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[Closed] Occupations where competence is a rarity, let's 'ave 'em

 IHN
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I shall start with Recruitment Agents.

95% effing useless.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:13 pm
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Bike Mechanics


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:15 pm
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TBF, any job title that ends with 'agent' has to be a strong contender.

'cept maybe 'secret'.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:16 pm
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Well, I was going to come on to Estate and Letting Agents.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:19 pm
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IT


 
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Nah Even the 'secret' ones can apparently lock themselves in holdalls and suffocate...

Anyone claiming to be an office or building "Manager" gets a vote from me, how hard is it to order enough milk and set the thermostat?


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:19 pm
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Definitely estate agents


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:20 pm
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Marketing

H.R.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:24 pm
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Politician?
Anything with "performance" in the title.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:24 pm
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TBF, any job title that ends with 'agent' has to be a strong contender.

But what about 00...

'cept maybe 'secret'.

Dammit.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:25 pm
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Clowns, definitely wouldn't let one wash my car


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:26 pm
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Forum posters.

I've moved this to the right forum for you.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:27 pm
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Royal mail manager...... incompetance is a key requirement of the job!


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:29 pm
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Middle and senior management when promoted to levels of incompetence, which let's face it, is frequently.

Doubly incompetent when they have an MBA in their toolkit.


 
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HR and Recruitment types

A lot of the lawyer/solicitor types I've dealt with

The vast majority of MoD logistics/store keeper people


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 6:54 pm
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IT. As in, the big companies who design and build these it systems for other big companies. If you knew what went on....


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 7:41 pm
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Yodel delivery drivers


 
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Public Sector Middle Managers - and been one now I know this for a fact 🙂


 
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Currently estate agents, surveyors and solicitors. I just want to move into my ****ing house already 😆


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 7:49 pm
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Weather forecasters.

How hard would it be to give us good weather every day?
?


 
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Managers

HR


 
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If you knew what went on....

To be honest, this applies to pretty much any large organisation, it just seems that once you get above a few hundred employees incompetence seems to exponentionally increase.


 
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IT

Yup, from personal experience.


 
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estate agents, conveyancers etc.
dental/doctor receptionists


 
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Public sector local government.
Quangos
HR
Halfords


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 7:59 pm
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I'd say that if a recruiter is still in a job, as it's a commission based and performance driven role, he MUST be competent. He may upset you, not make you feel special and maybe not even find you a job, but he must be finding people jobs and generating fees or else he'd be sacked quick sharp.


 
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Scotrail pricing managers

BT broadband customer service advisers

Man Utd players


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 8:03 pm
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TBF, any job title that ends with 'agent' has to be a strong contender.

'cept maybe 'secret'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/BUGGER


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 8:08 pm
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Being a French person. Note racist but not sexist.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 8:17 pm
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Clergy of all religions... even if there is a god of some kind, none of them has provided proof, even with millenia of opportunity;

global peace and harmony is also somewhat lacking

and what about the choirboys?

In their favour, some religious organizations have done well at accumulating vast sums of money and power...


 
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NHS administrators


 
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University academics might just sneak in here! I was one once and many of my colleagues, though relatively competent in their own subject area, were completely useless in every other respect.


 
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Police
Politicians


 
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Teachers


 
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The vast majority of MoD logistics/store keeper people

When i worked for the MoD I went to the stores on one occasion to obtain something with my requisition filled in in quintuplicate only to be told that I couldn't have what I wanted as there was only one left. But I only want one I said. Ah but if we give you it we'll have none left and were the stores.
They also used to open up the large boxes of photographic paper rolls for the mini-printers with sharp knives that would render the whole roll fogged.


 
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A lot of managers in large organisations, who have been promoted far beyond their level of competence.

Yes, I do work for a large organisation....

Oh, and one of the delivery drivers from City Pizza.


 
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Why teachers?


 
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University academics might just sneak in here! I was one once and many of my colleagues, though relatively competent in their own subject area, were completely useless in every other respect.

An amusing example:-
Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, "I will bet you £100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock." The shepherd thinks it over; it's a big flock so he takes the bet. "965," says the man. The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right. Says "OK, I'm a man of my word, take an animal." Man picks one up and begins to walk away.

"Wait," cries the shepherd, "Let me have a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation." Man says sure. "You are an economist for a government think tank," says the shepherd. "Amazing!" responds the man, "You are exactly right! But tell me, how did you deduce that?"

"Well," says the shepherd, "put down my dog and I will tell you."


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 9:01 pm
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Warehouse Manager at On One


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 9:03 pm
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[quoteA lot of managers in large organisations, who have been promoted far beyond their level of competence.

This is the [url= http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle ]Peter Principle[/url]


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 9:05 pm
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Cabinet Minister - how many of them have a relevant qualification?


 
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Working in IT as a consultant I am utterly bemused at how some people get their jobs and how much money they get when they have very little knowledge or understanding of even basic principles.

Don't get me wrong there are still some people out there running their A game and it's often refreshing to work with them!

I'm also with the people saying MOD store people. Some are excellent, especially the ones that trade in biscuits, others can be a pain!


 
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Doctors (GPS) and teachers - overpaid self serving bellends the lot of them.


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 9:28 pm
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Thanks for the reminder somouk.

Consultants!


 
Posted : 20/01/2014 9:34 pm
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Why teachers?

obviously I'm great but many are rubbish and the standard of new entrants to the profession seems to be dropping... Or maybe I've just had a bad day.


 
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