Why are toffs always such bloody cheapskates?

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AFL club slammed following 'poorly worded' job advertisement

Fans blasted the job description as "disgusting" before the club offered an explanation.

7news.com.au

Melbourne are demanding volunteers work up to 25 hours a week for 11 months without a scrap of compensation. I don't really give a s**t that the pathetic state of today's modern economy has rendered "internships" (better known as indentured servitude or corporate slavery) a mainstream practice and would love to see the government penalize these scumbags with the full force of the law.

No I don't care what the Dees' financial situation is like either, they're a large company -AFL clubs exist to make profit despite paying no taxes- with a turnover of $50m+ who have absolutely no business extracting free labor from anyone.

Disgusting behavior from a club who should know better.

 

[Bleeeeeeeeep]

Merge them with bottomfourthorn..............again.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

I can't defend that.

But I'm sure they'll find some footy nuffies to fill the roles.

 

[Tippett2Goal]

AFL club slammed following 'poorly worded' job advertisement

Fans blasted the job description as "disgusting" before the club offered an explanation.

7news.com.au

Melbourne are demanding volunteers work up to 25 hours a week for 11 months without a scrap of compensation. I don't really give a sh*t that the pathetic state of today's modern economy has rendered "internships" (better known as indentured servitude or corporate slavery) a mainstream practice and would love to see the government penalize these scumbags with the full force of the law.

No I don't care what the Dees' financial situation is like either, they're a large company -AFL clubs exist to make profit despite paying no taxes- with a turnover of $50m+ who have absolutely no business extracting free labor from anyone.

Disgusting behavior from a club who should know better.

Genuinely think this shouldn't be a bay13 thread
Unpaid internships are pathetic, and a blight on modern workplaces.

 

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Genuinely think this shouldn't be a bay13 thread
Unpaid internships are pathetic, and a blight on modern workplaces.

Damn straight. Melbourne are hardly acting on their own here but it sets an extremely shitty precedent and I'd hate to see other clubs follow.

Watching big organizations rake in millions while paying workers a pittance & sacking them in years they make a profit just to hit projections to please shareholders is bad enough, but knowing the government allows them to exploit loopholes in the labor laws so they can have a continuous rotation of unpaid labor makes my blood boil. Just the other day a mate was saying how the Nike swoosh & Mazda's Zoom Zoom were both the work of interns who received zero compensation despite these devices making their companies billions, so yeah I can understand the temptation of AFL clubs to jump the gravy train but the league needs to flat out ban the use of interns in football departments before it becomes the norm.

Screw Melbourne, I'm glad they'll cop and endless stream of negative press over this because they flat out deserve it. Bunch of w***ers.

 

[Lethality]

Typical of the entitlement in AFL football these days. Remember that even with their fans experiencing mass unemployment during a pandemic, the AFL rattled the tins and asked them to pay for non existent memberships this year. We shouldn't be surprised they want free labour as well.

 

[S Rioghal Mo Dhream]

Merge them with bottomfourthorn..............again.

North Melbourne Demons has a better ring to it, too bad you'll be sent packing to Tassie instead

 

[Greenery]

They should have been relegated 10 years ago

 

[Laphroaig]

Slimey act.

Somebody should direct any applicants to Kevin 07s missus. She only forces her staff to work 40 unpaid minutes a day.

 

[Mofra]

They do get a stipend paid entirely in trout pate.
Seems fair enough, I'm sure most of the volunteers would be trust fund kids and society wives anyway.

 

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AFL club cops it over ‘disgusting’ ad

Melbourne has admitted a job advertisement seeking three or four people for an 11-month unpaid role in its football department was “poorly-worded”.

www.news.com.au

Melbourne has apologized for their ad being "poorly worded". Yeah. Right.

In other words the pricks are disappointed they couldn't recruit slave labor on the sly without anyone noticing and think they would've got away with it if not for these pesky kids uhh I mean if they had've worded the ads differently. Bunch of unrepentent amoral shitheels, particularly Gary Pert who's an a-hole.

 

[Genghis Tron]

I'd sign up if I had the time and it wasn't a black hole of a club.

 

[Mofra]

Would be pretty ironic if you were a staff member at Melbourne and you were being managed for under-performance.

 

[Sir Hugh Percy]

Oh, quite right, down with the blasted rotters, what?!

I say, the sarcasm in this thread is most diverting. I too remember when a good day at work was just one where you didn't get a back-hander to the chops... or give the 'hairy chap a special kiss', if you know what I mean. No, couldn't agree more - the entitlement of children today is simply breathtaking.

 

[PT Bar None]

I'd sign up if I had the time and it wasn't a black hole of a club.

I wonder if any of those "volunteer" positions are in the list management dept.?

See if I can hack the spreadsheet and "accidentally" have Petracca traded to Hawthorn for a future 4th rounder.

 

[Mofra]

I say, the sarcasm in this thread is most diverting. I too remember when a good day at work was just one where you didn't get a back-hander to the chops... or give the 'hairy chap a special kiss', if you know what I mean. No, couldn't agree more - the entitlement of children today is simply breathtaking.

Yeah, being a kindergarden teacher is tough

 

[Marcel Proust]

Sons of slaveowners

 

[Deaneus!]

What utter filth

 

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AFL club cops it over ‘disgusting’ ad

Melbourne has admitted a job advertisement seeking three or four people for an 11-month unpaid role in its football department was “poorly-worded”.

www.news.com.au

Melbourne has apologized for their ad being "poorly worded". Yeah. Right.

In other words the pricks are disappointed they couldn't recruit slave labor on the sly without anyone noticing and think they would've got away with it if not for these pesky kids uhh I mean if they had've worded the ads differently. Bunch of unrepentent amoral shitheels, particularly Gary Pert who's an a-hole.

You'll be happy to know that our volunteer Human Resources Manager has been stood down for this error.

 

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You'll be happy to know that our volunteer Human Resources Manager has been stood down for this error.

Please understand I'm not going hard at Melbourne specifically but rather the entire despicable 21st century business culture this ad represents. For all we know other AFL clubs are getting away with worse because they aren't dumb enough to publicly mention the salary & all the details.


....I will however from this point refer to Melbourne as the George Calombaris of the AFL, a man who's served a platter or two in his time.

 

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Please understand I'm not going hard at Melbourne specifically but rather the entire despicable 21st century business culture this ad represents. For all we know other AFL clubs are getting away with worse because they aren't dumb enough to publicly mention the salary & all the details.


....I will however from this point refer to Melbourne as the George Calombaris of the AFL, a man who's served a platter or two in his time.

Yeah I know man.
I was just trying to be funny.
I really can't defend this.

 

[Mofra]

Yeah, who on Earth would volunteer for a thankless, unpaid job that is subject to constant criticism?

Starburns_
zackah
Ant_
Chief
Wosh
Dinsdale
_Mike_

 

[Dinsdale]

Yeah, who on Earth would volunteer for a thankless, unpaid job that is subject to constant criticism?

Starburns_
zackah
Ant_
Chief
Wosh
Dinsdale
_Mike_

 

[zackah]

Yeah, who on Earth would volunteer for a thankless, unpaid job that is subject to constant criticism?

Starburns_
zackah
Ant_
Chief
Wosh
Dinsdale
_Mike_

You don’t receive sexual favours?

Awkward.

 

[Mofra]

You don’t receive sexual favours?

Awkward.

No, I prefer not to because Chief had calluses