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Right. I've been temping for quite a while now and about a month ago 2 permanent positions went up for grabs practically doing the same job as I was doing.
Anyway I have a mate here who I managed to get a temp job about 6 months after I got one. It was cool for me cos I didn't really get on with most people here (female and middle aged you see) and I also got a lift in to work every day.
So when these jobs came up we both decided that we would go for them. We knew there would be a lot of competition both internally and externally due to the money and the package they were offering. All in all over 250 people applied for the jobs. Prerequesites for the jobs weren't huge, but you did need A Levels just to get to the interview stage. I knew my mate didn't have any (infact I think he only has one GCSE) and had lied on his application form. I felt a bit weird when he told me this but I shrugged it off and thought else nothing of it.
Needless to say we both got interviews. In fact only 10 people were selected so we both had a good chance. There was one real competition from another temp who was actually doing the job that was up for grabs so we knew really we were really fighting for only one job.
Interviews came and went. Yesterday I found out that the girl who we expected to get the job did, and my mate got the other - according to my boss it was very close between him and me. Needless to say I was gutted... more because he'd got it than the fact I hadn't got the actual job. It wasn't until we were travelling home together that I remembered he had lied on his application form. A lie that meant the difference between getting or not getting to the interview stage, so ultimately deciding whether or not he got the job. A lie that could have cost me a permanent position.
So I'm sat here today feeling a bit better but with this dark cloud hanging over me. I wish he hadn't told me he lied but now I just cant stop thinking about it. I don't know what to do. Do I tell my work and lose him as a mate and possibly get the job? Or do I keep quiet, be happy for him on the outside but have to live knowing I kept my mouth shut for him?
Sweet Jesus someone help me cos this is really getting me down.
Anyway I have a mate here who I managed to get a temp job about 6 months after I got one. It was cool for me cos I didn't really get on with most people here (female and middle aged you see) and I also got a lift in to work every day.
So when these jobs came up we both decided that we would go for them. We knew there would be a lot of competition both internally and externally due to the money and the package they were offering. All in all over 250 people applied for the jobs. Prerequesites for the jobs weren't huge, but you did need A Levels just to get to the interview stage. I knew my mate didn't have any (infact I think he only has one GCSE) and had lied on his application form. I felt a bit weird when he told me this but I shrugged it off and thought else nothing of it.
Needless to say we both got interviews. In fact only 10 people were selected so we both had a good chance. There was one real competition from another temp who was actually doing the job that was up for grabs so we knew really we were really fighting for only one job.
Interviews came and went. Yesterday I found out that the girl who we expected to get the job did, and my mate got the other - according to my boss it was very close between him and me. Needless to say I was gutted... more because he'd got it than the fact I hadn't got the actual job. It wasn't until we were travelling home together that I remembered he had lied on his application form. A lie that meant the difference between getting or not getting to the interview stage, so ultimately deciding whether or not he got the job. A lie that could have cost me a permanent position.
So I'm sat here today feeling a bit better but with this dark cloud hanging over me. I wish he hadn't told me he lied but now I just cant stop thinking about it. I don't know what to do. Do I tell my work and lose him as a mate and possibly get the job? Or do I keep quiet, be happy for him on the outside but have to live knowing I kept my mouth shut for him?
Sweet Jesus someone help me cos this is really getting me down.
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If he wasn't a good mate I would shop him at the drop of a hat. But we've been through quite a bit together so I dont think its a consideration. I guess I was asking more how I should deal with it..?
Its pretty tough to keep a secret which if told could change a lot of things..
Does anyone know a professional blackmail agency? I dont mind giving them a percentage..
Its pretty tough to keep a secret which if told could change a lot of things..
Does anyone know a professional blackmail agency? I dont mind giving them a percentage..
I guess it really depends how good a mate he is...
And if all else fails, the blackmail option sounds like a good one ;-)
And if all else fails, the blackmail option sounds like a good one ;-)
Goatboy wrote:
> Do it.
>
I'd like to do it anonymously, but I suspect he'll know whos behind the blackmails.
But even if it was £50 a week it would be nice.
I'll only get violent if he refuses to pay up..
> Do it.
>
I'd like to do it anonymously, but I suspect he'll know whos behind the blackmails.
But even if it was £50 a week it would be nice.
I'll only get violent if he refuses to pay up..
