I could write a novel or satirical sit-com about my 3 weeks employed in the Dublin office of the ISIC. It was the worst run thing I've ever been a part of, all stemming from the man running.
In my initial screening call, the CEO referred to administration as "more of a female role". For my first interview, he was one hour and a half late. For my second interview, he invited me to a bar near the office. In that interview he spent 2 hours pontificating ignorantly about subjects as varied and unrelated to the job as stand-up comedy, the dimensions of bikinis he had seen in Rio de Janeiro (because my wife is Brazilian), and the Israel/Palestine conflict. Eventually, after several drinks and much waiting, he offered me a low salary and I begrudgingly accepted.
When I started the job, I entered an office of about 8 people where the longest serving employee was there for 6 months. Despite the lack of long standing employees and resultant disorder of operations, the CEO spent an average of 2 hours a day in the office, and several days did not come in at all. When he did come in, he would give vague and often contradictory directives, all the while with his foot perpetually in his mouth. Choice examples are his use of phares such as "lesser people" and "non-nationals", indirectly referencing people present at the time of speaking. He also had a tendency to rudely interrupt and comment on the appearance of female employees.
To give an idea of the lack of organisation, I was given 3 days of training on everything to do with card printing, by a girl who left the job immediately after. At that point I was the only person in the office (including the CEO) who knew anything about the card printing process (which is the foundation of the company). When I encountered novel problems, the CEO encouraged me to call the girl who had trained me, over a week after she had left the company. During my 3 weeks with the company I saw 2 employees enter and leave the following day.
The pay was minimal, but far worse, the original job posting including under the heading "benefits": commission pay and a food allowance. However, these were not offered. On my second day, I asked the CEO how I could avail of the food allowance, and he said, without apology, "I don't know anything about that, someone must have pressed the wrong button". Multiple employees had problem getting paid on time, and seemed to have to regularly request their salary.
Everyone working there was actively seeking alternative employment. The CEO blamed the extremely high turnover on the attitude of the younger generation. Meanwhile he constantly encouraged and engaged in unethical behaviours such as lying to clients and referring to employees as "stupid".
