Sainsburys Job?

Blatchford

Exodi wrote: »

I think this is why I side with Blatchford point of view here. What you've mentioned is easy to say in hindsight. Being honest, before Thomas Cook and Mothercare hit the headlines this year, did you know they were in trouble? I'm sure you'll say you did but I certainly didn't. If I was going to apply for an entry level or mid tier job with either of these companies a year or two ago, I certainly wouldn't have analysed their company financials to such an extent that I'd be aware of any difficulty - I don't think it's reasonable to think that anyone would do this before an interview unless they're applying for senior or top level management.

I think his point of not being able to predict what will happen works both ways. You could ask about it in the interview, but it's likely, as shown in the TC case, that the store managers wouldn't be aware of any impending disaster.

The week after TC went bust I was talking to a store manager, who told me that the day before it went bust their sales were at the same level as an exact year previously. Clearly, blindness afflicts many people. I actually did know they were struggling a year ago, when I bought some airline tickets from them (on my credit card ). But no matter how much they struggled fewpeople beloved they'd go under. There's never any guarantees of anything, and that's the point I would make. So their stocks are good are they? But they could be a terrible employer! And those two things may even be cause and affect! Trying to judge whether you should go for a job based on any single aspect is ignoring all others and doesn't equate to sense. Every single job interview and acceptance is a best guess based on hope and experience. If you don't want to take any risks, get to two years, never move, always be at least average, and oh, wait, there's redundancy looming ....