I think Goatboy's idea sounds quite good. Then apply for the next job that comes up, do well, get promoted over him and then sack him.
Mwuhahahah.
Mwuhahahah.
Do it.
Then beat him up.
You'll be well-off and superior.
Then beat him up.
You'll be well-off and superior.
I was thinking of blackmailing him.
I could make a few quid out of it.
I could make a few quid out of it.
Call him names and punch him in the stomach.
Oh, and permy jobs are for losers.
Contracting rocks!
Contracting rocks!
(almost)Everyone lies on CV's, it's practicly common practice thee days. At the end of the day though, employers are more concerned about experience than qualifications. I shouldn't begrudge your friend just on the basis that he wasn't qualified. If he got the job, it's because he has what it takes to do the job.
Shopping him for it will not only make him lose his job, it'll make you lose him as a friend. That sort of thing is just unforgivable.
Chin up, next job is always just around the corner.
Shopping him for it will not only make him lose his job, it'll make you lose him as a friend. That sort of thing is just unforgivable.
Chin up, next job is always just around the corner.
Right. I've been temping for quite a while now and about a month ago 2 permanent positions went up for grabs practically doing the same job as I was doing.
Anyway I have a mate here who I managed to get a temp job about 6 months after I got one. It was cool for me cos I didn't really get on with most people here (female and middle aged you see) and I also got a lift in to work every day.
So when these jobs came up we both decided that we would go for them. We knew there would be a lot of competition both internally and externally due to the money and the package they were offering. All in all over 250 people applied for the jobs. Prerequesites for the jobs weren't huge, but you did need A Levels just to get to the interview stage. I knew my mate didn't have any (infact I think he only has one GCSE) and had lied on his application form. I felt a bit weird when he told me this but I shrugged it off and thought else nothing of it.
Needless to say we both got interviews. In fact only 10 people were selected so we both had a good chance. There was one real competition from another temp who was actually doing the job that was up for grabs so we knew really we were really fighting for only one job.
Interviews came and went. Yesterday I found out that the girl who we expected to get the job did, and my mate got the other - according to my boss it was very close between him and me. Needless to say I was gutted... more because he'd got it than the fact I hadn't got the actual job. It wasn't until we were travelling home together that I remembered he had lied on his application form. A lie that meant the difference between getting or not getting to the interview stage, so ultimately deciding whether or not he got the job. A lie that could have cost me a permanent position.
So I'm sat here today feeling a bit better but with this dark cloud hanging over me. I wish he hadn't told me he lied but now I just cant stop thinking about it. I don't know what to do. Do I tell my work and lose him as a mate and possibly get the job? Or do I keep quiet, be happy for him on the outside but have to live knowing I kept my mouth shut for him?
Sweet Jesus someone help me cos this is really getting me down.
Anyway I have a mate here who I managed to get a temp job about 6 months after I got one. It was cool for me cos I didn't really get on with most people here (female and middle aged you see) and I also got a lift in to work every day.
So when these jobs came up we both decided that we would go for them. We knew there would be a lot of competition both internally and externally due to the money and the package they were offering. All in all over 250 people applied for the jobs. Prerequesites for the jobs weren't huge, but you did need A Levels just to get to the interview stage. I knew my mate didn't have any (infact I think he only has one GCSE) and had lied on his application form. I felt a bit weird when he told me this but I shrugged it off and thought else nothing of it.
Needless to say we both got interviews. In fact only 10 people were selected so we both had a good chance. There was one real competition from another temp who was actually doing the job that was up for grabs so we knew really we were really fighting for only one job.
Interviews came and went. Yesterday I found out that the girl who we expected to get the job did, and my mate got the other - according to my boss it was very close between him and me. Needless to say I was gutted... more because he'd got it than the fact I hadn't got the actual job. It wasn't until we were travelling home together that I remembered he had lied on his application form. A lie that meant the difference between getting or not getting to the interview stage, so ultimately deciding whether or not he got the job. A lie that could have cost me a permanent position.
So I'm sat here today feeling a bit better but with this dark cloud hanging over me. I wish he hadn't told me he lied but now I just cant stop thinking about it. I don't know what to do. Do I tell my work and lose him as a mate and possibly get the job? Or do I keep quiet, be happy for him on the outside but have to live knowing I kept my mouth shut for him?
Sweet Jesus someone help me cos this is really getting me down.
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