I've seen ones that put datatype validation so you have to enter numeric values. I've been tempted to put "1337" but I doubt whomever sees the form would understand it these days.
They're listing competitive salary, I want competitive salary, makes sense, right?
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Most are, this one doesn't even have mandatory fields on the form. I could have literally left it blank, the only thing that prevented me from submitting was the T&C's, had to agree to proceed.
Tbh, this is not a great look, when you can't even create a simple application form on your portal. Big red flag IMHO.
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I find one of the more irrational design decisions is from workday - it just happens that the common safari credentials experience uses the same credentials for all the workday-operated sites (irrespective of which workday customer) so applicants have to keep resetting their passwords to access to apply for roles.
Anyways - application done.
It did ask if I'd ever been dismissed .. so naturally everyone that's been terminated under 2 years tenure, is going to be Yes at that point! Should prove interesting to understand any feedback
Anyways - application done.
It did ask if I'd ever been dismissed .. so naturally everyone that's been terminated under 2 years tenure, is going to be Yes at that point! Should prove interesting to understand any feedback
Isn't that so they can just host their SaaS stuff under a single domain though? I mean to me it makes sense that they have ABC.workday.com XYZ.workday.com etc for different clients as it must make management of stuff a lot simpler and I don't see much alternative, the issue is more if your browser is caching credentials against a higher level than the full domain name or whatever so you can't easily manage them independently.
Yes = that's precisely what is happening and the obvious architectural decision. However how many people use safari on Mac and iOS devices? That is is the number of affected people.. they started with a technical but not an end user.
I don't think it's their problem to solve though - IMO if Apple can't sort their **** out to properly manage credentials in this sort of scenario where you have multiple logins under a single second level domain, people should be complaining about them, not Workday and doubtless numerous other SaaS providers for which the same presumably applies.
What's the alternative, create thousands of new domains on a per-client basis? That feels like it introduces other problems that could also impact the end user.
What's the alternative, create thousands of new domains on a per-client basis? That feels like it introduces other problems that could also impact the end user.
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My point is not who is at fault - my point is the end user experience.
It’s a standard model but the end user doesn’t care and nor should they.
I did, but I stopped.
Sure, but for me that's an Apple design decision, not a Workday design decision which is where the finger was being pointed originally.
I mean, to use an analogy you could say the end user experience for drivers of performance cars is suboptimal if there's a 70mph speed limit on the roads, but that's not really a design decision by the car manufacturer - it's a constraint imposed by the organisation that controls the way you interface with the product/service they provide.
This is a generic issue but it might just seem more prevalent for Workday because they are a market leader and most people apply for jobs at different organisations at some point or another, so you are more likely to come across it.
edit: I'm sure we've all got bigger fish to fry than debating this so good luck with the applications
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Soldato
Been asked to go to Madrid next week to give a finance input for a new acquisition after the integration director realised i was based in Spain now.
Trying to decide on how to get there
It's around a 4hr drive so would likely need to leave around 5am, then have a day in the office and then a similar drive home. That adds up to a pretty long day! However for the train, i'd have a 45minute drive to the local train station, then a 2hr train journey and then whatever the journey is from the train station to the offices. So actual traveling time would be similar, although the train would be slightly less stressful than driving but with the added hassle of various transitions.
The sensible approach is probably to travel on the Monday evening, stay over then head back on Tuesday evening. However i'm already heading back to the UK for a couple days the following week and i'm the main carer for my wife and conscious of all the additional time away. She's generally fine on her own so not like she wouldn't be alright. Just more feeling of guilt!
Trying to decide on how to get there
It's around a 4hr drive so would likely need to leave around 5am, then have a day in the office and then a similar drive home. That adds up to a pretty long day! However for the train, i'd have a 45minute drive to the local train station, then a 2hr train journey and then whatever the journey is from the train station to the offices. So actual traveling time would be similar, although the train would be slightly less stressful than driving but with the added hassle of various transitions.
The sensible approach is probably to travel on the Monday evening, stay over then head back on Tuesday evening. However i'm already heading back to the UK for a couple days the following week and i'm the main carer for my wife and conscious of all the additional time away. She's generally fine on her own so not like she wouldn't be alright. Just more feeling of guilt!
I always felt that Spain is like the UK. It's fine if you're travelling hub-spoke but spoke-to-spoke is a real pain in the preverbal. a lot like London. Travel there seems to take a long time and it never seemed to be in a hurry or to meet a deadline (that you'd planned against).
If you're based WFH, and travelling to the office, then it may be worth to check about travelling on company time (or at least partly).
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Yeah, it's a direct route and not horrific once on the train, but the drive to Villena where i'd get the train is ~45 minutes in the direction of Madrid and so it then starts making me think i might as well continue the drive. Have spoken with the local MD who said there's plenty of parking and the benefit of driving is that i'm not restricted to train timetables.
Plus i could take my bike and maybe see if i can stop off anywhere the night before
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If it says hybrid then I wouldn't hold my breath. However they often ask if you want to apply for flexible working arrangements (i.e. if you need to care for someone or single parent and need to do school run etc...).
Doesn't hurt to ask, you never know.
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Oh always ask! Doesn't hurt
How are other people dealing with the post-100k implications and childcare?
I am in a real productivity rut - if the spreadsheet on the GOV website is correct, I am entitled to £12ph x 38 weeks x 30 hours = 13,680 plus £2k tax-free plus £2k tax-free for my other child. That's £17,680 value whilst they're under two. It gets a bit less than that between 2 and 3, and a bit less again between 3 and 4. But still substantial value.
So to "see" anything in my take home, I need at least £146500k/year in salary to just break even? Assuming a flat 62% rate for assumption purposes.
Organisations need to wake up to this, no?
I am in a real productivity rut - if the spreadsheet on the GOV website is correct, I am entitled to £12ph x 38 weeks x 30 hours = 13,680 plus £2k tax-free plus £2k tax-free for my other child. That's £17,680 value whilst they're under two. It gets a bit less than that between 2 and 3, and a bit less again between 3 and 4. But still substantial value.
So to "see" anything in my take home, I need at least £146500k/year in salary to just break even? Assuming a flat 62% rate for assumption purposes.
Organisations need to wake up to this, no?
So a full morning of application work in redoing the application for the role lands me with:
Well that seems to be a negative
and very obvious that nobody has reviewed it or providing any non-automated feedback.