Site Search:
 
Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Subtley ratcheting up the "pressure"

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Saudi Arabia
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
eclectic



Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 1122

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:06 am    Post subject: Subtley ratcheting up the "pressure" Reply with quote

1. SOrry we can't hire you, then
2. Please send CV
2.5 I never send a CV
3. Then, an email "when are you available for a phone interview?"
4. Then, "we haven't heard anything from you, Candidate"
5. (WTF??? I was waiting for THEM to respond first!)
5.5 I finally send CV and do the phone interview. Suddenly, after 4 days:
6. Here is your Prelim Offer/Contract
7. Then after I did NOTHING for 8 weeks, "Please update us on your status" (maybe I have no status as I'm not interested)
8. I respond "I have many questions but dont want to burden you with so many"
9. They: please feel free to do so.
10. I do so, generously and without regard to quantity/volume of such.
11. They reply to each, mostly without the necessary info I needed.
12. I do not answer for 6 weeks.
13. They ask for another update on my status.
I do not reply.
etc........
14. The "start date" comes and goes. I think its long-dead. Then.........
15. Email: Dear Candidate, Look forward to working with you. Please update on your visa status.
16. One question: What "start" date???!!!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
trapezius



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 1670
Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction

PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only in Saudi!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
desert_traveller



Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 335

PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dude this is the norm in saudi arabia
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
eclectic



Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 1122

PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

holy smokes!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Never Ceased To Be Amazed



Joined: 22 Oct 2004
Posts: 3500
Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...

PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Possibly" some folk are starting to get the drift...?

NCTBA
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
eclectic



Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 1122

PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the thrifty drift of the folk smoke!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
saharastars



Joined: 30 Sep 2009
Posts: 107
Location: Wonderland

PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perfect material for a comedy of errors, cant wait for the next instalment... Shocked
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sheikh Abdullah



Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 54
Location: California, USA

PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After reading this, when are you starting? LOL LOL LOL LOL Shocked
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Yahoo Messenger
eclectic



Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 1122

PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Inshallah will be starting Spring '10
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
tacomaboywa



Joined: 18 Jan 2009
Posts: 194
Location: The Magic Kingdom

PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

eclectic wrote:
Inshallah will be starting Spring '10


LOL By then you can find a better employer. Wink


---------------
Avoid M-Trading
http://www.tulbah.org/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Saudi Arabia All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

Teaching Jobs in China
Teaching Jobs in China