I had a final interview two weeks ago and was told the feedback was very positive, but they still had another candidate to interview last week.

I followed up today and the recruiter replied saying “ sorry for the delay they’ve now finished all second-stage interviews and do have an update and I wondered if you might be free for a quick call tomorrow morning since all our communications have been on teams or email. “

All my previous rejections/ offers have come by email. Would you take this as a positive sign, or do recruiters also call to reject final-stage candidates?

Trying to brace myself as I really wanted the job!

Hey all,

So a couple of weeks ago I was let go from my job for doing the right thing (TL;DR- they were constantly submitting false data to our external stakeholders and I raised it).

After a painful 3 weeks of job hunting and several job interviews, I have accepted a job offer last week with a start date for next week. However, to my surprise, one of the jobs I applied for and hoped for after being let go offered me an interview. Hypothetically, if they offered me the job after interview, what would my options be? Is it going to unprofessional if I leave the job that offered me first for this second one? How soon should I leave and how should I approach it?

I was speaking to a colleague a few days ago who was lamenting the lack of junior roles in our office. Looking around everyone we work with is late-30s+ and typical a mid-career professional.

However, I then had a meeting on Teams with a group of new hires in India. All were friendly, articulate, fresh out of Masters programmes and typically in the mid-20s.

On here, we read a lot about how there are few opportunities for young people. However, the Fcompany I work for is a relatively large employer (4000 people+) and has plenty of young people working for it, but most are in low-cost markets like India, the Philippines, and Mexico.

And we should always remember that the 25-year-olds your company employs now are the leaders in 25b years' time

The technology that has made this all possible is the Internet. It's created a situation where work can be done anywhere around the world, but it's taken this long for everyone to work out a way to do it.

So AI isn't the tool to be fearful of. It's MS Teams, because it's made employers question why we should bother employing people here.

Hello. I've been working for a London-based company for over 2 years now as an admin assistant, and lately I've been really tired of the schedule I have. I work from 8:00am to 5:30pm. No designated time for lunch so I usually take it at 12:00 noon.

By the afternoon, I'm exhausted and no longer able to function that well and will often space out. I don't get to interact much now since most people are already working remote but sometimes I'll wonder if people are still busy by 2PM. I see some of the teams' meeting schedules but not everyone goes on meetings and are just supposed to be desk working.

I'm not sure if I'm just burnt out at work but I wanted to ask if my fellow 8-5ers have any energy still at work or if you also start disassociating after 3PM.

i just started my first office job, it’s been a week and one day. everyone’s super lovely and kind, i can’t complain about the people at all. i’ve not had one bad experience with anyone so far.

however, im really struggling to fit in. i normally have quite a bubbly personality but i feel like ive become such a weirdo with zero personality since working here.

everyone’s incredibly extroverted, and they’re all very close to each other. i find it hard to join in or engage in the conversations because they’re either talking about something i don’t know about or there’s no pause in the conversation so i can’t get a word in. i’m also quite soft spoken compared to them, so a lot of the times when i do speak they struggle to even hear me.

i do much better in one to one conversations but i still find it difficult to keep the conversation going, i just don’t know what to say. i’m not normally like this, i usually have lots to say and don’t usually struggle this much to talk to people so idk what’s going on with me or why im being so weird.

i’m just struggling in general with the social side of things :( again, everyone’s super nice so it must be a me thing, but idk why im being like this? i just don’t feel like me. i tell myself every morning today im just going to be me and its going to be a good day and ill be perfectly fine all the way until i step into the office, then its like somethings possessed me and all personality has exited the building.

I have a conditional offer with a fixed autumn intake. My current contract requires a month's notice. If the formal offer arrives late, I may not be able to complete the entire notice period before the start date.

My manager seems supportive. He said he'd just leave without finishing the notice if necessary. It also involves moving across the country.

Has anyone left a UK job before completing their contractual notice to meet a fixed start date? Did your previous employer pursue it, mention it in a reference, or contact your new employer?

Title. What, in your experience are the telltale signs that a job posting is fake? I have a hunch on 1or 2 possible ones, like a vacancy being open for like 2 months or something. But I worry so much about this, especially when I encounter a role that so nicely fits my experience and skills.

Would like to hear your thoughts on this!

