KNITERIDER Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 i doubt many of you know but i finished my job in design almost a month back due to a few probs at work, iv recently been working a sh1t job (cleaning aircraft) at east mids on nights to cover the bills. i applied to a local prison to become a prison guard not expecting much of it, anyway a few weeks later i got invited to an interview. unfortunately i had a night shift the night before but managed to finish at 2am rather than 6 am so i got a couple of hours in. the interview was the longest hardest interview iv ever done running from 9am to 16:30. it comprised of 4 parts first was scenarios (sp) where we watched a video about an incident and had to discuss in groups while being listned to how we would go about it, finally having a big gob paid off! next was role play, THE hardest thing i have ever done at work, two proffesional trainers played the part of two inmates one of which played a bully and the other the victim, and talk about getting blood from a stone! it certainly put things into perspective!!!after that we had lunch then the group was split again, a few minutes later we were told the other half of the group had been sent home, we didnt know till then they would be halving the group! (there were 10 in my interview day) we then had exams, comprising of listening, maths and english (god knows how i passed the latter1 lol) then finally an interview with two bosses. i went away semi confident but for the first time in my career a little unsure of how i did! anyway this morning i got the good news i have the job, and start on the 11th of october soooo happy, finally a job i think i will enjoy!!! also means only a few more weeks working 10pm til 6am for £6.17 an hour!!! just thought id share my good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Congrats fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaba Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Congrats Sounds like one hell of an interview - I thought my 3 hour one at Apple took the p!ss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 cheers all, i wouldnt mnd but on mon night i had 2 hours kip, sat night i was working til 2am then got 4 hours kip then had a bloody interview, talk about hanging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nice one. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 nice one bud congrats my mates a prison guard at HMP Brough... and as far as i can tell he loves it..hes a fully trained riot officer now but he does work some long hours.. he'll do 3 weeks of 12 hr shifts and has a weekend off then back into work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 shifts dont sem to bad, this is at a private prison. really cant wait, doing this compared to being in an office behind the same computer 8 hours a day five days a week will be a holiday compared to that! Nice one. Well done! cheers sid, its one of the two jobs, the other being a coal miner which wont have any future iv wanted to do for a longgggg time. cant believe not only have i got the job i want to do but i got the job full stop, think they had 50 odd interviews as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 How much better is the pay? I'm beginning to worry ever so slightly about my job security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Congrats matey! Is the BMW being upgraded now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Do you really have 5 vehicles on an aircraft cleaners wage? (now prison warden wage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 im down to three cars and a motorbike at the moment but one car is up for sale as is the bike as i want a chopper or custom next year, the other car isnt on the road so im only running the e30 and the bike at the mo. wage is okish, it starts low at first but when you pass the 9 weeks training and get past probation i "think" its circa 20k pluss overtime, you get money off (i think) pole or councel tax (one of the two) if ur a home owner and can retire at 50 if u want and the pensions good. the bmw will either be turbo'd on low boost for 2-250bhp or upgrade to either a newer car OR something with a v8 or similar in it. depends how money goes tho, its a few miles closer BUT i might be moving out so will have to see. most likely stick to the same car or one of equal value for a little while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sortedford Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 cheeers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmetallica Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 i thought you ment blow job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 alas, that is still a way off yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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