On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Ian Drake, IT, SE Dunbartonshire wrote: > Remember I said a mate had been for an interview with them last year? > > Well he told me yesterday that a mate of his got the job and starts soon... > he's promised to keep me informed of what it's like working for them. > > Regards, > > Ian
OK - here we go from the horses mouth... I worked for Xcalibre last year for about 3 months. This was my first(ish) commercial IT job, and within 4 days of applying I was working for them. All in all I found them to be a good company to work for. Tony was a good boss, but <very sexist statement> the high female to male quota in the office made for some interesting politics </end sexist statement> They pretty much gave me free reign on their servers (well - i _was_ the admin ;) and usually took my advice in technical matters when things were going a bit dodgy So, why did I leave?? The travelling. It took me 90 minutes to get there and at leat 75 minutes to get home, so that kinda got me down after a while and so I was turning up late a lot. I was still on the probationary period, but instead of kicking me out onto the street we split on amicable terms. Oh - and BTW, since when was ~24K crap money for a sys admin job, especially considering the currnt job market?? OK - rant over - normal programming will now continue Cheers Monkey > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Scottish Enterprise Network > http://www.scottish-enterprise.com > > Headquarters Address & Contact Numbers > > 150 Broomielaw > 5 Atlantic Quay > Glasgow > G2 8LU. > Tel: +44 (0) 141 248 2700. > Fax: +44 (0)141 221 3217 > > This message is sent in confidence for the addressee only. > It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to > be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients > are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender > immediately of any error in transmission. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Linux phoenix 2.4.9 6:32pm up 30 days, 19:18, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
