Tuesday, January 10, 2012

What this Hizzle goes on?

What kind of company takes photos of all of it's employees to keep track of who is 'attractive' enough to make a special list referred to as 'tracker' and therefore qualify to work in the front room of a fucking retail store or be a porch model for special events?  Mollister, that's what kind of company.  Complete bullshit in all respects.  And not only do we have to have a certain number of employees who need to get approved (by lord only knows what kind of team of judgmental fugos sitting around a coffee table, shooting the shit and picking apart the looks of the employees in the pictures we submit), but now the district manager wants pictures of the management?  WTF?  I didn't sign up to model here, why the fuck should it matter what I look like?  Today, the store manager interviewed a candidate for an MIT (manager in training) position.  He seemed like a smart, nice, intelligent, highly motivated individual.  I looked over his resume, and not only did he graduate from SUNY Binghamton in only 3.5 years with a dual major AND a minor, but he was on United Nations mock team, attended a conference at Harvard, and held down a 3.9 GPA.  Awesome, I thought!  We need another MIT since the other one was fired for stealing (dumb bitch).  However, the manager who interviewed him was like, "Our district manager is never going to hire him because he doesn't fit the image".....

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?  How many managers have been fired because they failed to perform and work hard and were only hired initially because they, "fit the image"?!  Too many. Maybe if we didn't hire on a basis of looks, we would get a more dependable staff.  There are some really, serious issues within this company if you ask me.  I wish I could hire him myself.  I interviewed two candidates last week who seemed like hard, motivated workers, and I ran the idea of hiring both interviewees past the store manager.  She told me that we 'needed more people on tracker' (aka, really hot individuals) and so we shouldn't hire anyone who we aren't sure is going to make tracker (even if they are better qualified to actually do WORK and have experience).  Shit is all sorts of wrong. I'm not sure how this company isn't getting sued yearly; I know for a fact they were sued in the past for hiring too many white people, and that's why we have a very important 'diversity' clause and have to report how many employees fit into this sector every month.  

So tomorrow, I get to have my picture taken.  I have to be makeup free, and "100% natural."  Hmmmm, last I checked this wasn't a test shoot for American Apparel (been there, done that).  Good thing I'm currently zit-free, but I do NOT feel comfortable with no makeup (unless I'm lounging around the house with my family or boyfriend).  I can only imagine what the group of people looking over my photo will have to say... *shudder*.  Oh well, I've convinced myself that it should be fine if this is what some of the top models look like with no makeup on, and they're getting paid the big bucks to 'look hot':


To any guys out there reading this:  Here is the highly bang-able Rosie Huntington-Whitely (of Victoria's Secret/Transformers fame without her hair and makeup).  

Another Victoria's Secret model without her makeup


This girl can be a model, and I can't?  Oh, yeah... sadly I never grew to 5'9".



On a happier note, I'm completely addicted to Goldfrapp at the moment, chiefly, this particular song.  It makes me want to wear the sexy, white dress I just ordered from Nastygal and go get down in a club!  haha... I know, I'm sick.