To think I need childcare to do a telephone interview?

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I have been applying for jobs and am on ML. My 5mo DD is very loud and demanding, she does not nap during the day. I recieved an email for a recruitment consultant telling me I had a telephone interview and when could I do this, I said Couls we do it Monday as I need someone to watch DD while I do it.
She responded 'no it's on the phone you don't need childcare, I'll put you down for tomorrow'
I found this very rude and am not sure if Iabu, obviously I want the job but have no one to watch dd tomorrow so will have to chance it and do it then, risking her screaming down the phone. But am IBU in thinking I do need childcare to do it?
I'm just pissed of at her attitude more than anything

I do a hell of a lot of my work on the phone (I'm a journalist). No way would I have done it with a baby around.

YANBU - you will be much more relaxed and able to focus if you are not stressing about DC being noisy or waking up.

how did phone interview go?

did you have someone to look after dd?

OP I wish you were my colleague, not the one I've been dealt who thinks it's fine to have her almost 3 year old with her when she is working from home, it is great having to conference call complicated projects with a 3 year old interrupting.

YANBU to ask for time to arrange the interview so that it can be when you are available and able to present yourself as well as possible. i actually find telephone interviews more stressful than face to face. My experience of recruitment consultants is they just don't have a clue.

If i lived in your street and i was at home that day i would help you.
Ask your neighbours, there must be a retired or part timer or SAHP in your street.

If , no actually WHEN you get the job buy them a botlle of wine.

YANBU you definitely need childcare or at very least a plan to get deal with noise. I think I could have done a phone interview with my pfb@5mo if I had him in the pram and went for a walk for the duration of the interview - but would have to be somewhere like a big flat park with no roads to cross. But ideally yy get someone else to watch your littlun - most anyone would do it as a favour as a one-off if you can think of someone you'd trust

Recruitment consultants are notoriously terrible at actually caring about the needs of the jobseeker and recruiter. They get paid according to how many interviews they arrange and how many candidates they place. It doesn't matter one jot if the candidate is entirely unsuitable for the position.

Sorry I realised this sounded wrong as I presses post. I didn't mean that you're unsuitable for this position - just that the recruitment person honestly doesn't care about your needs and feelings or about the potential employer.

Could you put cbeebies on for a little bit?

It worked with my dd at that age still sends her into a trance like state now

The consultant probably does not have kids and thinks you can just go into another room. You just need someone to watch dc for half an hour.

Kids go nuts when you are on the phone, they have a sixth sense. I was trying to work at home with dd 10, she wanted my attention so ran into the room and told me the kitchen was on fire. My client was horrified, I told her that it was fine, nothing was on fire.

fish that is a bit harsh. I have worked in recruitment for over 20 years. We get paid for doing our job, we get bonus for placing candidates with our clients. We want to get the best people the best jobs. Then our clients come back to us and our candidates come back next time they want a job. I still get a buzz from getting someone a job they really want that gives them progression in their career. I have candidates that have got their last two or three jobs from me. I manage a large team and they all work to the same ethos. Don't generalise a bad experience.

YANBU, you definitely need childcare! My babies haven't had a defined nap in the day until they were older either. If I had to do a phone interview with 3 month old dd, I'd feed her then get her to sleep in a sling, would that work? Not ideal though and definitely better if you can focus without the distraction or the worry of dd being noisy in the background.

I don't know tbh..

I got my job following a telephone interview during which I had said " excuse me for a Moment name, George! Would you put that down and go downstairs pease, Mimmys on the phone and this is important!"

Most employers are human beings one would hope.