Mundane News

[Reynard]

I picked up son no. 1 earlier today as he's got a job interview tomorrow and doesn't drive. We've spent this evening doing a bit of digging into the people at the small firm who are interviewing him, plus the company and their parent organisation. It reads ... erm ... interestingly.

Basically their web/social media presence hasn't been updated for years. Financially fairly sound but we can't work out where their customers are from.

At least he's going into the interview with his eyes open. Possibly too open.

Ooooer...

Sounds a bit like the place I should have started working for after I left uni with my MEng. Great interview, very enthusiastic - a small company that restored and race engineered historic racing cars. Very pleased to have me on the team. I was really looking forward to it, even though I'd be starting at the bottom of the ladder.

Turned up the morning I was due to start, and the place was boarded up, no sign of anyone.

 

[DCLane]

@Reynard - there's clearly a history behind the firm but we can't figure out what their longer-term plans are. If they have any, so it'll be a question from him. It is quite profitable currently though.

He's had a second very interesting opportunity pop up today which he's been invited for interview next week, as what appears to be the sole candidate, so has another option just in case. That one is local to him and exactly what both his dissertations were on. Oh, and probably better paid.

Note that I worked for a firm who turned out to be quite dodgy, resulting in me having a court appearance as a witness for the prosecution. As a result I like to know exactly who I'm working for and their status.

 

[classic33]

Longest day of the year.

It's raining.

And this place went down/offline halfway through it!

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard - there's clearly a history behind the firm but we can't figure out what their longer-term plans are. If they have any, so it'll be a question from him. It is quite profitable currently though.

He's had a second very interesting opportunity pop up today which he's been invited for interview next week, as what appears to be the sole candidate, so has another option just in case. That one is local to him and exactly what both his dissertations were on. Oh, and probably better paid.

Note that I worked for a firm who turned out to be quite dodgy, resulting in me having a court appearance as a witness for the prosecution. As a result I like to know exactly who I'm working for and their status.

Ah, deffo a belt-and-braces approach. Wise.

I ended up working for a subsidiary of Ford, which was nightmarish enough to send me packing back to academia.

You sound a bit like a character from my novel - who also goes through a similar court case. Though there it's background stuff rather than being one of the main plot threads.

 

[tyred]

It's back.

I had an unusually productive day in work today...

 

[DCLane]

@Reynard - I got an inkling something was up when three directors and a manager started spending money the firm shouldn't have been able to earn. I got a different job but, just in case, hacked into the private 'directors' drive and took a copy before I left.

It turned out they'd used my digitised signature to claim a huge sum from the government for work we'd not done, along with a few others' signatures.

The result? An 8-hour interview with the Met Fraud Squad plus two days in the witness box at Southwark Crown Court.

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard - I got an inkling something was up when three directors and a manager started spending money the firm shouldn't have been able to earn. I got a different job but, just in case, hacked into the private 'directors' drive and took a copy before I left.

It turned out they'd used my digitised signature to claim a huge sum from the government for work we'd not done, along with a few others' signatures.

The result? An 8-hour interview with the Met Fraud Squad plus two days in the witness box at Southwark Crown Court.

Bloomin' eck!!! That's well dodgy. No manure stuck you you, I take it.

In Poots' case, it's theft of intellectual property / industrial espionage.

 

[DCLane]

@Reynard - the majority of us were in the clear, without involvement, but there was a very sad ending with a suicide of someone I respected and jail time.

I'm also very careful of where and how I use my digitised signature.

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard - the majority of us were in the clear, without involvement, but there was a very sad ending with a suicide of someone I respected and jail time.

I'm also very careful of where and how I use my digitised signature.

Glad nothing stuck to you, but it's sad when there's a messy ending like that. *HUGS*

And yes, that's definitely wise.

 

[tyred]

I think it's time to go to bed.

 

[Speicher]

No Egret's, no tears good bye, I don't want you back, we'd only cry again.

One of my most favourite songs!

 

[Reynard]

I think I'm going to toodle pipski as well. But hold on the kippers, folks.

Nunnight one and all.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Good morning; Cycle Chat is back...

It's back.

I had an unusually productive day in work today...

I even considered going cycling.

 

[biggs682]

Morning how can it be Thursday already??

 

[Mo1959]

Morning how can it be Thursday already??

Just wait until you retire, it goes even quicker

Another cracking day here. Blue sky and sun already but this is the last one before at least 2 weeks of rain at some point every day. Humid though which I hate.

Just some walking with my old neighbour who is up in the area for a break later so I won’t bother going out just now. We intend walking around 10 anyway.