I think they go through a "breaking" process on induction
working for a dull, humourless bureaucracy that drains them of any warmth?
The first makes sense, as it prepares the client for what is probably going to be a fairly unpleasant experience, but the second would also be understandable.
Their website said that you can get parking permits for courtesy cars but on arrival the scowly receptionist gave me a standard permit application which I had to fill in, despite it being seemingly inapplicable. When my number came up I was told by the next surly operative that the person who applied for the original permit should be the one signing that form. I explained that she came in at 8.00am yesterday to do so, (the opening time according to the website) but was told that it didn't open till 9.00am. "It's changed" I was told.
Anyway I signed it anyway and when I handed it back to he she seemed to brighten up, and stapled it to something else without even looking at it. Conclusion: all they want is to make people fill in forms. It doesn't matter what you say, or whether it is the correct form, just fill in a form and you make them happy.
I think they go through a "breaking" process on induction
It would make you bitter, wouldn't it? If you awoke in the morning, looked in the mirror, and faced another day at the Civic Centre, with a timetable of Diversity Training and Health & Safety Courses
miserable?
At the interview I had to swear my allegiance to their policy of positive discrimination.
I think I ticked 19 out of their 20 competencies boxes for skill set, but the fact that my Unix experience was on a different version to theirs meant that I didn't tick box one, and so couldn't be considered.
I probably got lucky there.
There are no excuses. Stop looking for excuses; it's your fault you're a nasty piece of work and no one and nothing else is to blame.
You haven't turned black since I last saw you, have you?
It's sad really, Locakl Authorities could make a massive difference to their patch by being a bit more innovative or entrepreneurial but they are usually so mired in funding cuts, KPIs for funding and dealing with de-motivated and unproductive staff that they never seem to manage to do anything but exist, and grudgingly at that.
It's not even a political position about individual responsibilty. It's just horsehit.
Rude. Spiteful. Hurtful.
Do you work in local government?