Michaelknell
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If a job's salary is advertised as c£18k, what does the 'c' mean?
Michaelknell said:Thanks. I was worried it may mean something like OTE.
= On Target Earnings.... i.e. basic salary + bonus/commissionmjn said:OTE?
GW43 said:I've come to the conclusion that job ads that say "£neg", the neg means negligible!
mjn said:No, it means they want to pay you as little as possible, and the amount is so embarrassing, they won't even put it in the advert!!
dejongj said:I guess I am going to be the nasty one Shocking that a question like that and the subsequent OTE needed answering....In my mind it would be a case of go back to school and pay some more attention, or don't even think of applying for a job paying that kind of money....
I am absolutely amazed....
dejongj said:I guess I am going to be the nasty one Shocking that a question like that and the subsequent OTE needed answering....In my mind it would be a case of go back to school and pay some more attention, or don't even think of applying for a job paying that kind of money....
I am absolutely amazed....
I went to a comp, and c. / circa was often brought up in history as regards imprecise dates... e.g Julius Caesar visited Britain c.55 B.C.GJC said:I went to a Grammar school and was never taught Circa..... ( Its one of many things school didnt teach me.........school dont ya just love it!! )...
dejongj said:The difference is that I don't think I am being rude I am more reflecting the thoughts of someone who might recruit someone (as I have done many a time) and highlight that the aims may be a little high when questions like that need answering, although I realise that the perception in this world of PC will dictate the opposite...
From an employers perspective, innocent questions like that should be answered by English lessons and perhaps a dictionary. Asking others is a sign of laziness.....
dejongj said:I guess I am going to be the nasty one Shocking that a question like that and the subsequent OTE needed answering....In my mind it would be a case of go back to school and pay some more attention, or don't even think of applying for a job paying that kind of money....
I am absolutely amazed....
dejongj said:From an employers perspective, innocent questions like that should be answered by English lessons and perhaps a dictionary. Asking others is a sign of laziness.....
Daerve said:Then thank god I don't work for you, honestly is there any need for snidey comments like that, the OP only asked a question.
Xusia Of Delos said:Trouble at Mill
btw even though I answered your OTE question earlier, I didn't know what it precisely stood for, until I worked in sales about 7 years ago; could not find it in the OED (which does have abbreviations) or on the web... it was a recruitment consultant that first answered this question for memjn said:Look at my face...does it look bothered?
dejongj said:Oh dear, I've been guilty of that not so British thing called giving-my-opinion-without-being-asked-about-it. My, my, aren't you all a sensitive lot
dr. ir. J-P de Jong MBA CTE
PS. Though this is not a thing about showing off about education as the subject is elementary stuff...
PPS. Yes there is a long queue to 'chin' me, why do you thing I work in the UK...A queue I can manage, anywhere else they would all attack at once