Putting 'embarrassing' companies on your CV

[ruffneck23]

a reference is a reference although you may have some awkward questions in the interview

 

[George & Bill]

Imagine if you worked for an internet company selling Viagra

check if it's part of a larger organ

He'll have to try harder than that. In today's tough economic climate, the OP will be facing stiff competition.

 

[JTG]

Industry is pretty dubious, though the company name isn't well known. And it's much, much worse than Wonga (purely in name terms!)

Is it MK Dons?

 

[tim]

If friend was working for Al Qaeda I would change the name on the CV to ISIS.

hth.

The company I work for actually was called ISIS. It took them quite a while to realise that thing in Syria weren't going to blow over. We've now been rebranded to something rather less toxic. However, we still have thousands of promotional biros that nobody West of the Bekaa valley could possibly want.

 

[mauvais]

The company I work for actually was called ISIS. It took them quite a while to realise that thing in Syria weren't going to blow over. We've now been rebranded to something rather less toxic. However, we still have thousands of promotional biros that nobody West of the Bekaa valley could possibly want.

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[tim]

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Apparently it was an Oxford based company originally, and named after the river that is called the Thames everywhere else. The company I worked for was taken over by them two years ago, and because they basically left the existing local management to carry on as usual, it was a week or so before somebody told us the meaning of the name. Up to that point some thought it was an acronym others an esoteric Egyptian mythological thing.

 

[dessiato]

Apparently it was an Oxford based company originally, and named after the river that is called the Thames everywhere else. The company I worked for was taken over by them two years ago, and because they basically left the existing local management to carry on as usual, it was a week or so before somebody told us the meaning of the name. Up to that point some thought it was an acronym others an esoteric Egyptian mythological thing.

I have also worked for that company! I enjoyed my times with them.

 

[Oula]

The company I work for actually was called ISIS. It took them quite a while to realise that thing in Syria weren't going to blow over. We've now been rebranded to something rather less toxic. However, we still have thousands of promotional biros that nobody West of the Bekaa valley could possibly want.

If my son was a girl he was very likely to have been called Isis.

 

[moomoo]

I have heard that if one buys something from Lovehoney it shows on one's bank statement as 'LH Ltd UK'. So that might be an idea.

When my daughter pays money into my account she puts things like Ref: Gay Rabbit.