12.8.05

C*&#^$%ys SUCKS!!!!

I applied at a certain call center about a month and a half ago. Everything went well. Nothing special at all. Went through all the motions: initial interview (with this very cute, "hulog panty ikot bra" guy. haay...), went to Philamlife Tower for lunch and to wait for our 3p.m. test, took the test, passed every stage of the test(because I got to the very last stage and by the way their test took 4 hours to finish!!!), got asked if I was interested in the TSR position, given a slip of paper congratulating me on passing the test and was told to wait for a call regarding my final interview schedule and that there is no need to follow up because they assure me that they will call me for my final interview schedule.

Tell you what, whoever invented this hiring practice of telling people that you will call them and just not call when you aren't gonna hire them should be skinned alive. If he or she is dead, his or her soul should be burning in the lowest depths of hell. I mean how rude is that? Telling people that you are going to call and then not call. Talk about total lack of courtesy. I suppose this saves them money because they don't have to hire someone to make the phone calls but how long does it take to say or send out an e-mail saying that "you didn't get the job."? It's as if they expect your world to stop revolving once you've applied to them. Do they expect you to sit by the phone and wait for an entire week. What If you have to pee? What if Angelina Jolie suddenly calls you and profusely apologizes about the "Brad Pitt issue", tells you that it was all a big mistake and that she can't live another day on this earth with the two of you a thousand miles apart? What then? Was I supposed to interrupt her to answer the call waiting?(HUH???).....

So anyway, I was really busy at the time so I was always out of the house and did not get home until about 9p.m. (everyone else in the house had their own thing going on so I couldn't depend on them to stay home either) and me being the genius that I am, had the wrong cell number on my resume so needless to say I had no idea whether they called me or not.

Since I couldn't follow up, my friend and I figured that the only way that we could get to talk to someone was if we reapplied. This time we decided to apply at the location where our papers were supposed to be forwarded to. That way there would be no need to forward our papers this time.

So we went to their Ortigas center. Waited for about 30mins again and finally got to the H.R. person who was going to do our initial interview. So my friend told her that she was called a couple of times but she wasn't able to answer the phone. And then she got to me and I told her that I was sort of in the same situation except that I had no idea whether they called me or not because I wasn't home most of the time. She, the H.R. girl, then told me that maybe its because I failed and that she can't process my application because I would have to wait 6 months before I can reapply (WHAT????????). I then calmly asked her which part of the test did she think I failed since everyone else got asked to leave if they failed a portion of the test. And she answered "I don't know. Ganun yata talaga yun eh". "YATA???" (Again, WHAT?????????????). Yata, so you mean that you're not exactly sure so you just automatically assume that I failed?

Here's my beef with this stupid situation:

1. If I knew for sure that they didn't call me then I wouldn't have wasted my time reapplying.
2. They were the ones who offered me the TSR position saying that I passed their diagnostic test. I was only applying as a CSR. If i said that I wasn't interested. then there would not have been a need to forward my papers and I would've been scheduled for a final interview right after the test.
3. So far the only difference between me and my friend was that she said she was called and I said that I wasn't sure if I got called since this H.R. girl didn't ask for proof of how my friend was certain that she was called. What if I said that I got a call but wasn't able to answer it? Was she going to waste another 4 hours of my time making me take that test again? My point is if she couldn't be sure if I was called or not then why doesn't she go check?

Come to think of it, the fact that I'm not working there has actually worked to my advantage because I don't really need to get a job anymore. I already have one right now but I can quit it anytime I want because I don't have to worry about my medical transcription thing anymore because I got a "full scholarship" from the Prof. Hilda Foundation. hehe. So everythings fine. I don't have to work at a call center if I don't want to. I probably won't be able to go out for 6 months but I can live with that. It's certainly easier than having to talk for hours and hours. So everything is fine. Well.. almost everything...

My friend told me that she saw the girl write the word "failed" on my paper after I left. I have no issues about failing stuff. Its like that line in that John Mayer song that says "I quit every game I play" but with me its more like I lose every game I play so I have no issues with losing, failing, being rejected, and so on.. but the thing that ticks me off about her writing "failed" on my paper is that she was only handling initial interviews that day.

You see, most people think that you have to have a great accent(must have an american "twang") to be able to get past the initial interview stage but I know for a fact that this is not true. You just have to be "trainable". So people who don't get past the initial interview are the ones who cannot form a single coherent sentence in english. In filipino colloquial terms this is called "BAROK". So if someone sees this paper they are going to assume that this Jeanne person was so "BAROK". So barok ako?!? harhar...

It's such a shame that I don't really care what these people think about me. Because if I did, I should have the oppurtunity to lose some sleep over this which should help me lose a few pounds. darn!!!!

posted by jeanne @ 14:23

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