Capita and army recuitment

[FridgeMagnet]

If you are the sort of person who has a history of being difficult with outsourcing companies you are unlikely to get a job with said companies afterwards - perhaps less because you've been difficult and more because you just wouldn't want one. But that is going to have an influence in selecting who takes and stays in the public sector jobs concerned. Let alone the ideological requirements to get into those positions at all.

 

[kebabking]

He's talking about politicians, not civil servants, getting favourable board positions with companies that they helped to make money while in office.

Actually I'm talking civil servants - and in MOD, military officers - I've been approached by a large defence contractor while I was involved in managing a project they were bidding for. Their recruitment person expressed unconvincing surprise when I told her I couldn't speak to her as I was involved in the project - she claimed she didn't know and apologised, but she'd made it clear by that stage that she knew I was. The salary she was offering was about 3 times my salary (which she knew, given public sector pay scales), but she was a bit nebulous about the role, which I rather suspected was 'feel guilty but keep the money'...

 

[Yossarian]

Not sure if their new "make fun of young people" campaign is going to turn things around...

 

[SpookyFrank]

Not sure if their new "make fun of young people" campaign is going to turn things around...

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Obligatory 'is that real?' post.

 

[Poi E]

Yup. Satire now the walking dead.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not sure if their new "make fun of young people" campaign is going to turn things around...

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Or indeed pastiching an advert which invited young chaps to donate their bodies for a nice big impending slaughter

 

[SpookyFrank]

Scots soldier to quit Army after appearing in 'snowflakes' recruitment poster

Private Snowflake has quit the army because they used his image for that ad campaign without his consent. So they've managed to invent negative recruitment.

 

[pesh]

 

[Puddy_Tat]

oops...

 

[likesfish]

Scots soldier to quit Army after appearing in 'snowflakes' recruitment poster

Private Snowflake has quit the army because they used his image for that ad campaign without his consent. So they've managed to invent negative recruitment.

The new nickname and constantly being offered avocado toast did his head in not being chips he couldn't cope.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Good

 

[DaveCinzano]

Private Eye

 

[skyscraper101]

Scots soldier to quit Army after appearing in 'snowflakes' recruitment poster

Private Snowflake has quit the army because they used his image for that ad campaign without his consent. So they've managed to invent negative recruitment.

I know nothing about the military so apols if this is a dumb question, but can you just quit the army when you want? I thought you at least had to get some kind of discharge or something, no?

 

[kebabking]

I know nothing about the military so apols if this is a dumb question, but can you just quit the army when you want? I thought you at least had to get some kind of discharge or something, no?

No, you can't just leave, as you thought. The soldier in question has said that he will be leaving at the next point at which he can leave. Four year point iirc, I think he's about a year out from that.

He may change his mind - personally I think he's been treated very poorly and should be apologised to by the MoD - but he may not, though he has quite a bit of time to make a big decision about real life, rather than an immediate reaction to seeing his face on the side of a bus.

 

[SpookyFrank]

How can it possibly be legal for the army not to let you leave?

 

[NoXion]

How can it possibly be legal for the army not to let you leave?

You can leave. Just not right away.

 

[SpookyFrank]

You can leave. Just not right away.

Like prison then.

 

[NoXion]

Like prison then.

Not really. People generally don't want to go to prison, nor are they asked to swear an oath of allegiance when they get sent down.

 

[Yossarian]

How can it possibly be legal for the army not to let you leave?

Apparently they've increased the minimum time people need to serve to 4 years from 3 years, not surprised people are saying "Fuck that for a game of soldiers."

 

[8ball]

Not really. People generally don't want to go to prison, nor are they asked to swear an oath of allegiance when they get sent down.

But otherwise like prison.
With guns.

 

[DotCommunist]

didn't you used to be able to buy your way out if you were rich and decided it was no longer a good crack

 

[8ball]

Not sure if their new "make fun of young people" campaign is going to turn things around...

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Wow. Wonder what was going on psychologically with the ad agency...

 

[SpookyFrank]

Wow. Wonder what was going on psychologically with the ad agency...

Something along the lines of, 'we get paid the same no matter what so let's just phone in any old bullshit'.

 

[NoXion]

didn't you used to be able to buy your way out if you were rich and decided it was no longer a good crack

Officer positions could be bought back in the day. You could then sell the commission if you wanted out.

 

[skyscraper101]

They're shit ads aren't they. Mind you the Army have form for this. Remember the 'Frank' ones from the early 90s which tried to make the army look like some Club 18-30 package holiday.

LOL

 

[not-bono-ever]

Percy toplis managed to get out easily enough