A job vacancy!! We are in fu**ed

ninebeanrows

:eek::eek:

Jesus Wept

I'm going to do all my shopping in that Londis, they clearly are going to have the best qualified staff.

BobTheBeat

Would you like a conservatory built with that ham sandwich?

Quazzie

There aren't that many Irish in that queue tbf.

AnonoBoy

What was the need for an 'open interview' that would cause such a queue?

Free publicity for Londis me thinks.

Jesus Wept

Quazzie wrote: »

There aren't that many Irish in that queue tbf.

Sure that's all that matters so. :rolleyes:

regob

AnonoBoy wrote: »

What was the need for an 'open interview' that would cause such a queue?

Free publicity for Londis me thinks.

i agree

Kintarō Hattori

Quazzie wrote: »

There aren't that many Irish in that queue tbf.

Regardless of anything else it shows people want to work rather than sitting around all day. That's something good at least.

Sharpshooter

:eek:
I had to check out the shop names to make sure that was a Dublin street.
I can't believe the length of that queue, I pity the poor fecker doing the interviewing.

It's not a good sign of things to come.

Goduznt Xzst

Quazzie wrote: »

There aren't that many Irish in that queue tbf.

Well the second line of the job spec was looking for "dynamic and flexible", i'd say most of those guys are into tantra and kama sutra so would fit the bill

connundrum

Was this not covered yesterday?

Thread was locked iirc.

theteal

ah half of them think it's a queue for drugs, simple mistake!

i don't think i'd fancy being the subject of some amateur documentary while i'm struggling to find work

annie.t

OMG :eek:
shocking...

Cuddlesworth

To be honest I passed this yesterday leaving work. A lot of people just started queueing because they figured a line that big had to be for something good.

Dudess

connundrum wrote: »

Was this not covered yesterday?

Thread was locked iirc.

Yeah but the OP was focusing on all the people who appear to be foreign and asking why they got work permits in the current economic climate, rather than the fact such a huge number of people are going for one job.

ejmaztec

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

To be honest I passed this yesterday leaving work. A lot of people just started queueing because they figured a line that big had to be for something good.

Was it free Taytos day?

Gary ITR

Quazzie wrote: »

There aren't that many Irish in that queue tbf.

I went to the post office last wednesday to post a registered letter and the queue was out the door and down the street. I'd saay 95% Irish. Funny that

Edit: There were actually 150 jobs going so not quite as dramatic either. News reports on different stations were saying 2000 people queueing, 1000 queueing so in reality probably about 350

Homer

Jaysus they'll have to rename it the bloody kwik-e-mart

skywalker

Wow. Incredible video. Really brings things home.

RATM

Fat chance of getting a job in this climate if you show up to an interview in jeans and runners ( which the majority did ). Its an employers market so you've got to stand out and look professional, even if its for a job in a convenience store.

connundrum

In reality, if there were 1500 there for interview, and there were 150 positions on offer - I don't see the shock value.

For any position we've looked to fill between 2007 and now, we would have at least 20 - 30 CV's in for the job, of which we'd invite 9 - 10 people in for interview.

The actual presense of so many people on the street was the shocking thing I suppose. Had Londis insisted on cv's to be sent in by e-mail only then there'd be no media coverage.

A good bit of PR for Londis/Griffin Group.

Kev_ps3

Unreal.. And still the goverment continue to flood this country with foreigners when jobs are so scarce:rolleyes:

Jip

Yes, the government are bringing in people on planes, trains and automobiles from other countries.
Maybe we can swap you for one of them ?

sdanseo

150 jobs? For how many stores, and new or existing?

What a mad, mad way to do business.

Kintarō Hattori

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Unreal.. And still the goverment continue to flood this country with foreigners when jobs are so scarce:rolleyes:

Have you even read the papers recently?

AnonoBoy

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Have you even read the papers recently?

Of course he has, only got as far as Page 3 though. Apparently Kim from Stratford likes guys who can make her laugh (and of course she loves taking her top off! - phwwwaaaooorrrr!!!!)

Kev_ps3

Kintar? Hattori wrote: »

Have you even read the papers recently?

Not all of them no:pac:

EdgarAllenPoo

Makes me feel all special since I've had a retail job (part-time) for over a year now and when I walked in for the interview they said "hello, here's a job". Done and dusted, even got a pay rise before I started.

Highsider

Is this in Ireland or India?

