Snakes on a Plane – Destination Bris Vegas

I opened my regional newspaper this morning to more doom and economic gloom. Some poor bloke, degreed, dungareed, but slightly morose-looking is apparently part of the latest lot to be retrenched.

You may have noticed; I enjoy subversion. So, here’s to it.

Are things all that bad or are companies using the recession as an excuse to offload deadweight? Despite reports of unemployment rates “soaring”, companies are still hiring. Here’s the latest from, job posting provider Jobadder, for instance. Watch out: The cobra is looming.

NEW QUEENSLAND OFFICE AND STATE MANAGER
JobAdder has announced the opening of a new office in Brisbane and the
appointment of Darren Watts as Queensland state manager.

Darren Watts has 15 years’ experience in sales and management positions in FMCG and has worked for a range of organisations such as: Sanitarium Health Foods and Coca Cola Amatil.

Darren’s most recent role was business development manager at Blueshift selling high end sales and forecasting systems. He will be responsible for growing and managing all aspects of the business in Queensland.

JobAdder managing director, Brett Iredale said “Queensland is an important market for JobAdder and we are absolutely delighted to have someone the calibre of Darren heading up the new office.”

Doom and gloom – or just a bloody good excuse?

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