A tangled web

[j4]

They're currently recruiting for the position of Junior Web Developer (or "Junior Wed Developer" if you believe their website -- <giggle>) at the Cambridge Evening News. They say they'd like somebody with some experience but they're willing to train the right candidate. There's no indication of the sort of salary they'd be offering, though, and other jobs I've seen at the CEN have been staggeringly badly paid. Anybody think it's worth me applying for it?

Comments

[angua.livejournal.com]

There's no harm in applying.. you can always turn it down if it looks shite.

I was once offered a job as a DTP bod there. They wanted to pay me 12k for working mon-wed 10am-11pm.

I told them to shove it :)

[j4.livejournal.com]

10am-11pm?! Aren't there laws about hours of work and stuff that stop people doing things like that?

I'm not sure I would be able to turn it down even if it did turn out to be shite -- I think I'd end up feeling too guilty to turn it down, and convincing myself that it'd still be better than the current situation. My brain is not in a good place at the moment. :-/

[angua.livejournal.com]

If I remember right they gave you all the required breaks but the fact remains you had to be there all the damn time for three days a week.

I have to admit it was bloody hard to turn down the job because I needed one desperately at the time but I think it was the right thing to do. I could see it being so soul destroying that I would end up in an even worse position mentally.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Sadly enough, I'd have taken that, pre-baby. I used to sit in my office at the Bodleian from 6am to 10pm, voluntarily, three days a week, mainly because I got uninterrupted online time and a PC that had The Sims on it. Did all my work before 9am when there were no fwits to distract me, although I suspect that wouldn't be the case at CEN. Four day weekends suit me just fine.

[imc.livejournal.com]

Four day weekends suit me just fine.

Me too. :-)

I'd probably have taken it in my just-out-of-uni days, as 10am-11pm almost (but not quite) describes some of the days I spent in the lab and I didn't have much else to do at the time.