My name is URL

This is possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen

EdgarAllenPoo

Upward Spiral wrote: »

This is possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen

Would be crazier if they were all going for a job as a clown and had to arrive for the interview in costume...that would have made CNN.:D

Ostrom

Any sources on the number of jobs offered?

Highsider

Upward Spiral wrote: »

This is possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen

Dear Sir/Madam. You need to get out more.

Gummy Panda

Pr stunt tbh

Dudess

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Unreal.. And still the goverment continue to flood this country with foreigners when jobs are so scarce:rolleyes:

Could be Irish, despite having dark skin.
Could be students - a lot of Asians do PhDs and post-docs here and the fees are extremely expensive (they're pumping badly needed funds into the third level education sector) so they badly need part-time work.

But I'm sure you'll just skirt over those possibilities - it's more fun to bitch about foreigners.

Dennis the Stone

I thought it was the line for the sex offenders register

Rabies

Highsider wrote: »

Is this in Ireland or India?

No. But a multicultural Ireland. Its only taken a few decades longer than most countries. Many will be students and those that can over when Ireland was on a high. Now they're the ones that people don't want to hire anymore.

bullpost

I think there's scope here for a good flash mob outing .

Bogger77

Ryanair type advertising, tbh.
Free Cheap stunt, and the guys creating the news item get nothing!

Did they not do this last year as well, again another couple of hundred people queing for open intreview in a shop?

Callous way of getting cheap publicity, Mick o'L would be proud!

chopperbyrne

I'd say the majority are non-EU students or non-EU unemployed. Neither of which have the luxury of signing on when things go bad.

deco05ie

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Unreal.. And still the goverment continue to flood this country with foreigners when jobs are so scarce:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:
Do you have any idea of how much money it costs these people just to attend college here? from talking to people in my class it's 10 grand a year in college fee's alone not too mention the amount they will spend on living expenses and then pay in tax from working part time.

they have just as much a right to be here as anyone

Mr.Lizard

Tago Mago wrote: »

I thought it was the line for the sex offenders register

Why? Did you recognise somebody you know?

Dennis the Stone

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Why? Did you recognise somebody you know?

You

Mr.Lizard

Tago Mago wrote: »

You

Well done :rolleyes:

Volvoboy

Dudess wrote: »

a lot of Asians do PhDs and post-docs here and the fees are extremely expensive (they're pumping badly needed funds into the third level education sector) so they badly need part-time work.

So do alot of Irish people need jobs too. The ones who botherd to make the effort to look for a job.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Would this by the time to point out that I got a job AND a generous tax refund from Ireland a few days ago? No? sorry...

Quazzie

deco05ie wrote: »

they have just as much a right to be here as anyone

I draw the line at that statement.

The country has an obligation to look after its citizens, if it can't because it is looking after citizens of other countries then thats where I draw the line.

Mr.Lizard

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Would this by the time to point out that I got a job AND a generous tax refund from Ireland a few days ago? No? sorry...

I'm afraid not. Most of the ruffians in this country don't want to hear about people like us and our ample funds.

newballsplease

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

To be honest I passed this yesterday leaving work. A lot of people just started queueing because they figured a line that big had to be for something good.

eh?/ why the hell would anyone queue for something, they didnt know was for?

darkman2

I have concerns about the make up of that queue myself I have to say. I can see serious nationality issues coming down the line here. It is intolerable that 500,000 people are headed for the dole (most of them Irish) and here we have a queue for jobs in the center of Dublin - most of them look foreign? There is something wrong there and im not afraid to say it. I saw a dole queue in the city center the other day and the make up of that was broadly similar though there were more Irish people in that queue.


As a Russian friend of mine said - "Ireland is being abused and we don't realise just how much" - and he readily, though appolegetically, admits he is a "parasite" on this State. So I don't know were this country is going tbh. We are going to pay dearly for our bleeding heart liberalism in the coming years.

AnonoBoy

darkman2 wrote: »

I have concerns about the make up of that queue myself I have to say. I can see serious nationality issues coming down the line here. It is intolerable that 500,000 people are headed for the dole (most of them Irish) and here we have a queue for jobs in the center of Dublin - most of them look foreign? There is something wrong there and im not afraid to say it. I saw a dole queue in the city center the other day and the make up of that was broadly similar though there were more Irish people in that queue.


As a Russian friend of mine said - "Ireland is being abused and we don't realise just how much" - and he readily, though appolegetically, admits he is a "parasite" on this State. So I don't know were this country is going tbh. We are going to pay dearly for our bleeding heart liberalism in the coming years.

But all the lads in that queue were actively looking for a job. So you can't call them parasites.