ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

When in conversation with one of these creatures, insist upon referring to their office/dept as 'Personnel'. They fucking hate it. The 'Diversity' ones are the quickest off the mark and if you're unfortunate to have one who wears comfortable shoes, just watch how they appear to be making mental notes of everything. Fucking Stasi.

Our lot started off as "personnel". Then it went to "human resources". Their latest reincarnation is as "people services".
Hasn't helped (them or us).

Originally Posted by Blogg

Oh what a happy Friday in the office that must have been:

Aviva sacks more than 1,300 workers by mistake - Telegraph

Can't help thinking that 1,300 P45s was replaced by just one very, very unexpected one...

Originally Posted by Dread

Aviva are a complete cluster at the moment: they have fired their best employees (who funnily enough were also the most expensive) in order to reduce costs, hired a bunch of incompetent fuckwits to sit on the main Board, and blinded themselves with marketing bullshit and flim flam in their dream of being the largest and most powerful insurance company in the world.

Avoid this company like the plague.

AVIVA helped to pay my wages for about 5 years when I was working as an Investigator. (2002 - 2007) They paid on time and never quibbled or questioned the exorbitant fees.

Would I insure a motor vehicle with them?

Would I fuck.

I was sent a letter from HR informing me that I'd been unsuccessful in my job application.

I gave them a quick call to confirm that this was really the case as I'd been in position for five years at that point.

These fuckers manage my pension fund .... oh dear, retirement not an option anyway

I went for a job with British Gas years ago as a commercial credit controller (debt collector, basically) and they were so unexpectedly rude to me in the interview and condescending, I very quietly told them that I wasn't going to sit here and be insulted by a pair of HR reptiles and a meter reader and that they should go and fuck themselves and stick there shit job up their fat obnoxious arses and got up to leave. 'Are you walking out of this interview?' one of them asked. 'Of course I fucking am' and left.

A week later I get a letter

"Dear Mr Mothman,

I am sorry to inform you that you have not been successful in your application for the post of commercial credit controller.

However, your name has been added to a reserve list for any future vacancies which currently are very likely to arise in the near future. There will be no need for further interview if we offer you one of these posts.

Please sign and return the copy of this letter enclosed if you wish to added to our reserve list.

Turns out they were looking for some people with guts and determination to prise the shekels out of the hebrews who seem to think gas should be free.

I returned the letter with 'no thanks' written across it.

Had a lovely email from HR a few days ago, welcoming me as a new employee and reminding me of the need to read all the company policies on the intranet etc etc. I've only been there 12 years.

I worked for Aviva Investors for about 9 years. Throughout the entire company, HR are the most notoriously overpaid, useless bunch of fucknuts I've ever had the misfortune to be associated with (and that includes the RMP). I have quite an extensive list of fuck ups which they oversaw.... Not least, hiring me in the first place