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  • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I’m sad to hear that you were turned down for a facer role. Especially given your long travel and the time you took out to make the attempt at getting hired. Do you have anything else lined up?

    But to be entirely fair to my previous assumption, I’ve yet to see a place with facers that was well run. And if they weren’t willing to listen to you say you were making faces because of cramps, they were probably not going to be great to work with. Although my experience is limited to Amnesty international and a local homeless charity.

    • gingerbrat [she/her]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      It took some time alright, yeah. It’s frustrating, but that’s what it is. And no, I don’t have anything else lined up and to be quite honest, I think I won’t look for anything again. Don’t feel like wasting time on stuff that doesn’t pay off.

      I will agree on that one, that is almost always the case. From what I saw, they’re surprisingly well organized and managed, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have shortcomings.