Chapter 38 \nAnd so the maid interview day came.\n
Even if theyâre a recommendation from an employee, Iâm not going to show favoritism. However, I donât think there would be anyone too strange among them since the employees should understand they would be left in a bad situation if they were to recommend anyone odd and Iâll be able to confirm nomineesâ documents with the referrers to check for any lies.
And surprisingly, there werenât that many recommendations from the employee.
Well, there might have been the desire to introduce an acquaintance to a good workplace, but thereâs also the possibility that trouble will reach the referer if that person messes up. And while there are such demerits, thereâs no particular merit to recommending anyone. At best, their acquaintance would be grateful to some point.
And then thereâs the possibility that your acquaintance will end up higher on the hierarchy if you mess up. I guess that would be a bit unpleasant.
Well, then the only person they would recommend, would be about their sistersâŠâŠ.
So, the total number of entries is 47.
Of all the 678 inhabitants of the viscounty, there are 322 men and 356 women.
Are there more women because more men die from hunting and accidents? Roped into a war long ago? Or is it that the women are tougher, within the range of error?
So, well, doesnât that mean that out of all 356 women of the territory, the majority of women from teens to their 30s who are not married had applied?
Supposing that the majority of those older than 17 to 18 are married, most of them should be helping their family businesses and working. Is it okay to quit thoseâŠâŠ.
No, itâs just that working at a viscountâs house is that attractive. HmmâŠ
In that case, there wasnât much of a point in asking the employees for recommendations.
Anyway, the selection begins.
âI would like to improve myself and I can learn a lot here⊠âŠ.â
No, self-improvement might sound good at first, but Iâm not particularly paying my employees to let them study and polish their skills. Education for future prospects like Colette-chan is one thing but thereâs no need for an investment from the employing side for someone to continue working as a maid⊠Are you planning on changing jobs after raising your skills at my home?
To appeal, you shouldnât say what you can gain but what you can give to the employer. That is to say, there has to be merit for the employing side in hiring youâŠâŠ.\n
This place is not a vocational training center or a bride school.
âThen, the interview is over⊠Next personâŠâ
âPlease wait! Please listen to what I have to say!â
No, self-appeal is something done during the interviewerâs questioning. Please express it in a reply to a question. Itâs foul play to one-sidedly say what you want after your time runs out. Against the rules. Cheating. I donât need a person who steers back ăNo, please listen to my story againă after the conversion is over and the conclusion comes out. That is, say what you wanted to say before the end of the conversion.
âI want you to know that Iâm determined and motivationâŠâ
No no, nobody comes to an interview without determination and motivation! Because everyone came here wanting to be hired! Are you mistaking yourself for someone special?
âIn the past, I used to have an important post in a merchantâs store at the capitalâŠâ
âEh, then why did you leave? If you had reasons for leaving such an important post then wouldnât it be difficult for you to work here?â
âEh, no, that âŠâ
âAn earlâs family once invited me to work for them, me!â
âAh~, then, wouldnât it be better to work for them instead of here?â
âAh, no, I refused them âŠâ
âEh, if you are dissatisfied with an earlâs house then thereâs no way youâll be satisfied at all with the conditions here at a viscountâs house. Well then, Iâll pray that youâll hear from a marquis.(äŸŻç”柶ăăăăăă棰æăăăăăăšăăç„ăăăŠăăăŸă)
Next person! â
Somehow, unexpectedly it seems possible to create a database of all the ăpathological liarsă and ăcanât be trustedăwomen in the territoryâŠ
In these interviews, Iâm taking notes and recording just in case.\nâ⊠No. 26, Noelâ
About Colette-chanâs⊠no, because thereâs an age restriction, is she over 10 years old? Sheâs as tall as the 8-year-old Colette-chan, no she seems even a little shorter. Sheâs a quiet looking girl with silver hair.
âFor what reason are you applying to work here?â
To my question, the girl, Noel-chan answered.
ââŠBecause Iâm likely to be soldâ
Oh, thatâs heavyâŠâŠ.
Everyone leaves after the interviews ended. The results will be notified at a later date.
I have to see whether what Iâve been told is true or not behind the scenes.
However, I was shown a variety of techniques as if someone had organized a maid recruitment interview prep school. Like ăCan you listen to my story to the end?ă or ăLook at how motivated I amă or ăI used to be a __ in the pastă, or ăI was doing charity workă, or ăI have already quit my jobă and the ăI have the aspiration to improve myself appealăâŠ.
Maybe I should have said something like, âyou are the 6th person today to have used that technique.â
Other people would have thought of such superficial techniques too of course, so thereâs no way an examiner interviewing dozens of people would have never seen them used even once before.
I wanted sincere answers, not tempered bargaining techniques or borrowed words, oneâs own words, it didnât matter if itâs awkward, âŠ
Even if mask yourself under pretty words, it wonât work as a reference for recruitment. So, I will employ those who told me with honesty things that are helpful for the selection. Although itâs another story if itâs something negative.
And finally, we employed 4 people.
Noel 10 years old, Ninette 12 years old, Paulette 17 years old, Rachel 27 years old.
Itâs natural that there are many teens. Most married people are 17 or older, so most of the applicants are teens.
In truth, it was originally decided to offer 5 people employment, which is much more than the initial estimate. I wanted to secure good talent.\n\nThe last is Rachel-san, 27 years old. A town dweller and widow.
She had lost her husband from illness and while she was having trouble raising her 4-year-old daughter, she heard about the recruitment. She says sheâll entrust her daughter to her parents to work.
It was her career history that made me think about hiring this person. As the 3rd daughter of a medium-sized shop in a decent town, she helped out around the shop from childhood and was doing accounting, clerical work, and negotiations after reaching a decent age before getting married. I can make use of this!
However, because I couldnât stand separating her from her young daughter, I suggested that even as a live-in employee she can bring her child along, Rachel-san was overcome with surprise and cried.
Sympathy? Favoritism? Itâs okay, because Iâm only doing what I want to do.
So, I ask Rachel-san whether she would like for her child to be treated as a servantâs child, as in, as a non-employee; or as an apprentice maid earning a small amount of money, after thinking for a while she replied ăIâll ask for her to be an apprentice maidă.
Yeah, that way mother and daughter can stay together while on duty, and her future would be secure. And even if she changes jobs after adulthood, a 15-year-old veteran maid who has worked in a viscountâs house from the age of 4, even an earl from the capital would want to hire her, maybe. Even more, since sheâs from ăthat viscount Mitsuha von Yamanoâs homeă âŠ
Iâll also write letters of introduction, of course. I think theyâll have an outstanding effect even for marriage.
With this, the 13 new hires including Colette-chan and the military personnel, Platidus-sanâs people and Rachelâs daughter, in addition to the 12 people from before and me makes 26 people. Also, the advisors over the Internet.
All right, with this lineup, the Yamano Viscounty will work towards cheat development!
âŠâŠ I feel like my path has changed a lot from security in old age, but well, if I spending my old age in this world, then making it ăsecurity in old age as a retired lord of a Viscountyă is fine.
This territory has to develop well and become wealthy and stable in order for that to happen.
Ah, since the number of people in the manor increased more than I had expected, I guess Iâll add another cook.
Now that I think about it, he canât take a holiday because heâs the only chef! He canât even rest if he was sickâŠâŠ. What a sweatshop!
Letâs set up a cooking rotation as part of maid formalities and bridal practice(ăĄă€ăćąă«ăăè±ć«äżźæ„ăźäžç°ăšăăŠ). In that case, the cooks will take turns and have some time off.
Wouldnât a maid that can make Yamano food be very popular?