Snooty Job Ad Goes In On Millennials and Millennials Sarcastically Strike Back

“We have not been impressed so far.”

The Tea House Theatre in London is looking for a quality Office Administrator, and is willing to insult all of its applicants to get it.

The role, which is full-time and pays $AUD22,000 – $AUD29,000 a year, involves “office skills, the ability to run a paper filing system as well as a computerised one, the ability to complete and keep track of a huge to-do list, to make [the] office work, create and develop business management systems that help the business to grow, [and give] space for more creative work to go ahead.”

Seems simple enough. In fact, as the job ad states: “One old lady used to run the whole of Mountview Academy with an IBM computer, it shouldn't be this hard.”

And yet, the Tea House Theatre has had to advertise the role three times in as many months. And you know who’s to blame for that?

Consider this opening salvo from the highly salty advertisement:

“Dear Millenials [sic],” it ominously begins.

“As a professional company in the arts industry for the best part of twenty years, grafting, scraping, cap in hand to angels and funding bodies and occasionally getting lucky. Surviving on our box office, breaking even and revelling in the success that in the real world that is. It saddens me to be putting this advert up for the third time in as many months.

“Are you just not taught anything about existing in the real world, where every penny counts. Did no one teach you that the end of your studies is the beginning of your education?”

Of course, once Twitter caught wind of this, it struck back at the Theatre with additional salt.

Gosh I wonder why this theatre company keeps shedding staff I dunno guys it's a mystery. https://t.co/Fqo4QkyWzl pic.twitter.com/24142uuQXc

— Kirsty Sedgman (@KirstySedgman) July 17, 2017

1/ Actually, I interviewed for this role back in... Jan/Feb? The interviewer was eating breakfast during the interview, questioned whether

— Miranda Debenham (@mdebenham1) July 17, 2017

2/ I had got the experience I had because I am a woman, and therefore the diversity hire, and emphasised that he would shout at me a lot

— Miranda Debenham (@mdebenham1) July 17, 2017

3/ Seemed a decent enough space/cafe, but I wouldn't have taken it if offered. As it was they never even deigned to decline me. 100% avoid.

— Miranda Debenham (@mdebenham1) July 17, 2017

First two words:

"Dear Millenials"

*No*.

They also misspelt 'millennials'. https://t.co/0kI8J8XE5h

— Peter 🔬 (@PTranz) July 17, 2017

fwiw I have a mini boycott of Tea House Theatre bc last time I was there I asked for coffee +was told v snootily "we don't sell coffee here"

— Bridget Minamore (@bridgetminamore) July 17, 2017

Would love to meet and hug the people who walked out of that Tea House Theatre job

— VAUGHAN 🌋 (@churlishmeg) July 18, 2017

Even with the Tea House Theatre (from ad) they've placed 'loose leaf teas' higher than 'What's On'!!! THESE PLACES DON'T CARE ABOUT THEATRE pic.twitter.com/I5j44jrJVB

— Miranda Kane (@miri_kane) July 18, 2017

(By the way, you can apply here for the role, if you're still interested.)

Photo: Warner Bros