Comments for Aegle Limited

Comment on Are the wrong people being promoted? by easybud1

easybud1 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:57:57 +0000

We have all seen this Colin normally because the managers that promote the person will not admit they made a mistake in hiring the person, so promote them and they are someone elses problem. Right up until they are on the board or have their finger on the big red button then look out.

Comment on Are the wrong people being promoted? by Colin Perry

Colin Perry — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:53:05 +0000

This is called The Peter Principle, where employees rise to “their level of incompetence”.

I’m sure I’ve seen examples of it in practice too.

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/Peter-principle.html

Comment on The alternative budget by Dave Short

Dave Short — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:41:14 +0000

What a farce the budget was. I was watching as Osbourne delivered his speech and was not impressed, what made it worse was when Millipede stood up to respond and you could see the smirking, smug faces of Balls and Harman nodding their heads like those horrible nodding dogs on the parcel shelf of a Chav’s car, all you needed was the fluffy dice to complete the picture.

Comment on The alternative budget by Dave Short

Dave Short — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:39:34 +0000

Not bad for a boozy budget on the back of beer mat, but benefits should be reduced and encouragement to get to work, if this fails to only give vouchers for food, utility bills and rent. No cash payments.

MP’s expenses curtailed, but their salary should be increased making them pay all expenses from salary (increase of £10K pa

Comment on Say Cheese by Colin Perry

Colin Perry — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:14:47 +0000

“Seeing the commuters trudging parking in our road then trudging up to the station to get a train to London I am reminded of the film Schindler’s list and the utter despair on the faces of those boarding the trains to the camps, they look no happier on their return trip.”

Wow, I agree that many people look pretty miserable on the morning commute into London, but are things THAT bad?

Oh well, at least they do get a train home at the end of the day.

Much as I sometimes moan about the daily commute, I tend to use the time pretty well to read a book or study the modules of my distance learning course. It helps to break the monotony.

Comment on Is a degree overrated? by easybud1

easybud1 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:52:56 +0000

David this has been part of the problem that we have to get over. We have a lot of good strong candidates, but some HR departments demand a degree and will not even look at someone without, even if they have 20 years hands on experience.

Comment on Is a degree overrated? by David Forster

David Forster — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:24:24 +0000

As a non degree educated job seeker I must concur that many recruiters and companies use the degree as a default filter. This not only overlooks many talented younger candidates but excludes those experienced older candidates whose education was completed when attaining a degree was not seen as the norm. There is often too, no requirement that the degree has any relevance to the advertised position.
Interestingly, the Evening Standard has run a campaign to get unemployed youngsters placed as apprentices and banks such as Goldman Sachs have taken on a number of these. They may not start on the big salaries but I bet in 10 years time some of these will have more knowledge and achieve just as much as their degree educated contempories.

Comment on Where has all the experience gone? by Derek Moody

Derek Moody — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:24:27 +0000

I’m here waiting for you

Comment on Sold a pup? by easybud1

easybud1 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:11:47 +0000

It sounds like the companies you are going to are forward thinking, what a good idea taster half days.
All jobs should offer this.
Rick

Comment on Sold a pup? by Fiona Fogden

Fiona Fogden — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:08:15 +0000

Hi Rick, I couldn’t agree more. That is why I have found taster half days very helpful in place of a second interview – something that is very hands on. Some jobs are hard to describe in reality. If the candidate thinks that we are trying to get them for free for half a day then we don’t want them as they are too naive to understand that in half a day we will be expending more effort than they will. Part of the session will be shadowing, part will be seeing how they get on in reality and does their CV stand-up to practical scrutiny. Not suitable for all roles of course, but is a generally good experience for employer and potential employee.