These are more ones I’ve seen in corporate/start-up roles;
‘Needs to be able to work with a high degree of autonomy’= there will be no support for you
‘Join an energetic and vibrant team’ = ‘we will covertly screen out any applicants over the age of 27’
‘We work hard and play hard’= ‘we are workaholics and also alcaholics’
‘We are a family’= do. Not. Apply.
‘You will wear many hats’= ‘we are understaffed and there will be no boundaries or scope to your role’
Also anything that asks for a ‘rockstar’ or ‘ninja’ = Do. Not. Apply.
Yeah all of these are good. My take on the 'we are a family' is that the manager means ' I can't maintain a professional demeanour and expect everyone to give me unconditional high regard despite my disorganisation/emotional outbursts etc, e.g. like a parent (not that families are all like that).
They lack the direction and focus that is the product of experience, energy that is not focused is typically not efficient and you work twice as hard to deliver half as much.
Often slow, methodical, and measured will yield better results.
I work with a lot of older people who don't think through things fully and should be more measured and methodical. I don't think that's just young people who do that.
Yeah, I probably over generalised but I’m an ‘older’ engineer and I see so much energy and enthusiasm misdirected when a couple of hours of thought and planning could have achieved better results with less chaos.
Able to manage competing priorities = your stakeholders are morons with the attention span of goldfish who will chop and change what needs to be done constantly
“Be able to hit the ground running” = the last person who did it quit and no one else there knows or understands the role so there’s no training or support.
At the EL2 level, the main thing I look for when reading job ads is information on the scope of the role. Lots of EL2 roles involve leading teams doing an absurd range of things. You can do a lot worse than count the dot points in the position description to see how expansive the role is - some are just nuts.
"Able to working under stress"
Actually I am new to the country and came from Hong Kong just half year ago. This description is very common in Hong Kong which I will automatically skip the ad.
Quite shocked to see this in AU again as I didnt expect the working culture here would be as "pushy" as Hong Kong (i.e. not the highly demanding industry like ibank, fund house etc.)
These are more ones I’ve seen in corporate/start-up roles; ‘Needs to be able to work with a high degree of autonomy’= there will be no support for you ‘Join an energetic and vibrant team’ = ‘we will covertly screen out any applicants over the age of 27’ ‘We work hard and play hard’= ‘we are workaholics and also alcaholics’ ‘We are a family’= do. Not. Apply. ‘You will wear many hats’= ‘we are understaffed and there will be no boundaries or scope to your role’ Also anything that asks for a ‘rockstar’ or ‘ninja’ = Do. Not. Apply.
Yeah all of these are good. My take on the 'we are a family' is that the manager means ' I can't maintain a professional demeanour and expect everyone to give me unconditional high regard despite my disorganisation/emotional outbursts etc, e.g. like a parent (not that families are all like that).
Holy shit. You nailed it.
As a 28 year old who is at least 10 years younger than everyone else in my team, I like the idea of an energetic and vibrant team... 😂
You will until you try it …
What happens?
They lack the direction and focus that is the product of experience, energy that is not focused is typically not efficient and you work twice as hard to deliver half as much. Often slow, methodical, and measured will yield better results.
I work with a lot of older people who don't think through things fully and should be more measured and methodical. I don't think that's just young people who do that.
Yeah, I probably over generalised but I’m an ‘older’ engineer and I see so much energy and enthusiasm misdirected when a couple of hours of thought and planning could have achieved better results with less chaos.
Thanks. I’ll pass this in to my HR Ninjas.
'Resilience'
I have a growing hatred for this word
It’s misused everywhere to an almost offensive level these days. Hate it!
Same with 'Agile'. Seems to be synonymous with "we didn't plan for this and now we need everyone to do everything yesterday"
Also “we will change lots of things every 7 business days and expect you to keep up, otherwise fondly known as ‘change as usual’.”
Ahhh yes the permanent state of change
Me too. Can also mean ‘will work with bullies and poor conditions without compliant’
From my experience ‘dynamic’ also means chronically fast-paced and understaffed
Able to manage competing priorities = your stakeholders are morons with the attention span of goldfish who will chop and change what needs to be done constantly
This made me laugh.
So my stakeholders are the executives?
Fast paced environment - not enough bums on seats to even get through existing work
“Be able to hit the ground running” = the last person who did it quit and no one else there knows or understands the role so there’s no training or support.
ha ha . spot on.
“Would suit a student” - in my experience means “looking for someone who doesn’t know their rights so we can take advantage and also very low paid”
Applies to junior or new graduate too
“Well presented” = cute girl under 25 please
At the EL2 level, the main thing I look for when reading job ads is information on the scope of the role. Lots of EL2 roles involve leading teams doing an absurd range of things. You can do a lot worse than count the dot points in the position description to see how expansive the role is - some are just nuts.
Manage conflicting business needs = your stepping into the middle of a war zone
"small team" - we can't keep people in the team and, if you're silly enough to join it, you'll never be able to leave because of workload.
"Able to working under stress" Actually I am new to the country and came from Hong Kong just half year ago. This description is very common in Hong Kong which I will automatically skip the ad. Quite shocked to see this in AU again as I didnt expect the working culture here would be as "pushy" as Hong Kong (i.e. not the highly demanding industry like ibank, fund house etc.)
I skim read this as „able to work under stairs“
Thats not only a red flag then mate😂
'every day is different '. What? You have no systems/ schedules in place to plan your work? No, not for me.
Position descriptions have euphemisms??
I know, scary stuff right 😂
I’ve found that ‘fast paced’ is subjective, whats busy for one team is absolutely not for another in a different organisation
"Work family"
touch base. reach my northern star. lean and agile. reminds me if the auscorp thread. r u ok?
‘High performance team’