A job listing for traffic management staff is raising eyebrows for its brutal wording, insisting applicants "stay home" and get "mummy" to help them if they don't know how to make their own lunch.
The listing - now edited - on recruiter Managed Labour Hire’s website, is looking for Canterbury-based “serious applicants only” - making it very clear they don’t want anyone who claims: “Mummy told me to get off the couch!!”
“Traffic management is about so much more than just putting out cones, and we need more people to join our teams as we start to get busy again,” the listing read.
You can expect to be working away from the nearest pie shop, so if you don't know how to make your own lunch then don't bloody apply!! Stay at home. Mummy will help you. FFS!!
While they’re preaching that you’ll be surrounded by a “supportive team environment” and “opportunities for training and professional development” - you might want to make sure you’re at least flatting, because God forbid you get to the interview stage and admit you still live at home with (gasp) Mummy…!
The post, of course, made its way onto the New Zealand subreddit where Kiwis are equally appalled and amused by the shocking listing.
The user who shared the post wrote: “Friend stumbled upon this job ad – loving the sense of humour (or is it frustration?) in the text. Hard times in the road cone crew hiring business!”
“I can understand they might be frustrated at something, but it is very unprofessional to let that shine through into a job ad like this. Not to mention the spelling mistake(s),” said another.
A third, unimpressed, added: “Swearing in a job ad? Yikes.”
“Total applications received: 0,” someone else joked, placing their bets on how sought after the role is.
A fifth found the silver lining: “At least he said please and published the salary ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.”
Seriously though - do you reckon I can use my mum as a personal reference when I apply?!
