Potential employers vs Bikes

"Good morning, you're through to Nicky at Random Company, how may I
complete your day?"

 

For you it would be a fantastic one.

 

Yes!

 

No!

 

"nothing like a bit of danger, biker boy"

 

You would much prefer an employee who didn't do research?

Do you employ people to fold up cardboard boxes?

 

Then I get to do them all again and again.

Or I could sell them some half chewed Cadburys Roses


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Now *that* would make a best selling video.

"Dangerous Biker Boy plays with the Plastic Man"


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Yes!

 

No!

 

ITYM "Plastic Man pays the Dangerous Biker Boy".

 

BGN says...

Having a bike licence and a bike is regarded as 'a good thing' in my
job. I turned up for the interview 350 miles away from home on my
Thunderace. By the time I got home the job was mine.

 

STReet says...

When I was an employer, the job always went to the burd with the best
tits and arse.

 

"BGN" spouted:

Just ask them if they know ukrm.

 

I don't have anything that's irrelevant to the job on my CV.
Things like that can be discussed at interview, if they're interested.

Shouldn't be a problem, IWHT.

Not as far as I know. Bikes are no less reliable than cars but they
could look upon it in the sense that a car driver will arrive, park and
start work whereas (esp.this time of year) a biker will arrive, park,
take five minutes getting out of & storing wet gear, another five
minutes
for a tea/coffee/smoke to warm up etc. etc.

In general I would think that it depends on the type of job
for which your being interviewed.

Personally I will always turn up for an interview in a suit but
then I'm office based and it is deemed "the done thing".
It's probably also important for any job where you're
expected to dress smartly in the normal course of duties.

First impressions are everything and unless you're going
for a job like Lozzo or Darren (i.e. in the bike trade)
then arriving in bike gear may well be detrimental to
getting to the next stage, regardless of whether we
think it's right or wrong to discriminate.

If you do decide to go by bike, make sure you get there
early enough to be able to change into or de-crease your
crumpled suit (or dry out if it's pissing with rain).

HTH

 

I always made sure I turned up at the interview wearing a suit and
looking presentable. This was no different whatever way I got there.

I do have "motorcycling" down as an interest on my cv but that's it.

I guess there is still a prejudice around so I just always made sure I
'conformed' for the interview.

 

It was suggested to me at one point that if I wanted to progress it
might be a good idea to stop riding bikes. Probably didn't help that
I'd had my third broken bone in 5 years.

Four years on I've sidestepped that particular issue but it *is*
something I'm cautious about talking about with senior people.

 

emerged from their own little world to say

Is that a UK thing or do you adopt the same caution in Dusseldorf too?

 

It's a UK thing. In Germany there's no such concern. Of the three
people working for my boss... er three of us own bikes[1] but only one
actually seems to ride the fucking things.


[1] BMWs. But then again the other two blokes are German.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

What does he ride?

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