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Anglian Group - if you want to employ me, you'll have to try much harder

3/3/2014

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Here is something that arrived in my inbox today, have a read and see if you cringe as much as I did. Just for clarity, this is presented verbatim!

Anglian is the largest home improvement company nationally we do around 4 million pounds of sales per week has a region we are around 370 thousand a week. We are looking for Sales managers direct sales people and marketing managers to join our ever expanding company. We have the largest proactive marketing teams which include field marketers telephone marketing head office marketers leaflet distributors and internet site so will attend are confirmed to the company standard. The company also put on monthly and yearly incentive of which you have a chance of winning 5* holidays ranging from silver to platinum. This is a employed post so you get a weekly basic and bonuses. full company training and support will be given. For more information please call P---a on 0780------8 or E-mail your CV to p---a.w---s@angliangroup.com.

Some observations; my marketing and communications skills could certainly add some value to this business. If the literacy skills evident in this email are reflective of the company as a whole – the task is huge.

Based upon this note, the person who contacted me (name obscured to preserve her anonymity) is illiterate and has the proof checking skills of a six year old on a spinning roundabout.

If I could be bothered, I’d count the number of spelling/grammatical errors. As it is, perhaps I’ll set my ten year old son a comprehension test instead.

If this note is supposed to make me think working for Anglian would be anything other than bloody depressing, it has failed. To be frank, I’d rather punch myself in the face repeatedly (or join the army so that people could shoot at me) than apply. Honestly I’d be embarrassed to admit I worked for this company; in fact unemployment would even be preferable!

If you are interested in being paid weekly, worked like a slave, given horrible targets to sell/market the worst of product ranges, please contact me and I’ll pass on P’s full email address.

Finally, if an Anglian Group marketing manager ever reads this post; for God’s sake find a way to stop your people sending out messages on behalf of your company without making them follow some kind of review/approval process…………….

Unless of course ghastly communication is just indicative of the ghastly level of customer service one might expect to receive if one bought something from the Anglian Group.  If that’s the case, this piece is arguably on brand!

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Andrew
3/3/2014 05:14:07 am

If I was'nt laughing so much, I would cry! This shameful individual needs an hour or two with Mrs Brookner, Mrs Stagnell, Mrs West, or the lovely Mrs Farmer!.... I wonder if you remember these titans in our early education?

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Adrian
3/4/2014 08:08:35 pm

Crikey Andrew, now you are testing my memory; and I am going to fail the test. The last school I attended in Bletchley was Eaton Mill and I left that place in 1980 if I remember correctly. As to the names of the teachers, I can't remember any. I can visualise one woman's face but her name alludes me - it may have been Miss Garland.

I hope that life is treating you well and are in good spirits.

Best regards,

Adrian

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