That surprises me. If I was 18 and looking at retail or hospitality jobs I’d jump at the chance to join the Navy.
They’ve consistently slashed pensions and benefits. Internal armed forces qualifications are no longer transferable to private industries.
What’s the point of risking your life if the country you risk it for has shown a desire to screw you over to balance their check book
I tried to join the RN. They told me my eyesight was too poor by -0.5, hashed it out with them, they assured me I would be able to join if I had laser eye surgery.
Followed the advice. Spent 18-22 in retail. Got enough money for laser. 5k. Got my eyes done. Waited the full year for them to heal.
Only to be told the regs had changed, and now because my eyes were too bad presurgery I still wouldn’t be allowed in. Tried to contest it but got nowhere.
Shit depressed me for a full year.
So what’s causing this processing failure that’s not putting people in training posts? Is it just a lack of admin staff? IT failures? What’s up?
>AFRP has been set up to replace the Recruitment Partnership Program (RPP). The £1.3bn RPP contract signed by the MoD with Capita in 2012 was supposed to provide end-to-end recruitment for the British Army but was a total disaster, described by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee as a litany of failures. RPP was due to be replaced in 2022 but MoD mismanagement resulted in Capita being given an extension until 2024. AFRP was supposed to achieve Initial Operating Capability in April 2024 but has been delayed again and another extension given to Capita to maintain services until 2027.
Ahhh there we go, outsourcing recruitment to Crapita.
>However, this is set to change under AFRP which is lauded by government as: “bringing the 3 single-service recruiting mechanisms under a single prime contract, delivering an end-to-end fully converged, tri-service future recruiting solution underpinned by a single digital platform”. The bidders left in contention for this project (valued at £1.6Bn in 2019) are **Capita, Randstad, Serco, and Shared Services Connected.**
The names of Satan! If Serco and Crapita are competing for your contract, don’t bother and just take it all inhouse because they’re both utter shite.
In short: privatising navy recruitment has fucked it up, and now they can’t fill the recruit spots.
Royal Navy: “If you’ve sneezed more than once at any point during your life, you’re going to have to jump through a million medical and bureaucratic hoops to meet the entry requirements. Also the recruiter, the official documents, the Capita doctor and the RN medical assessors will give you conflicting information on what the requirements are.”
Also the Royal Navy: “Why can’t we get any recruits?!?!”
with people having fewer children sending any of them off to be ‘cannon fodder’ is less likely to happen
I tried to join, but wasn’t allowed because I was on antidepressants. I see the arguments about mentally ill people being in such environments, but I also know people who deliberately didn’t seek mental health care because they wanted to join up…
Every time I see an armed forces and on Reddit I report it for being: violent, misleading, and political.
I’m doing my part!
I used to the serve the navy. Back in mid 2000s, it was awful. Had an awful culture of bullying, racism, homophobia, and misogyny. Unless things have improved significantly (considering I still have some of these chumps on social media) then it’s no loss I’m afraid. There needed to be a reform from above and to stop promoting the bullies.
Guessing this is why I keep getting ads from them on twitch and other sites.
My son has been put on hold over, 7 weeks later he’s still sitting at Collingwood twiddling his thumbs waiting for enough recruits to enter phase 2.
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That surprises me. If I was 18 and looking at retail or hospitality jobs I’d jump at the chance to join the Navy.
They’ve consistently slashed pensions and benefits. Internal armed forces qualifications are no longer transferable to private industries.
What’s the point of risking your life if the country you risk it for has shown a desire to screw you over to balance their check book
I tried to join the RN. They told me my eyesight was too poor by -0.5, hashed it out with them, they assured me I would be able to join if I had laser eye surgery.
Followed the advice. Spent 18-22 in retail. Got enough money for laser. 5k. Got my eyes done. Waited the full year for them to heal.
Only to be told the regs had changed, and now because my eyes were too bad presurgery I still wouldn’t be allowed in. Tried to contest it but got nowhere.
Shit depressed me for a full year.
So what’s causing this processing failure that’s not putting people in training posts? Is it just a lack of admin staff? IT failures? What’s up?
>AFRP has been set up to replace the Recruitment Partnership Program (RPP). The £1.3bn RPP contract signed by the MoD with Capita in 2012 was supposed to provide end-to-end recruitment for the British Army but was a total disaster, described by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee as a litany of failures. RPP was due to be replaced in 2022 but MoD mismanagement resulted in Capita being given an extension until 2024. AFRP was supposed to achieve Initial Operating Capability in April 2024 but has been delayed again and another extension given to Capita to maintain services until 2027.
Ahhh there we go, outsourcing recruitment to Crapita.
>However, this is set to change under AFRP which is lauded by government as: “bringing the 3 single-service recruiting mechanisms under a single prime contract, delivering an end-to-end fully converged, tri-service future recruiting solution underpinned by a single digital platform”. The bidders left in contention for this project (valued at £1.6Bn in 2019) are **Capita, Randstad, Serco, and Shared Services Connected.**
The names of Satan! If Serco and Crapita are competing for your contract, don’t bother and just take it all inhouse because they’re both utter shite.
In short: privatising navy recruitment has fucked it up, and now they can’t fill the recruit spots.
Royal Navy: “If you’ve sneezed more than once at any point during your life, you’re going to have to jump through a million medical and bureaucratic hoops to meet the entry requirements. Also the recruiter, the official documents, the Capita doctor and the RN medical assessors will give you conflicting information on what the requirements are.”
Also the Royal Navy: “Why can’t we get any recruits?!?!”
with people having fewer children sending any of them off to be ‘cannon fodder’ is less likely to happen
I tried to join, but wasn’t allowed because I was on antidepressants. I see the arguments about mentally ill people being in such environments, but I also know people who deliberately didn’t seek mental health care because they wanted to join up…
Every time I see an armed forces and on Reddit I report it for being: violent, misleading, and political.
I’m doing my part!
I used to the serve the navy. Back in mid 2000s, it was awful. Had an awful culture of bullying, racism, homophobia, and misogyny. Unless things have improved significantly (considering I still have some of these chumps on social media) then it’s no loss I’m afraid. There needed to be a reform from above and to stop promoting the bullies.
Guessing this is why I keep getting ads from them on twitch and other sites.
My son has been put on hold over, 7 weeks later he’s still sitting at Collingwood twiddling his thumbs waiting for enough recruits to enter phase 2.
It’s depressing.