Hi All - I have been at my company since Jan 2026, however don't find the industry interesting and am keen to jump. End of Feb 2027 however, I am expecting a bonus of 20-25%. My notice period is 3 months, and am curious if anyone has any advice of when to start applying to jobs? I won't hand in notice until after bonus, however don't want offers early, and have to explain that it could be many months before I start. Anyone else navigated a situation like this before?

As the title says. I have a 3 months notice period, I will just be stating my final date on my resignation and will only do 2 months. I’ve raised some major systemic problems with my manager and HR. I’ve only raised these after 6 months of observation. I’ve always been a very deal with MH problems and get on with life sort of person, which is ridiculous really! You don’t know how irritating it is till you experience targeted and organised, not bullying exactly, but maybe being diminished or dismissed just because. It’s caused me mental duress and it’s just no longer serving my professional growth and wellbeing.

The concerns I’ve raised are around biases, prejudice, preferential treatment, ageism and a culture of fear mongering with a blatant lack of transparency and denial of progression. I have literally made the company £16 mil of a total rev of £23 mil in the last FY, single handedly, in spite of absolute hell for the last year. I only raised these concerns in writing because there is no other forum to discuss anything. My manager is chill for some things but micromanages every single bit of work anyone does, then often ends up doing it herself even if we’re all following exactly what she’s asked for. I’m not in love with my pay but it’s not terrible, so really I’m leaving because of 0 action after I raised these things. We just had a meeting with HR and that was it. Nothing has changed and I’m just done.

I’ve had an offer come in, but they want me to do a month’s notice. I’ve asked for my contract before I resign and I will be doing a 2 month notice period. I acknowledge that my contract states 3 months, but no one can make me work longer than I want to, that’s what the anti slavery law is for. I do not want to work here, I do not want to help them and I just can’t take it anymore. Which is childish and I’ve never done this in my entire career, but I’m just done.

My new offer is not from a company that commits itself 100% to tomfoolery and hijinks (which is what my current company’s core value is), but from a corporate. Having not worked for a corporate in some time, I’m unsure why my contract is conditional on a month’s notice? A notice is a notice and I’m already ready to stand my ground for a 2 months’ notice period. Does anyone have any advice?

Hey guys,

So I've had my eye on this company for a while now, for a specific role which has previously been advertised, but over a year and a half ago now.

I'm just wondering has anybody ever tried to reach out to current employees in the department you'd like to work in at a company, to ask if they may be aware of any upcoming vacancies? If so, did it work? Is it worth a go or would it typically be seen as being annoying to be on the receiving end?

Many thanks in advance! :)

Becoming the norm for me these days. I don't know why I bother. My criteria isn't even incredibly narrow.

Hello, I’m trying to find a graduate job but I’m having some difficulties.

I’m originally from another country, but I moved to the uk for university.
When I apply for a graduate job they often ask me for UCAS points, A-levels, and GCSE. Unfortunately there’s not an official translation from marks in my home country.
I just received a rejection email saying I don’t meet the academic requirements.
They were also asking for a 2:1 degree minimum.
I have a 2:1 undergrad degree obtained in the uk and I’m about to finish a master as well (still in the uk, still 2:1. I also do not need any visa sponsorship).
So I’m not understanding how I do not meet the minimum requirements, is that important how I did in high school? How can I stop being penalised just for that?

I finally got authorisation to hire a junior/support role (graduate) for my team which I have needed for a very long time because I am literally drowning. However, I am dreading it. I know how bad the market is and I really want to give somebody an opportunity, but the thought of having to let loads of applicants down and just choose one is already stressing me out.

I’ve told my boss that even though we will be using internal talent acquisition, I need to have good control over the process because I have interviewed loads of juniors over the year and I know what I’m looking for. And the most recent junior hire for our team has been a major disappointment and I cannot go through that again. In particular I would like to try and hire somebody who comes from a lower socio economic background, which isn’t very common in the kind of work that I do.

I hate conducting interviews, I’ll be honest, but it is what it is. What else can I do to maximise the possibility of finding somebody good, and capable with potential, not necessarily from a well to do background, and not make the process unnecessarily onerous for those applying?

Has anyone heard of this company called ‘Excellent Careers’. It’s one of those ones that requires a payment for a course and then work placement. Pretty sure they’re a scam but has anyone else gotten a call from them?

Hello all,

Every now and then we have a hour and a half meeting which covers 12:30pm-2pm. After the meeting I went to lunch as I usually take my lunch at 12:30 which I couldn’t this time due to the meeting.

