Connor McGregor 424 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Hello, StrayaGaming Community. Have you ever attempted to apply for anything, and for various reasons you have been denied? Recently I was denied of an application because of my Personality and how I communicate with the Community and wasn't able to explain or elaborate on decisions I have made. Not giving me a chance to prove my abilities, and denied of something that maybe I can't change or that a disorder is keeping me from changing. I feel that the reason I was denied of can’t be changed because people have enjoyed my personality and some even find it interesting. When you are been asked to change your personality; which is a major thing to do. Just to be accepted into a virtual team, just isn’t really good enough. I'm not writing this so you all feel sorry for me. I'm writing this to try and get my point across to everyone in the community that has been pushed away because of who you truly are. So let's carry on, With the person not knowing my actual personality, I feel as if I was misjudged and that I wasn’t given a chance to change or even show them what my best abilities are. I was denied without an explanation of what is “Bad” or “Unsuitable” about my personality. (Yes this is a support Application) for some people, it may be easy to just “change” their entire personality, but for others, it is based on the people around you or how you grow up; the people you grow up with and etc. Including not knowing what is good or bad about your personality can be extremely frustrating and confusing. With my application been posted around a month ago, I feel that it is unfair and that Higher ups are sometimes biased towards who they are accepting, based on opinion, not fact. I have talents that others do not have and of course, others have talents that I do not have. Most of the higher up staff who are to accept/deny these applications don’t truly know what I'm capable of and yet they still attempt to judge me on my past and not look into the fact that I have matured and made different choices over the years, they also have the audacity to tell me that my personality is terrible or unsuitable when they haven’t even given me a chance or got to know me well. In conclusion, I just believe that if it is based on history or personalities if the staff are not certain about it, they should at least give them a chance or try and prove themselves. I understand it is completely fair if people are denied for things such as having low confidence or are not suitable in any of that matter, but been straight up denied for having an unsuitable personality is just rubbish. Thank You for reading this if this has ever happened to you please comment down below like I said I'm not aiming for sympathy I just want to get my point across and if you think that I’m taking this too far or having a sook than you're wrong. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrueBlue 891 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Hey Cables, Unfortunately we have a lot of people that go for support roles in our staff team. When we go through these applications we look for certain things. Things like maturity, age, personality and the history of the community member on our servers across the board. To be honest mate we got people who don't even have a mark on their name. Looking at your history on our servers there are a lot of reports on yourself. Put yourself in our shoes. How is that fair on the people that have played by the rules and haven't done anything wrong in the past? I would never ask someone to change their personality and I hope none of our staff have asked. I always try to put staff in a role that suits them as a person. In saying that Attitude is another story. People can change their attitude and their way they look at things. I always try to see things from every point of view and that's why I see where your coming from, but please don't think you were denied due to a disorder or your ability. I really hope you can one day become part of the SG Team. I have been on TS with yourself a few times and your a good bloke. If you want to talk further about this mate come see myself on TS or in this thread. I don't mind. Thank you for putting your point across, TrueBlue 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Connor McGregor 424 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Hello, I really thank you and Snowwie for putting your input into this application and taking the time to read this, I will certainty take into account what both of you have replied with and hopefully when you are free we could talk a little bit more about this, But not for what happend but whats gonna happend and what i can change in the future. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subnoize 131 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Cables bro, Your opinion is important to everyone in this community because you are apart of it mate. I have messed around with you in Arma and i also play alot of LoL with you. Your a good bloke and you will make it. There are going to be plenty more of these moments in your life but if you fight them you will always win. Im here too mate just like True. You wont get sympathy from me mate, you will get a good kick in the ass to keep trying! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Connor McGregor 424 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Thank you everyone that has put your honest opinion into this it means a lot to me, I will definitely read back at this to give me motivation and to know that i have people supporting me and hopefully give back to the community (not saying it hasn't given me motivation) and by you guys posting this i wish to help you guys out like you have helped me today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CeeFar 585 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 @Cables. My little story from way way back (@Snowwie will remember) When I went for support almost 8-9 months ago, I was almost immediately denied, after a couple days of trying to figure out why, and thinking about it I realised that it wasn't because of my "personality". It was my behaviour and the message I conveyed about myself and my own maturity when I was online. I asked around, I spoke to all of the leads, all of the managers and most of the staff that knew me and basically said "What can I do better", "How can I improve", "What am i doing wrong?". I took the feedback given to me, wrote it down and changed my Behaviour, not my Personality. You should never change who you are and what you stand for for anyone, but it's important to reconsider how you are behaving sometimes. I reapplied a month later and guess what, I got the position. Just think about how you come across online, and who you are playing with. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brodie 776 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Persistence is key, aslong as you don't give up anything is possible! It took me almost 3 years but finally i got the position!!! STAFF BANNED! 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Connor McGregor 424 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Yeah im not gonna give up anytime soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 661 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Brodie said: Persistence is key, aslong as you don't give up anything is possible! It took me almost 3 years but finally i got the position!!! STAFF BANNED! l Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travesty 265 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Hi Cables. To provide a different viewpoint on this discussion; I am 34, have been working full-time for 15 years, and have applied for a number of roles over that time. Most I have been successful with and a few I have not. One role I wanted. I wanted it BADLY. But in the end, they decided that my personality/style didn't fit with the culture of the team I would be joining, and the role went to someone else. Does that reflect badly on me or that organisation? I don't think so, sometime it's just not a good 'fit' for the role for many types of reasons. However, it was my gracious acceptance of that decision, and a desire to seek feedback on the reasons for that decision, that led to this organisation considering me strongly for a higher role in the future. How we conduct ourselves when circumstances don't go our way reflect on us more than when they do. You've made a positive step in this process by seeking this feedback above, which I applaud you for. All the best. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brodie 776 Report post Posted November 6, 2017 All the best Cables xx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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