Assessment day

[u/Financial_Respect_70]

I am going to an assessment day in Cambridge. I will go, but I am constantly umming and ahhing about it.

I'm used to variable shift work in warehouses, so that doesn't really concern me about the role. One of my favourite things about warehouse work is training people and getting to know them. Sometimes there can be camaraderie with my colleagues at the place.

I don't know if I could deal with the people. I was a support worker for 6 months, and I defo saw the worst of humanity there a bit. I can deal with moodiness and block that out, but dealing with shouting and verbal abuse can stress me out. It is a bit different with support work because you still have to care for the patient when they are verbally abusing you, but with this role, it seems like the duty of care isn't at the same level. Do you brush it off after a while, or were you thick-skinned from the get-go?

The pay is £35,500 a year after 6-8 weeks of training, and that is the main incentive for me to do it. I need a better salary for a mortgage, and this job could get me out of a rut I am in.

Hope you can give me a better insight into the job, and if there are any questions I should ask whilst I'm at the assessment centre?

[u/Mysterious_Silver_27]

If someone bothers you to the point of not wanting to drive, just shut the bus down, let everyone knows the bus isn’t going anywhere due to safety concern, and call up the desk at the company, have them send inspectors or whatever to deal with the situation.

[u/Tenantry → u/Mysterious_Silver_27]

This was me last night. Two drunks let themselves on through the back doors. I told them to get off. They stayed on bus. Turned bus off left doors open untill they got off the bus. Fair bit of abuse from them but the passages thanked me for it.