To ask if you would go for a job where you heard bad things about the company?

[OhFFSWhatsWrongNow]

I'm fucking fed up of my work. They treat everyone like crap on the bottom of their shoe. Some of the things I don't even know how they get away with. Some horrible things include:

-not allowing staff time off for things related to their dc (school plays, injections, meetings with teacher ect)

-when staff fall sick or get injured while in work they don't allow them to go home. Someone was rolling around the floor in pain once because her hernia was acting up. She wasn't allowed to go home, even to retrieve her medication.

-being awkward and difficult with staff medical/dental appointments.

-criticising staff and putting them down.

-berating staff down the phone when they call in sick.

-closing the office door in staff members face when they were too busy to take to her.

And many more things too. I'm tired of missing things in my dcs lives because my employers are wankers. This evening I've seen a new job I'm possibly interested in. The hours are better which is a plus, and I exceed the qualification and experience of what they are asking for the position.

The problem is I have heard bad reports of this place. Im unsure whether to go for it because of this, but I am so desperate to get out of the place I'm at now that I really want to apply. On one hand, it could end up being a really nice place where I love working (assuming I got the job of course). I mean, really, it can't be much worse than being denied medical attention when you're rolling around in pain can it?

What would you do? My current job also has a bad rep too, apparently.

Are they your only two options? A job you hate, and another which you are overqualified for at a company with a bad reputation?

I suggest you conduct a thorough job search, including companies with good reputations. Broaden your options and then select the best.

It can be as bad as that.

I mean the possible new job, what I wrote there make out I think your lying ( I don't )

re the new job- where did you hear these bad reports? If they are third hand I'd say go for it, it can't be much worse than where you are currently!

Of course you can't take time off for children-related stuff, unless it's time planned well in advance, out of annual leave. The same goes for medical and dental appointments, vets etc. Urgent medical attention is another matter.

Go for it, sending in a CV isn't too much effort and presumably there will be an interview to judge the place further. Anyway even if it's just as shit they say a change is as good as a break!

"Of course you can't take time off for children-related stuff, unless it's time planned well in advance, out of annual leave. The same goes for medical and dental appointments, vets etc. Urgent medical attention is another matter."

Actually, a good employer such as mine does allow time off for those things.

I'm in a job where my annual leave is really inflexible and my employer has been really good with me and colleague with things like funerals, school plays etc so a good employer might do it but I don't think you can expect it and label them as unreasonable for not doing it.

I think it very much depends - I would really recommend my company to people who were thinking of applying, but I would definitely not recommend my department until they get rid of that arse of a manager, which apparently they are working on. There are pockets which are bad, but overall, the company has a lot going for it, and some departments are great. So if someone was asking me, it would come down a lot to the department and the people.

It's worth going for the other job - if you get to interview, remember they are two-way things, and you're also trying to work out whether it's the place for you. If you don't get it, you can ask for feedback, and that might be helpful for the next one you go for which you really want. And if you do get it, if you didn't get the right feeling from the interview, then don't accept it.

I second the advice about conducting a wider job search.

How can they 'not let people leave'? What happens if someone does leave?

Maybe you should see about joining a union and getting others too too.

"a good employer might do it but I don't think you can expect it and label them as unreasonable for not doing it."

I think it is one of the hallmarks of a good employer though. I feel flexibility on the part of employer and employee is really important. And it is unreasonable if a company expects employee flexibility but doesn't reciprocate.