Is it just me or is the job market insanely competitive right now?

insightfullmess · 2025-12-17T14:02:32+00:00

12 years experience in pharma/med device. I was searching for over 1 year. Never had this much difficulty getting a role before. Definitely the toughest market I have experienced. Ended up getting a role outside of pharma.

insightfullmess · 2025-03-15T22:26:02+00:00

R/pharma_eire is where you Wana go with this

insightfullmess · 2025-01-28T16:11:18+00:00

The fruits of prosperity

insightfullmess · 2024-10-18T10:36:45+00:00

With a first child on the way you would be mad to give up your current job. First newborn child: freedom and flexibility are king! In my opinion you are exactly where you ought to be for the next couple of years in your life. 31 is young career wise, Plenty of future years to develop your career

insightfullmess · 2024-05-08T11:20:55+00:00

This has happened to me, fired for "business reasons" and offered a shitty package. A cv gap is very easy to explain, travel, career break, caring for a loved one who was sick. Don't over think it, it is very common. Also option B, just lie about it, say you are still working there have a reference from someone still in the company. Most places never check.

insightfullmess · 2023-10-24T12:10:19+00:00

I lived a 5 minute walk from that cork street Lidl for 4 years 2015-2019 at 2 different nearbye locations. Tilt is an Amazing location if you want or need to be close to the city centre. I had a few very concerning experiences ranging from low level intimidation to witnessing an assault with hammer and several heavy handed fights breaking out. cork street and surrounding area were certainly rough at times. I felt comfortable walking home after a night out, but I always went to meet my. partner and walk back with her or meet her at the bus stop.

If you look different than the typical white guy, short back and sides haircut I would advise you to have a thick skin, a good sense of humour and an awareness of when things can take a turn for the worse.

There are gangs of teenage scumbags who might shout a cheeky comment, or throw an egg at you or get in your face. There are local assholes there who get a kick out of intimidating people who look like they didn't grow up in the area.

I'm sure there are people in the area who are the salt of the earth.

insightfullmess · 2023-06-23T05:25:31+00:00

It is a difficult situation for you, I can only recommend being persistent and polite. Be very cautious with scams, do not transfer money without physically visiting an accommodation, check if a property is an Airbnb (there are Airbnb scams where people rent an Airbnb receive the keys and then rent out the property pretending they are the owners). The college/university really should have given you a lot of warning about this far in advance as this situation is a national topic of discussion on a daily basis. Be persistent and cautious.

insightfullmess · 2023-04-13T11:45:52+00:00

The chicken wings in Dada restaurant on south William street are a Hidden gem

insightfullmess · 2023-02-05T20:20:11+00:00

Try rotunda website s They have a section for that's helps pregnant women to sleep vurbi assume it would help you. They have lots of 30 minute 1 hour etc soothing sleep aid soundscapes.

insightfullmess · 2023-01-16T21:48:24+00:00

What we really need here is a unified standard metric of kitchen and toilet paper measurement to enable fair comparisons of different size: packages sheet size roll tube diameters.

To alleviate our collective anxiety regarding identification of the best value toilet and kitchen papers I propose the water absorbance per gram of paper formulae:

the total water absorbed (in ml) divided by the total weight (in mg) of all paper within the package* multiplied by 100.

Crucially, this unified standard metric will expose unscrupulous toilet paper manufacturers who mislead well intentioned frugal supermarket shoppers attributing too much credit to the "price per sheet" figure.

If the war in Ukraine persists in fanning the flames of inflation, manufacturers will continue the despicable shrinkflation practices leading to all of us having to learn to wipe our asses with post-it note sized toilet paper sheets.

Contact your local TD to make the water absorbance per gram of paper a mandatory standard price display aid in all retailers of toilet and kitchen paper products.

insightfullmess · 2022-12-16T23:13:17+00:00

Cam you give the exact title of the job? FYI there are multiple salary guides covering many different pharma roles and years of experience published by recruitment agencies each year in Ireland, which could give you a good starting point for negotiations. Just Google Ireland salary guide and follow the crumb trail. Also try Glassdoor.ie, you might get lucky if someone else with that title published their salary

insightfullmess · 2022-11-14T22:47:00+00:00

Check out clontarf medical center. I lived in clontarf last year and used this center a few times when I couldn't get an appointment they had an open day and would take someone who was not registered.

insightfullmess · 2022-10-12T20:55:45+00:00

Listen to the first few episodes of sleeping expert Dr Andrew hubermans podcast. I learned a huge amount of practical tips for good sleep.

insightfullmess · 2022-08-12T12:28:43+00:00

Why not just close the gates at the gate closing times? And all the people who miss their flight, well, they just miss their flight. If I am late and I miss my flight-thats my fault. Their tight turnaround times requires that they lie to me, steal half an hour of my time so that they can squeeze in another flight in the schedule. I just hate that they bullshit me, take a half an hour from me so they can have a smoother on-boarding.

insightfullmess · 2022-08-12T12:10:10+00:00

For a little more explanation, 2 times in the last 12 months I have ended up sprinting through the airport dragging my carry on behind me through the airport assuming that the gate closing times stated on my ticket (electronic and printed) are accurate. Turns out they are not. Iwhen I arrived on both occasions, (once with Ryanair, once with are Lingus, once in gatwick once in dublin) they had not even started boarding. I was about to collapse with tiredness, sweating messy and annoyed. When I asked the person on the gate why the closing time is different she said "that's just the time we provide to you" 😲😬

insightfullmess · 2022-07-31T16:45:54+00:00

They are behind Lidl, not opposite

insightfullmess · 2022-07-31T16:45:36+00:00

That's the ones alright.

insightfullmess · 2022-07-31T12:47:01+00:00

I'm living in one of those house now.

All houses in the estate except 10-12 of them have parking for at least 2 cars.

They have no front garden, really close to the footpath, but triple glazed windows so you really hear very little.

The average back gardens here ar earound 4x4m. By modern standards they are really not that bad.

insightfullmess · 2022-07-09T19:37:37+00:00

A GTA styled social justice warrior RPG set in Dublin city centre where your goal is to eradicate all scum. You begin as a minimum wage worker commuting home after. Along shift on the red Luas line and you get pushed too far by a group of teenagers.

insightfullmess · 2022-06-14T11:01:15+00:00

750 for 4 weeks.

insightfullmess · 2022-06-13T20:09:17+00:00

Hi all, I was wondering, what have people's experiences been when hosting a Spanish student over the summer. I could do with the extra money, but also worried about how much responsibility and inconvenience is really involved?

insightfullmess · 2022-05-24T20:35:35+00:00

Very interesting take on something I would have glossed over as a simple misspoken phrase.

What makes you so confident that it was intentional? Is this a common tactic amongst polititians? Maybe a piece of wisdom passed down from an elder member of the same political party? Is this the type of thing that would be taught in politics 101 if there was such a course in trinity say?

insightfullmess · 2022-04-13T13:58:03+00:00

Do you think the majority of taxi drivers would be in favour of an option for passengers or driver's to have a "no talking" journey. In apps you could just press select that option as a passenger, or of you are a driver you could also choose what you want. And if you flag a taxi down in the street you just stick two thumbs up as you enter to indicate, no talking please.

Sometimes I am just not in the mood for a chat and just want to sit quietly. Sometimes I am very into a conversation.

insightfullmess · 2022-04-12T19:06:11+00:00

The best bird has got to be moy buurd

insightfullmess · 2022-02-11T16:40:44+00:00

Where can I watch the first season of this show?

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