To be annoyed work posted this job in this way?

It was widely advertised, the op saw it, she chose to spend the day out with her kids after seeing it, rather than apply.

Well, this is the obvious conclusion to draw, though…

Loads of companies will only advertise for a short period of time when they know there will.be lots of applications. Particularly internal roles.

Again, the OP saw the advert. She chose not to prioritise it.

I'd email HR and alert them to the fact that the advert appeared with such a short deadline in a week when a number of people were on leave. It could possibly be regarded as indirect discrimination, as women were more likely to be on leave. Ask whether the deadline can be extended.

Maybe it was a deliberate ploy to avoid any of those with younger children applying, or maybe it was just thoughtlessness, but there's definitely a case to be made for the deadline to be extended.

Time to move on if you’re not valued.

This happened to me recently. Job advertised internally - only me and a colleague had the necessary skill set for it. I was on leave for a week. Job advertised on the Monday with a closing date of the Thursday. Interview happened on the Friday as I returned to work on the Tuesday to a message to all employees saying she has the job!

I was furious. I wouldn't have applied for the job as I am winding down and the job hours are longer than I would want. But thats not the point - I couldnt apply for it even if I wanted to as they waited until I was on leave.

I am now quietly quitting and am doing my job half arsed. As they have just let me get on with it over the years and have no idea what I do they also have no idea how much damage I could do to the company by not really giving a toss about my job!

What goes around comes around!

They have obviously got someone for the job. It's a done deal l'm afraid, and they are just going through the motions.

When you return to work. I would mention it to your Work Colleagues and collectively approach HR and say you were surprised that it this post was not more widely advertised to other possible Internal Candidates.

Was there a reason for this?

Actually standard professional practice is to advertise for a minimum of 5 working days, but preferred practice is 5-10 to ensure all employees have fair notice and opportunity to apply. According to three family members who have their CIPD qualifications.

So yes, OP has nothing to lose by contacting HR and asking.

Why this is such a risible suggestion acc to so many on this thread, I have no idea. But I’m hiding it now.

OP, hope you thought to contact HR and ask for a late application to be considered.

Maybe don't advertise jobs for four days? Have a reasonable advertising period of a couple of weeks.

I'm guessing many of the negative people here also don't realise staff off on maternity leave should be informed of job vacancies as well.....

Exactly... like where do HR draw the line? Mary is off because her kids are on midterm, Jane is off as her child has tonsillitis, Linda works 4 days a week because she has no childcare, Kelly is going to the dentist with her son.

Surely Rita with no kids could be sunning herself in Spain and not see it too.

The OP saw it and chose not to prioritise.

i get this is a parenting website and mainly mums but this is madness, job adverts don’t revolve round half term and mums, good grief, we are treated equally in the workplace and many women don’t go off for half term

Do you maybe just want a whinge and don’t think you’d get it so don’t want to apply? As you could have done it when you saw it, I doubt anyone realised it was half term

It's not good practice at all to only have internal jobs advertised either.

The world does not revolve half term not people who have kids jobs are advertised apply or not

You can ask but this is unlikely to get traction.

They don’t need to give “sufficient notice”, there isn’t an outlined definition for how long a job posting needs to be live for after all. They might decide to stop accepting applications after x amount of applicants or y amount of talented candidates they want to interview. They can therefore close the listing sooner than stated.

It is not standard practice to align recruitment with potential half term dates. The operational costs and challenges of recruitment will outweigh that.

You also don’t need to be physically at work to apply for a job, surely that is common sense.
It’s not your employer’s business how you spend your leave, the assumption is time off=having more time to apply, not less! It is easier to apply for a job being on leave, than it is being in office when you’re actively expected to be working as opposed to using your working hours applying for jobs.

Many jobs are advertised where there is someone in mind, and it is theirs to lose by a bad interview at best. So a company cannot be accused of unfair process.

That said, a short application period at a time when more than average number of people will be on leave, or have greater childcare commitments, seems to me to be an unintended form of discrimination. Or could be viewed as that by someone who has a grievance, or does not like the favoured candidate.

Did you apply @7stripybaskets ?

You can’t expect employers to revolve job advertising around half-term - schools are always on holiday! It would be unreasonable for them to advertise over the Christmas/New Year period but other than that, they will and should advertise anytime.

I had this scenario
job posted the day before the deadline. Applied. Another one the next week a bit of a step down to the first role but higher than the one I was in. They did have someone in mind.
interviewed the next week- got the higher job. 😀

turns out I had skills they weren’t aware of.

but you would still appoint the person you wanted in the first place given this is an internal only recruitment

cut the farce and false hopes, just get it done asap

You're all so caring and OP didn't bother to come back.

You can write a polite email, you know. In fact, for senior roles asking tough questions is kind of a necessary skill set?

Along the lines of ‘I think this role was inadvertently advertised during half term when many people with child-caring roles would be absent. I wondered whether HR would consider extending the application deadline so that those of us who would very much like to apply but have not had sufficient notice, may do so’.

It’s not that hard.

Sure fire way to get the job that! 🤣

I do agree it’s too short but OP could have asked to submit late or gone home early.

Yes or you could have emailed the recruiting manager and ask if you can submit at 8pm due to being on A/L and not seeing it.

So by default they only advertise in term time when the rest of us have holidays so we being discriminated against