[Football] Football Job Opportunity

crodonilson said:

https://jobsinfootball.com/job/20180/general-manager-football/

This looks like a cracking opportunity for someone to start their career within the football industry.

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dazzer6666 said:

Definitely. Cheap housing (compared to here anyway), near the coast with Blackpool and all it's delights minutes away and sounds like a nice community club - bit like Lewes in terms of setup and size perhaps...............academy, women's team and men's team. Love the honesty in the advert

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Farehamseagull said:

Hmm, I don't like this bit:

We work hard at Fylde so again don't apply if you are looking for “a work life balance” or have to pick the kids up from school twice a week at 3.30.

I appreciate this is a bit OT but this is something I've noticed conversations about the workplace recently and on LinkedIn etc. I do think we need to get away from the dated belief in this country that to be a success in your career that you have to sacrifice everything else. You can still work hard but also pick the kids up if necessary and have a work life balance. It's important for mental health and children/families. I thought the pandemic and lock downs had changed things but we do seem to have gone back to old habits a bit with regards to this.

Sorry, I know I've gone off on a tangent but it's something that I feel strongly about and a lot of employers just take the piss.

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Farehamseagull said:

Hmm, I don't like this bit:

We work hard at Fylde so again don't apply if you are looking for “a work life balance” or have to pick the kids up from school twice a week at 3.30.

I appreciate this is a bit OT but this is something I've noticed conversations about the workplace recently and on LinkedIn etc. I do think we need to get away from the dated belief in this country that to be a success in your career that you have to sacrifice everything else. You can still work hard but also pick the kids up if necessary and have a work life balance. It's important for mental health and children/families. I thought the pandemic and lock downs had changed things but we do seem to have gone back to old habits a bit with regards to this.

Sorry, I know I've gone off on a tangent but it's something that I feel strongly about and a lot of employers just take the piss.

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Farehamseagull said:

Hmm, I don't like this bit:

We work hard at Fylde so again don't apply if you are looking for “a work life balance” or have to pick the kids up from school twice a week at 3.30.

I appreciate this is a bit OT but this is something I've noticed conversations about the workplace recently and on LinkedIn etc. I do think we need to get away from the dated belief in this country that to be a success in your career that you have to sacrifice everything else. You can still work hard but also pick the kids up if necessary and have a work life balance. It's important for mental health and children/families. I thought the pandemic and lock downs had changed things but we do seem to have gone back to old habits a bit with regards to this.

Sorry, I know I've gone off on a tangent but it's something that I feel strongly about and a lot of employers just take the piss.

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MJsGhost said:

I got distracted between starting & finishing my post, but I see I'm not the only one!

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dazzer6666 said:

Umm, it's a Crodo thread.......consider yourself whooshed

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dazzer6666 said:

Pisstaking aside, do have to wonder why they've posted it - if that's how they genuinely operate they're going to get slammed.

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Farehamseagull said:

I'm confused now! As an NSC veteran I thought I usually got Crodo's posts but now I'm not sure how genuine this one was!

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Bry Nylon said:

I applied but apparently they want you in work every other Saturday afternoon from August till May plus occasional Tuesday / Wednesday evenings? Balls to that.

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NooBHA said:

I would need 5 minutes off twice per year to have a W4NK - they told me that that just wouldn't be possible.

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MJsGhost said:

What a load of old sh|t.

"We work hard at Fylde so again don't apply if you are looking for “a work life balance” or have to pick the kids up from school twice a week at 3.30."

It's a very dated view that to provide hard work, you need to clear the decks from 9-5 (or probably 8-whenever for this lot) and therefore not be able to organise your work to enable a school pick-up or two AND work your nuts off. I can imagine there's a lot of out of (normal office) hours work required for this, so why discount someone that might need an hour out of the afternoon to collect the kids and then get back to it at some other time? Not exactly family friendly at best and discriminatory at worst.

They also want a leader, but not someone who will delegate... (I get what they mean, but unless this 'General Manager' literally does everything themself, they are going to need some delegation skills)

It's nice that they've confirmed they are not in the Monkey Tennis League though (it hasn't been the 'Premiership' in England for how long now?)

They really should have got someone who knew what they are doing to write that advert.

Maybe it's deliberately sh|t in the hope it goes viral for wider reach? (though I'm not sure this publicity is good publicity, despite the saying)

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schmunk said:

Two minute job.

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NooBHA said:

... would need 5 minutes off twice per year to have a W4NK....

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