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AIBU?

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to be irritated by my job share partner before she's even got the job...?

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wotnopulling · 09/10/2008 15:17

interviewing for my job share partner today but it's pretty plain who is going to get it - a woman who stood in for me for time to time while i was on maternity leave but who i've never met.
aibu to think it discourteous of her to not even ring/email/meet me before the interview as other candidates have. ok, she might know the job - but she doesn't know me and if we're going to share a job isn't it common sense to meet the potential other half? doesn't say much for her people skills (which you need in my job).
so am i right to be gloomy about the prospect of her getting job or am i reading too much into it (ie arrogance and lack of social skills)?

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elmoandella · 09/10/2008 20:44

your never going to meet her. your never going to work with her. she may be a pita and not your cup of tea personality wise. but sounds like she's good at her job. and thats all that maters.

since you job share. if she's good at her job which is essentially also your job, it will make life easier for you.

give her a break.

YABVU

you'll never meet her so it doesn't matter if you actually like HER as long as you like heer WORK

anyfucker · 09/10/2008 20:57

no, no, no

I am presuming you are the same grade

It is not appropriate to have any input to the decision or to be on the interview panel

smacks too much of "jobs for the girls", that is why this would never happen in the organization I work in (the NHS)

zippitippitoes · 09/10/2008 21:00

i think the person doing the job or leaving the job interviewing is odd

i had an interview with two people oine of whom was the departing incumbent and i found it starnge especially the how would you approach this what would you do questions

anyfucker · 09/10/2008 21:04

yes zip

people on the interview panel must be of a higher grade and have no personal interest in who is successful in gaining the post

if someone of the same grade or the other half of a job had major input into the selection process, I would walk

zippitippitoes · 09/10/2008 21:07

and it would never occur to me to ring up and talk to the person that had the job already even if i found out who it was

Surfermum · 09/10/2008 22:26

That's odd anyfucker, I'm NHS too. If I were appointing someone to a job share I would want them to meet before deciding. I would ask the one already employed to meet and greet the interview candidates, show them around and have a chat with them. Then I would ask their opinion before making a final decision.

anyfucker · 09/10/2008 22:33

nope surfermum, not the done thing imo

morocco · 09/10/2008 22:39

is this really a jobshare or jusst 2 people working part time in the same office? I thought job share people had to apply together and be interviewed as a 'team'?

anyfucker · 09/10/2008 22:47

not always morocco esp. if there is already someone in part of the post

some jobs are really just 2 part-timers of the same grade

hence the inappropriateness (is that a word?) of being involved in each others recruitment

bellabelly · 09/10/2008 22:49

I hope you won't be offended by this but.... does a tiny part of yu feel a bit resentful that this woman seems to have coped pretty well with the job while you were away (even if one or two of your colleagues didn't like her much)? I only ask because I was surprised to find myself slightly resenting my maternity leave cover person - even though, rationally, of course I wanted her to do a good job!

Surfermum · 09/10/2008 23:31

Perhaps it's not the done thing in your type of role or your Trust AF. It's certainly always been the done thing in mine and the Trusts I've worked in.

I think it's important to get the views of the people they are going to be working with, especially if on interview two were closely matched but the team/job share partner had a preference for one.

glasgowgal · 09/10/2008 23:38

I think you are feeling what everyone who goes job share feels. Who could do this as well as me? Will they like her more than me? Will she do things my way? Will she wnat me to do things her way? It does not matter. Whoever gets the job will be your equal and , despite you having been in post first, you are not an authority on a job she has already done. You are not leaving, so no need to pick your brains. You are nnot interviewing her. This will only work if you keep an open mind. Half a week off helps you to be less prickly I find

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wotnopulling · 10/10/2008 11:43

hmm, don't expect her to 'suck up to me' and perfectly happy for her to have been doing the job - have no problem with others who covered and last time i was on mat leave the bloke who covered and then got job share was prob much smarter than me and i was a big fan of his so not that...
and quite agree same grade shouldn't be on interview panel and although it would be nice if we were chums not up to me to have input purely on terms of whether i like her or not. it's up to us as grown ups to get along - i manage that with hundreds of other collegues who i had no hand in appointing.

she has now officially got the job and i'm sure there won't be any problems.

but it's getting a bit nuts as seems she didn't even do best interview and then got into a row with manager on panel. still, she's their problem, not mine. Frankly, i'm warming to her. you've got to respect that level of bolshyness!

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zippitippitoes · 10/10/2008 11:44

how do you know she didnt do the best interview?

it sounds a very gossipy place where you work

zippitippitoes · 10/10/2008 11:45

imm just curious i thought that soirt of thing would be confidential

also dont quite uunderstand why the interviewing panel would offer domeone a job if they didnt think they were the best cnadidate

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wotnopulling · 10/10/2008 11:52

it's outrageous that i know about the interview. i didn't ask!

bloody terrible where i work in lots of ways.

i have an idea why they gave her the job but impossible to prove and mixed up in lots of other things (ie not about her but other candidates). still, they're treating all candidates badly by telling any of this stuff to me.

makes me really look forward to my next interview. you always think it's a fair and transparent process but it clearly isn't. and as for being gossiped about - god knows what management say between themselves. i wonder if any interview is actually open.

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zippitippitoes · 10/10/2008 11:54

i am interested because i am applying for jobs at the moment and had an interview yesterday

i do have my suspicions about internal candidates versus outside applicants

totally annpoying to go and be there just to make it look fai and transparent when it is always going to go to an internal candidate

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wotnopulling · 10/10/2008 11:57

my place is known for poor management and i'm sure there are lots of mn-ers who are managers and who run fair and open interviews - don't judge anywhere else by this. and good luck! hope it went well yesterday.

i must say, i'd rather everyone had kept their mouths shut and let me meet her with no pre-conceptions (except good ones)! but that's the thing about gossip.

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zippitippitoes · 10/10/2008 12:00

well good luck it sounds an awful place to work

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