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Shadowmeph

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Feeling a little drained almost every time when I apply for a position at the Commissionaires there is something I have to like to get ,some type of new security clearance and in order to get that clearance and i have to apply for the position in order to start the security clearance for that position which I already have just applied for that position, yesterday I apply online for a mobile security job same company , I go to the washroom miss the call because for some stupid reason my cell phone didn't ring message says call back and use this extension I call them back an hour later leave a message sit by my phone waiting receive another call nothing for hours so I call them back thinking that maybe there was some button I was supposed to press after I left the message but nope and again left another message and no call back . This making it tricky for me to smile and laugh at the situation and continue on with other things that need to be done lol.
This morning I replied to emails sent for other jobs same company about the above questions the person on the other end said that I need to apply for a part-time or full-time position for the RCMP E division in Surrey I noticed that seems to be supervisor position so I reply to confirm this, the person replies with "I'm honestly not completely sure myself" . I mean what is your job are not these people supposed to know the answers to these questions? I know what they are doing is they hire as many people as they can on supposed jobs for full-time the stick all those people in to a huge bowl and the njust post jobs not saying full time part time and then wait for replys picking the good fish out of the many reply s they receive its a bit of a dirty trick and Ifeel that I fell for it all right now I am going t odo my Chi GOng and other exercises then go for a walk and hopefully when I come back I will be able to stop myself from emailing and sayign how much of a joke this company is wither ther recruiting tackics and possibly say a few other truthful things that may get me removed from this bowl of fish I am . getting me to jump through many hoops with the not said but hinting promises of getting a job at NRS Aldergrove which hey they trained me for 3 days after the 3 months of waiting to get hired going through the clearances told me to get my OFA 1 which I did and paid for myself to work there then ...nothing to be honest as for the OFA 1 to me its a card that I already know all those things and probably more but hey you have to have it.
ok I am going t od omy set then exercise and go for a walk i nteh reain .
 

Marzipan

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ARGH! hot water tank just blew. taps in and out are seized so we had to turn off the main valve into the house to stop the leaking. it's just over 6.5 years old and the warranty was for 6 years. >.<
so we cut out the old valves, put in some shark-bite ball valves and turned them off so we could open the main again and at least have cold water here. :p
 

clshades

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Feeling a little drained almost every time when I apply for a position at the Commissionaires there is something I have to like to get ,some type of new security clearance and in order to get that clearance and i have to apply for the position in order to start the security clearance for that position which I already have just applied for that position, yesterday I apply online for a mobile security job same company , I go to the washroom miss the call because for some stupid reason my cell phone didn't ring message says call back and use this extension I call them back an hour later leave a message sit by my phone waiting receive another call nothing for hours so I call them back thinking that maybe there was some button I was supposed to press after I left the message but nope and again left another message and no call back . This making it tricky for me to smile and laugh at the situation and continue on with other things that need to be done lol.
This morning I replied to emails sent for other jobs same company about the above questions the person on the other end said that I need to apply for a part-time or full-time position for the RCMP E division in Surrey I noticed that seems to be supervisor position so I reply to confirm this, the person replies with "I'm honestly not completely sure myself" . I mean what is your job are not these people supposed to know the answers to these questions? I know what they are doing is they hire as many people as they can on supposed jobs for full-time the stick all those people in to a huge bowl and the njust post jobs not saying full time part time and then wait for replys picking the good fish out of the many reply s they receive its a bit of a dirty trick and Ifeel that I fell for it all right now I am going t odo my Chi GOng and other exercises then go for a walk and hopefully when I come back I will be able to stop myself from emailing and sayign how much of a joke this company is wither ther recruiting tackics and possibly say a few other truthful things that may get me removed from this bowl of fish I am . getting me to jump through many hoops with the not said but hinting promises of getting a job at NRS Aldergrove which hey they trained me for 3 days after the 3 months of waiting to get hired going through the clearances told me to get my OFA 1 which I did and paid for myself to work there then ...nothing to be honest as for the OFA 1 to me its a card that I already know all those things and probably more but hey you have to have it.
ok I am going t od omy set then exercise and go for a walk i nteh reain .
You need to speak to labour relations and report this. It's not ok to have someone do courses at their request, have you pay for them, and then not hire you.

For example. If I apply for an oil field job, get the job with the condition that I will complete the H2S alive course, complete the course, and then don't get the job they are on the hook for the cost of the course. Period.

Next time someone offers you a job, but ya need some course, make sure you sign an agreement they they WILL hire you when you complete the course. If they refuse, report them. Report it to the media, whatever. Expose them.
 

crazyea

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Is it possible that they mentioned that OFA 1 was a requirement of the job and NOT an offer for employment under the condition of obtaining it?
 

Shadowmeph

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You need to speak to labour relations and report this. It's not ok to have someone do courses at their request, have you pay for them, and then not hire you.

For example. If I apply for an oil field job, get the job with the condition that I will complete the H2S alive course, complete the course, and then don't get the job they are on the hook for the cost of the course. Period.

Next time someone offers you a job, but ya need some course, make sure you sign an agreement they they WILL hire you when you complete the course. If they refuse, report them. Report it to the media, whatever. Expose them.
I have been in communication with the company about this and well after the initial response and my reply haven't heard anything back, I prefer things through email so that there is some type of record and not just words over a phone. Without emails, it ends up being just my word against their word.
 

lowfat

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I really dislike OneDrive. Use it to sync photos from phone. But every since reformat it just randomly stops syncing on PC. Have to pause then restart syncing for it to realize it is, infact, not synced.
 

gingerbee

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I really dislike OneDrive. Use it to sync photos from phone. But every since reformat it just randomly stops syncing on PC. Have to pause then restart syncing for it to realize it is, infact, not synced.
Wondering why not use Google Drive for desktop, I am just logged into Chrome now but my wife uses Google Drive for her PC and it always seems to work, I gave up on one drive after many years of sync problems in the past
 

sswilson

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Wondering why not use Google Drive for desktop, I am just logged into Chrome now but my wife uses Google Drive for her PC and it always seems to work, I gave up on one drive after many years of sync problems in the past

Cost is probably the number one reason to use Onedrive over Google. Nobody else offers 1TB storage for up to 6 users for a little over $8 / month.

For the most part it seems to work fine from PC to PC, but I (we) don't take a lot of pictures with our phones and haven't run into any issues with syncing them.
 

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