Rossgo's Saviour!!
Posted: 13 Feb 2016, 07:52
Was literally going to post this in the What are you doing today? Thread. But took another look at the post and realised it was blinking massive so decided to make a new thread so people can decide if they really want to read it or not and don't bore everyone!!
Well last night I had an interview at a karting track for the position for team leader also known as Race Director which I LOVE the title for hahahah!! It's not very well paid but I said to the manager it's not about the money it's for me. There are ways of making it better paid but I think you would have to work alot of hours and have to have a pretty high target for sales to make it a more worthwhile payment.
I told the manager I need a job where I will be happy and for me to see people having fun. I said in my job I work with the same people every day and you don't see anyone different. You don't get job satisfaction from it because you don't see the end result. Here you do, the interaction with staff and clients seeing them walk off happy, I carried on to say I need that social side when working and I want fun . (The company I work for have been saying for years we will visit a hospital to see our products being used, it's a guarantee majority of people who have visited a hospital/ doctor/ nurse/ ambulance/ possibly even a first aider (if serious problem) would of used our products, from something very minor to saving people lives. I have to remind myself that what I do is keeping people with their families but the company now is so big (global) that the workforce is just cannon fodder (one in one out). (Didn't go into that much detail with him I kept it basic!!) But he seemed go be happy anyway.
I also went on to say that the place has been changing for the last 6 months into something I don't like its very much a blaming culture now without finding out the facts first but it pays the bills and for my social side of things. I will add here that someone came up to me yesterday and said I wish everyone was like you listen to the facts and try to find out what's happened and not just blame the first person they see. I said this to the manager as he asked me a question (can't remember what question now) but it went perfectly. I couldn't believe it actually because I wouldn't of known what to say as an answer if this particular person didn't say anything!!!
I asked the manager why isn't he promoting within the current staff (he seemed to like this question a lot). He answered honestly and said there was one girl who he thinks does her job brilliantly (can't remember her name now) but because she's only just turned 18 he is unsure how she would cope moving up in the more responsible role and he doesn't want to scare her off. This could cause problems if I was successful because she could see being looked over as a bad point but i hope she would be a great allie as she knows the job and you can't over look and devalue your staff so I really hope she carries on with her excellent skills.
I got along with the manager and even had a chat with one of the staff members before my interview. I told him I had a full time job but he was impressed with my CV and me. I told him it would be for a part time position in the evening and he seems to be pretty happy to work around this but I personally think he wants me to be a full timer. He said he can't offer me the job without a trial which I understood because last thing he wants is me to turn up and hate it or I don't get a long with staff (who by the sounds and looks of it are all around 17-22 with the odd couple who are older I would be one of the oldest) so hoping there will be a laugh to be had with them but hope I would be able to earn their respect if I pass the trial.
I have my trial on Sunday. I'm a tad worried as its a new job and I don't know what it holds and new staff to me. I told the manager that the staff member I talked too said they are all pretty happy working in the place which will make a huge difference to the place I currently work at. I then carried on to say if I'm successful I'm sure you will hear little stories about my place but I won't bore you with the details right now!!! He seemed to have a glisten in his eye when I told him that and was even more impressed and happy!!
The whole interview went on for around an hour and a bit I was shocked how long actually didn't realise it at the time.
Anyway I left pretty happy and I really hope I can get along on Sunday and it goes OK.
Wish me luck!
Well last night I had an interview at a karting track for the position for team leader also known as Race Director which I LOVE the title for hahahah!! It's not very well paid but I said to the manager it's not about the money it's for me. There are ways of making it better paid but I think you would have to work alot of hours and have to have a pretty high target for sales to make it a more worthwhile payment.
I told the manager I need a job where I will be happy and for me to see people having fun. I said in my job I work with the same people every day and you don't see anyone different. You don't get job satisfaction from it because you don't see the end result. Here you do, the interaction with staff and clients seeing them walk off happy, I carried on to say I need that social side when working and I want fun . (The company I work for have been saying for years we will visit a hospital to see our products being used, it's a guarantee majority of people who have visited a hospital/ doctor/ nurse/ ambulance/ possibly even a first aider (if serious problem) would of used our products, from something very minor to saving people lives. I have to remind myself that what I do is keeping people with their families but the company now is so big (global) that the workforce is just cannon fodder (one in one out). (Didn't go into that much detail with him I kept it basic!!) But he seemed go be happy anyway.
I also went on to say that the place has been changing for the last 6 months into something I don't like its very much a blaming culture now without finding out the facts first but it pays the bills and for my social side of things. I will add here that someone came up to me yesterday and said I wish everyone was like you listen to the facts and try to find out what's happened and not just blame the first person they see. I said this to the manager as he asked me a question (can't remember what question now) but it went perfectly. I couldn't believe it actually because I wouldn't of known what to say as an answer if this particular person didn't say anything!!!
I asked the manager why isn't he promoting within the current staff (he seemed to like this question a lot). He answered honestly and said there was one girl who he thinks does her job brilliantly (can't remember her name now) but because she's only just turned 18 he is unsure how she would cope moving up in the more responsible role and he doesn't want to scare her off. This could cause problems if I was successful because she could see being looked over as a bad point but i hope she would be a great allie as she knows the job and you can't over look and devalue your staff so I really hope she carries on with her excellent skills.
I got along with the manager and even had a chat with one of the staff members before my interview. I told him I had a full time job but he was impressed with my CV and me. I told him it would be for a part time position in the evening and he seems to be pretty happy to work around this but I personally think he wants me to be a full timer. He said he can't offer me the job without a trial which I understood because last thing he wants is me to turn up and hate it or I don't get a long with staff (who by the sounds and looks of it are all around 17-22 with the odd couple who are older I would be one of the oldest) so hoping there will be a laugh to be had with them but hope I would be able to earn their respect if I pass the trial.
I have my trial on Sunday. I'm a tad worried as its a new job and I don't know what it holds and new staff to me. I told the manager that the staff member I talked too said they are all pretty happy working in the place which will make a huge difference to the place I currently work at. I then carried on to say if I'm successful I'm sure you will hear little stories about my place but I won't bore you with the details right now!!! He seemed to have a glisten in his eye when I told him that and was even more impressed and happy!!
The whole interview went on for around an hour and a bit I was shocked how long actually didn't realise it at the time.
Anyway I left pretty happy and I really hope I can get along on Sunday and it goes OK.
Wish me luck!
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