Boss says ‘no snowflakes’ should apply on job ad for labourer
The boss of a building company has put out an advert saying that ‘snowflakes’ need not apply, as he claims he has had problems with ten ‘workshy’ previous hires who ‘love their phone and want their mummy to pamper them’.
Adam Weedon is looking to hire labourers for his company Ad-A-Brick Building Services in Chatham, Kent.
He posted on his business social media that he was looking for someone to start this month, including details of what the job would entail.
But he then adds that the role is ‘hard work, so no snowflakes need apply’.
The 40-year-old said he was disappointed with previous workers aged 30 or under over the last 12 months because they ‘love’ their phones and walked off the job because they found the role ‘too hard’.
Adam said: ‘I’ve been looking for a building labourer and wrote the “no snowflake” advert as everyone nowadays wants a job but doesn’t want to work for the money.
‘I’ve had 10 people over the course of a year. They all love their phones too much and find the work, such as pushing a wheelbarrow, laying slabs and doing drives and pathways, too hard.
‘I wrote the ad as they’re [the people previously hired] are not fitting the bill – they’re workshy, on their phone and want their mummy to pamper them.
‘They leave, they don’t turn up the next day because it’s too hard.’
Adam added: ‘The decision to write the ad had been bubbling up for a while. I’ve got mates who own their own companies and they all say the same thing.
‘It’s getting pretty tiring. I’m still looking for someone, I’ll give them a try and see where it goes from there.
‘The answer for the time being is working on my own. I might as well jump in and out the digger and get the job done myself.’
The ad, posted on December 14th, reads: ‘JOB ADVERT FOR JANUARY ONWARDS.
‘Full-time labouring position, pay dependent on experience, hard work so no snowflakes need apply.
‘Driving licence preferred or close to Walderslade.’
It comes after Piers Morgan posted a separate job ad on his Twitter looking for people to work on new TV channel TalkTV, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK.
Mr Morgan said: ‘We want the nation’s finest digital super-geeks. No snowflakes need apply…’
The tweet did not get too much attention considering the presenter’s large following, although one woman responded that she was a ‘cornflake’ and asked if this would be considered.
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