'No work-life balance' | Football club under fire for 'embarrassing' job advert

A football club has been met with backlash for telling job candidates not to apply if they are looking for “a work-life balance” or "have to pick the kids up from school".

As reported by the Lancashire Post and its sister title Blackpool Gazette, AFC Fylde posted a job ad for its General Manager vacancy.

But among the unsurprising requirements for candidates to be skilled in aspects of running a football club and having a “proactive approach”, there was also a warning that candidates should not apply “if you are looking for ‘a work-life balance’ or have to pick the kids up from school twice a week at 3.30”.

The non-league team’s post, which has since been taken down, continued: "This is a hands on role’ and requires hands on leadership from the front so ‘delegators’ and ‘office dwellers’ please don't apply”.