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    Cowboys and Indians...

    Had a call to my mobile this afternoon from a 0091 based number. I didn't bother answering it and true to form they left a message. Then buzzed an email. and called again...

    Anyhow the company is called BSL (Blackapple Solutions)

    The email tried to pass them off as a UK based company but concidering the first call registered from an 0091 based number and the poor girls English was as bad as my Indian and and milton keynes isn't 0208. My guess is that the Indians want to get in on the Cowboy game...

    Seems no-ones job is safe! Watch out Dodgy

    #2
    I actually took a call from them a while ago.
    The girls English was atrocious and she couldn't understand a thing I said to her. Eventually she said that the line was bad and she would hang up and call me back.

    I never got called back...

    Gig appeared to be for HBOS Lloyds TSB - maybe I should move my bank account now...

    Al.
    Back at the coal face

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      #3
      I got a mail from them yesterday and a call this morning from them which was quite enjoyable. The project (permie job actually with shift work and on call) was not for me anyway. The young sub-continent woman found it difficult to understand me but what it basically it boiled down to:

      - what do you think of the job, asked numerous times. Tried to point out that I am a freelance consultant who is currently busy on 2 projects until the end of 2010 at the minimum ("yes, but what do you think of this position, are you interested?")

      - how much do you earn? What is your current salary? Replied that I am on an hourly basis (with a large figure given which made her draw her breath) and can't give an actual figure

      The position was in fact not too bad if I was looking for a permie job which is nowhere near where I live, possibly if I was 15 years younger I would have said I'll go for the interview to start with.

      I would be interested to know how they got my mobile number and details though
      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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        #4
        Ditto Milan Resourcing, although they do have a London office, but mainly based in Bangalore.
        Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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          #5
          I am about to get interviewed for HBOS Lloyds TSB - LEEDS but I CAN FIND NO TRACE OF ANYONE DOING BUSINESS.

          My accountant is running checks as we speak but it does not look good.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Ginger View Post
            I am about to get interviewed for HBOS Lloyds TSB - LEEDS but I CAN FIND NO TRACE OF ANYONE DOING BUSINESS.

            My accountant is running checks as we speak but it does not look good.
            That post makes no sense whatsoever.

            Anyone doing business with whom????? The agent? HBOS Lloyds TSB? And why is your accountant running checks?
            "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
            - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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              #7
              Originally posted by cojak View Post
              That post makes no sense whatsoever.

              Anyone doing business with whom????? The agent? HBOS Lloyds TSB? And why is your accountant running checks?
              She can find no trace of HBOS doing any business.
              Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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                #8
                Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
                She can find no trace of HBOS doing any business.
                How do you know it's a she?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by cojak View Post
                  That post makes no sense whatsoever.


                  I know, it's brilliant isn't it.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Bunk View Post


                    I know, it's brilliant isn't it.
                    Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                    +5 Xeno Cool Points

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