Gavin writes:
I know I’m asking for abuse by posting a cliched tech job, but there’s nothing like stirring the pot to help find the right person a great job
We are looking to find an experienced entrepreneur to help us introduce great people to the exciting new world of short term jobs in Ireland. A “CTO” to throw in another cliche…
I can’t emphasise enough how important it is for us to find somebody sound, we want happy lives, so pr*cks need not apply ;)
FIGHT!
Well CTO is what they’re called so no need to get so embarassed and use quotation marks. seriously.
sounds like b0ll0x to me, but what do i know? best of luck with it.
the exciting new world of short term jobs in Ireland.
oh be still my exploited heart…..
lol
Is it a pimp service? Sound pimps like..
I’d hate to work with “sound” people.
These people sound like horrible judgmental morons.
Thanks! Not sure why you think it’s moronic.. but I can see why it might come across as judgemental. Hopefully we can change your mind when we launch!!!
You said “Shoot Me! shoot me!” didn’t you?
…tsk, tsk, you’re on to this place.
No really, sincere good luck with the launch!
Now that that’s out of the way, where I done gonna apply for a visa to this happy place?
Ha! Thanks Clampers.
So, ehm, you get people to sign up to pay for pieces of work, and people to sign up to be paid for pieces of work, and you take a cut, meaning the person being paid is paid a premium to cover all of the expenses that the employer forgoes. Is that the business plan?
It sounds like you’re the middle man between a contractor and short term employer, which is nothing new.
Era, what do I know, I just hope you treat people fairly, good luck with it.
Sounds interesting, best of luck with it.
Thanks @DoLoads! We’re actually not as evil as the above make us out to be… But sure if we stayed quiet and never did or said anything, I’m sure they still wouldn’t like us!
The beauty of zero hours contracts?
Definitely not, the absolute opposite in fact. We’re trying to give people who choose not to, or don’t have the ability to work 9 – 5, just as much control as somebody who does. Hopefully when we launch you will like what we’ve done!
Amazon mechanical turk?
If there’s any justice left in Ireland, the supply chain of exploited workers these “sound” bunch of muppets are preying on will be choked off sooner rather than later.
We’ve been those workers, and we’ve seen the best and worst of working on demand. So we are building this to make sure the people doing the work have just as much power as the people hiring.
Check it out when we launch, honestly, I think you’ll be surprised at what we trying to build.
Well Gavin, you sound like a bit of a prick to me so I will not be applying. A higher resolution image would help your cause.
Is there such a thing as a sales and marketing focused CTO?
And your website (http://www.mustard.works) is vague. At first glance it looks like you are an instant messaging service.
Thanks for checking us out anyway.. I’ll work on the not sounding like a total prick thing…
New Website and product will be launching in July, sure check it out, and if you still hate me I’ll buy you a pint to apologise.
“I’ll work on the not sounding like a total prick thing…”
Just make you sound like a bigger prick.
Jesus, people can be very mean. He sounds fine. Hope it works out.
“We are looking to find an experienced entrepreneur to help us introduce great people to the exciting new world of short term jobs in Ireland”
I wonder if this is a way of making things slightly easier for contractors, or a way for businesses to employ people without giving them any employment rights. I suppose, it’s always possible it’s both.
Are you employing the CTO in the same way?
Hey Cian,
I just posted above: We’ve done both the hiring and working in this space for a long time, so we’ve seen how people can do really well, but also how they can be really taken advantage of.
We are trying to build something that gives the people doing the work just as much power as the person doing the hiring. All I ask is you judge it for what it is when it launches, I think you’ll see we are trying to stop hirers taking advantage.
We’ve done both the hiring and working in this space
Is that English? What space?
Go way with your gibberish..
I miss Nathan Barley.
:)
Mustard.co.ck
Feckulent.poo
Sales and marketing focused CTO……
I thought a CTO is supposed to do the Tech stuff, not the sales and marketing stuff.
That being the point of having a CTO position.
yeah, sales and marketing should be under a CMO. CTO is for nerdwork.
“we want happy lives, so pr*cks need not apply”
That rules me out so!!!!
Actually, out of curiosity, in what ballpark is the pay?
Because that’s really the only thing a candidate gives a s**t about.
It’s probably commission based. They’re like pimps, in this space.. basically.
They’ve invented a recruitment agency website, with some keyword stuff?
In this space.. basically, it looks like a yes to your answer. In this space.
Sorry, I’ll stop.. In a minute.
“an experienced entrepreneur”
What an idiotic thing to put in a job ad. So-called Entrepreneurs employ themselves. They are not employed by someone else and it’s usually because they are unemployable anyway.
The description of an Irish entrepreneur is some spoiled brat who squanders Daddy’s money on stupid ideas and leaves loads of people unpaid in his or her wake.
They clearly meant an entrepreneur who no longer wants to be an entrepreneur, in this space.
And this is clearly a race to the bottom piece of crap, more than likely led by an MBA who is just looking for another group of people to exploit by cheapening yet another set of professionals.
You can go and s****.
Yep.. But it’s all so exciting! In this space.
“We’re not an agency, think of us like Hailo for short term staff.”
Yeah yeah. You know that this is already being done and done properly. It’s about to be launched in Europe so unless you plan on going global within a week, you’re wasting your time.
And soon enough, clients will realise that they can’t get consistent work by using this method. They’ll get cheapo one off rubbish from bad designers who can’t get regular clients the usual way.
“You know that this is already being done and done properly.”
…website please, or the kitty gets it!
I’ll do it. How much a week? Can I still keep signing on?
Are you an entrepreneur?
FU ****
That went well
This site has got seriously crap.
It was harsh alright… *hugs*?
Hey, I got me a full-sus down hill trail bike, a lapierre raid fx. Taking her out proper this weekend for the first time… I know you like yer bikes. Anyway, if I go missing next week, I’ll be in a ditch in the hills somewhere in Co. Dublin probably… anyway, I digress… *hugs*?
Race you! The first one down gets a short term placement in a start up and a brightly coloured beanbag.
yeah, so mean, minus the cutting wit to soften the edges
Some people come here to just kick ass, the rest… usually bring more, until they run out….
Den, den, dennnnn!
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Love it. I found Shingy.
‘Pr*cks need not apply.’
Ah heeeoir, when did you ever come across a pr*ck with the self-awareness to realise that’s what he was? Mostly they think they’re God’s gift surrounded by morons who just don’t get them. Or they imagine they can be a pr*ck for the day and miraculously switch back to sweetness and light tomorrow and wonder why people keep them at arm’s length. Pr*cks!
“…..the exciting new world of working on demand.’ Jay. Sus.
You people!
This a wonderful opportunity for someone. It practically says that in the line, ‘…to help find the right person a great job.
I want to apply for the job.
I have all the qualifications you ask for.
I’m ‘sound’.
Dammit, I must sound like a prick.
-Throw my application in the bin.
Well, this went swimmingly.