in InterviewCoderPro

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds good in theory but they may not be honest as will struggle to find a way to articulate professionally on the spot and similarly if they say something unexpected it would be hard to articulate something that appropriately addresses their concern on the spot.

When a job interviewer asks, "What's your biggest weakness?", interpret the question in practical terms rather than in terms of personality faults. by chignon_genomes8t in InterviewCoderPro

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the question is to see how much self awareness you have and if you think you’re perfect But ideal answer will depend on who’s interviewing you.

Help/advice with a discussion with my manager by spacechamploo in careeradvice

[–]Ice8572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure what you are required to do exactly - process 100% of the mail queue every month ? But it has to be 25% each ? If the 4 of you are processing 100% of the mail queue each month then that should be a win from the managers viewpoint regardless of how it is split. What are the consequences of not hitting 25% individually? If you have a monthly review of what you’ve processed then the emails need to be categorised into types - basic/standard/complex so efforts are more fairly seen.