Fastest Call To Interview EVAR. Why Am I Not Thrilled?

[wigglewhiz]

So!

I had... a very bad day yesterday. I discovered an hithertofore (woot! Random unwieldy lengthy obscure old term! Possibly used incorrectly! But I like it, so FNAR!) unbeknown (Score 2! BOOYAH!) to me hole in the finances. Like... a BIG hole. One which caused a SERIOUS problem. A serious, non-rent-paying, can't buy any food for the pantry again, DEAR GOD WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOO kind of problem.

There were tears. Oh, many, many tears. It was... horrible. Himself and I had to... Have A Serious Talk About Our Relationship.

There was an emergency phone call to Ma back home, who has bailed me out of a hole YET AGAIN. Again. I love my mum (much as I know we both have our issues and can set each other off), and I love the fact that she's always there for me. I HATE HATE HATE that I have to rely on that. I hate that I am THIRTY THREE fucking years old and my mother still bails me out. I hate that my mum is the only income earner (at the moment, as her partner is currently setting up his own business), and as such things are tight for her - and yet she still bails me out of my problems.

I hate that I owe her about a squillion pounds by now, and that's not including food I ate as a child or anything (as if she was Agnes Skinner, you know), and I don't currently have any way of being able to pay her back for the forseeable future.

More than anything, I hate the fact that the money she is now sending to me is money that she WOULD have been using to come over here to see me, and that therefore now she can't do that. And I miss her so much.

I also saw a job advert yesterday. A PAYROLL ONE. Well, a vaguely payroll related one. (See my previous entry on why Payroll jobs are THE FROO-ITS OF THE DEVEEL for a bit of background on my general feelings.) It's a consultancy/sales position for a technology group - doing design, sales and support for Payroll, Accountancy and HR software packages.

I DON'T LIKE SALES.

I am NOT a salesperson, and I don't like being given the hard sell myself. I certainly can't imagine having to do it to other people - and I think OTE is basically a massive fucking SCAM and lets employers get away with paying a shitty base salary. BUT! I'm thinking that this position isn't likely to include any of the more horrifying aspects of sales jobs - in as much as there'll be no cold calling or door-to-door bullshit. *shudders*

A previous manager I had at my last job (Company P? Did I mention their name before?! Who knows. You'll totally know if you find me on LinkedIn. ANYWAY!) had held this kind of role himself before, and kept recommending it to me because I would be "SO GOOD" at it. I have asked him if he'll give me a reference for it, because I reckon that's got to be a doozy of a reference if you can actually have someone saying: "Yeah, I've actually *done* that kind of work myself before and I think this candidate would be FANTASTIC".

Anyway, the job advert didn't include a closing date, so I decided  to be quick off the mark (probably gee'd along by the Tearful Conversation Of HOLY FUCK WHAT NOW earlier in the day) and apply for it yesterday. I wrote a reasonably good cover email (kind of bolshy, figured that would be good for a sales post), fired off my CV and the Covert Awesomeness Document that I'd come up with for my earlier ill-fated Company E interview. I sent the email off at.... half 6 or something.

Today, I checked my Sensible Email Address... and there was a response from some dude's Blackberry *eyeroll*. At HALF PAST SEVEN the previous night. Can I manage to come in for an interview on Monday?

O_O

I emailed back, saying I was happy to come in on Monday, would he like me to bring anything, yadda yadda yadda. He has a Blackberry, presumably he'll still get the email even today or at some point over the weekend. He replied within the hour: "Say 2pm at the office, I don't think you need to bring anything. I have ur cv."

So. That brings our new running totals to:

Job Applications: 13
Interviews:             6
Job Offers:             0

I know I should be thrilled. Himself is very pleased - they must be KEEN! Because they're so fast! YAY!

And I *AM* pleased that I'm getting somewhere. But I find myself thinking: "Fuck, typical pushy salesman. Using his Blackberry on the evenings and weekend to work. They better not expect that of me. And he used fucking TEXT SPEAK in a professional email, what an asshat".

I KNOW. I know, I am a total fucking jerk. But that's what I'm thinking. I feel a little... rushed and uncomfortable. I feel like this may be some kind of scam - seriously, you're interviewing people before the job has even closed? Are you taking on LOADS of EAGER BEAVER salespeople on a fucking commission only basis? Because FORGET IT. And does "presentable" in the job advert really mean skinny and attractive, i.e. NOT SO FAST, YOU FAT PERSON! I'm dreading seeing the interviewer's face when I waddle in.

Am I wrong, flisties? I absolutely *WILL* go to the interview anyway (I have no info yet on salary, or the dreaded OTE componentness or anything, none of that in the job advert, SURPRISE SURPRISE), and MY GOD right now if someone offers me ANY job I WILL TAKE IT. But it would be good to know my gut is just overreacting. A bit.

Right?!

Comments

[bedlam-n-bedlah.livejournal.com]

Well good luck to you. You won't know if it's a scam until you get there. Don't forget to do your internet research on the Co before you get there though. And again GOOD LUCK!

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

I'd be wary too, but otoh the person might just be gung-ho and young and constantly working like a big sales wanker tends to do when not on the piss or driving his big Porsche round and round really fast or on his boat or whatever. If it's dirty old commission only I'd be NO FUCKING THANKS unless Himself really really REALLY wants you to take it, but I reckon you would be better with Just Anything in the interim, because you'll feel better, be contributing etc. You can always keep looking.

Seeing as how I am Old and have lived through some hardass recessions as an adult before, I'm going to say that it is absolutely not going to fuck things up for you IMO if you end up doing work that's not on the career path or whatever. People get recessions. It's absolutely fine to be able to say "I got made redundant/moved towns/whatever and couldn't get work in my field due to The Global Economic Downturn so I took a job as a cleaner/toilet roll model/sales person because that was available and I wanted/needed an income." It shows you're flexible and not afraid of hard work yadda yadda. Well, that's what I think. Everyone who is not a dickhead or a 12 year old understands that a lot of the time it's not a person's fault if they don't have a Model Career Path type CV, and in many cases it can be a plus.

I hope they offer you something that has an actual WAGE.