Diary 27th To 30th August 2019

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Tuesday 27th August was a day for a rare job interview for me, though not a successful one. I was to a ‘research’ company for an interview after they saw my CV on the internet and a brief phone interview. They seemed nice people though despite their repeated assurances about how much fun they have and it always being a laugh there the staff looked deeply unhappy. ‘Research’ proved to be the first of three moves in a sales pitch. I would have been hired for lead generation work by asking customers by phone if they needed home improvements such as new windows, etc. They would then send in a second seller who would arrange a third trader to go in to actually sign them into a deal. Any commission I made would depend not just on getting a foot in the door for the other sales reps but also on them successfully clinching a contract deal. I might generate the lead every fifteen minute expected of me (which is a lot to expect in itself) but if these did not get a sale later, they would be discounted and I could still fail to earn for being under-target. Sensing my unhappiness with the whole set up, the interviewer told me they would not be taking me on, and later e-mailed me confirmation that my application was not successful, which I am frankly happy about. Wednesday was a day in, catching up on paperwork. Thursday was a writing day with some more job searching and a little shopping. I also received and completed the lengthy application form for Xmas work with the post office, though I won’t hear more on that until later in September. Friday 30th August 2019, I was paid my welfare income for August and I called round to the community centre to use their computers and print out evidence of my job searches ready for my meetings with my welfare advisor on Tuesday. Arthur Chappell