My Laddie applied last year to join the army. He's a fit, and qualified 20 year old. He breezed the entrance requirements, and the interview, he was given some fitness guidelines to train to which were'nt difficult for him, and told to go home and wait for a date to go to Edinburgh on a 2 day assessment program....... Then NOTHING. And I mean not a jot, despite phone calls emails etc where he's made to sound stupid for even asking, the army have failed to follow up his recruitment.
He has given up, and decided they are a piss take. This view is reinforced by a couple of his mates who did manage to get in 3 or 4 year back, and now are desperate to get out. He has emailed and withdrawn his application.
Problem the MOD now have is that they have shut all their recruitment offices, and privately tendered out at considerable expense the process to an American company called Capita, who have to put it politely made an absolute pigs ear of the job. This has been acknowledged by the MOD, However, 'to late' was the cry, apparently the fixes put in place will not take affect until 2022 until then the average wait to get into the army is almost a year. Over 60% of applicants are just dropping out of the process much as my boy has done.
Oh and by the time the mess is sorted out the recruitment contract will be up for renewal. Wonder who will get it?