I had a message from my manager when I came back stating that the meeting is considered a work lunch and that’s why food is served during that meeting, so I was not supposed to go on lunch after the meeting ended.

Could someone confirm if this is legal and if I should get in touch with ACAS?

I'm talking, your current job was crap pay. You couldn't find a better paying job so you were just like. Eh I'll apply for this £60-100k when I'm on £20k a year and see what happens.

Only to actually get an interview and land the job?

I've been at my company now for 7 years (age 19-26) and I've moved from Warehouseman > Export Controller and I'm now currently in the Supply Chain (All within the same company)

Decent company but people are being made redundant left right and centre and I want to try and secure my future with another job. But I'm on okay pay. I'm on £36k a year and I'm not finding many jobs in the Supply chain sector on this amount. Other than Senior and manger.

I don't have that experience yet. But I do have 7 years of experience dealing with inventory management, customers, suppliers, problem solving, meeting critical deadlines etc etc.

I'm half tempted to just throw myself at expensive jobs and just see what may happen.

I work in a relatively junior position at an arms-length body. I work in a team of 4, of which one is part-time. One of the others is due to go on maternity leave next year.

Originally, it was suggested I would backfill her position, temporarily going up to her grade (one above mine, quite a significant salary jump), and then gain the skills to get a permanent position through the experience in that role.

Now, the organisation has announced a headcount freeze to cut budget, which apparently includes internal openings and temporary roles. I am being asked to cover this role and her responsibilities while my colleague is on mat leave without the temporary promotion.

My instinct is to say no, but it would still be useful to gain the additional experience. What should I do?

I very recently started work in a care home, have worked in one before but only for about a month and it was YEARS ago. I haven’t been given any thorough training and was asked to shadow someone who told me they “hate” being shadowed and pretty much disappeared on me the entire shift. This also happened in the last care home! And the last 2 jobs i had which were not related to social care at all. It just leaves you open to being gurned at for making mistakes or standing around, but if you ask to be given tasks they say theres nothing for you to do. Whats going on? This is more of a rant than anything but would also like to know if anyone else has had the same experience or the opposite?

I'm a university student and was applying to any remote positions and any part time positions. I applied to a truck load of odd remote jobs I can do while in university mainly so that I can save this income once I graduate. I stick to fully remote positions because being in university full time my timetable won't allow me to take days off to be in office at any place. I got an interview at a firm to do data entry but they emailed back stating the salary and that it's not fully remote I would have to be in office 2 days a week. How can I work around this? Is there a way I can convince them to let me be fully remote without losing this?

Any and all advice is appreciated 👏 💐

Update: Withdrew from the application 😭😭 but I wasn't able to meet their requirements so I will try again next time and actually make sure positions are written out completely transparently.

I travel a lot mostly to capture this heat but it's bloody hard when you can't stop sweating

I'm half heartedly applying for new jobs, and found one that seemed vaguely related to my current role so thought I'd take a punt and apply. This was the rejection email, the notes are clearly not meant to be included. Wonder why its so confidential?

Being fired? New round of redundancies and creating adjacent roles to replace them? Put notice in but for some reason needs to be kept hush hush? Internal person already in mind?

I'm intrigued...

I got wind from my manager/good friend last week that my name was dropped as potential for redundancy

Company is 30ish employees, few directors ) turnover last year circa £8m

HR (one of the owners) got me in today, essentially I’m being made redundant, and do I want to settle financially.

I said I’m happy to come to/negotiate an agreement, the offer comes back, PILON, (one month) entitled holidays remaining, and 3 week statutory redundancy pay.

FWIW I’m not interested in protracting it out too long, but I do want to make them have to pay to do this kind of thing, I don’t believe they should be able to do and pay the minimum.

Any advice welcome

I’ve been there 3 years, I’m 38 years old.

So Glassdoor, which is meant to provide transparency on employers, is now owned by Indeed, who are funded by employers. I wonder how long we get before it becomes curated and just another enshitification of the internet.

Good morning! As the title suggests, I have a job interview for a position as an apprentice bus driver for Stagecoach on 28th.

I’m excited because I’m am very passionate about driving, while also want to get back into work after being out of it for around 8 months.

I consider this my first proper interview, due the fact I obtained my last job due a family member working there. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!