Businesses taking advantage
February 12, 2012 at 7:41 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2012 at 7:49 pm by Ace Otana.)
Thought I'd bring this up because I wanna.
When I was on Job seekers, I was sent to do work trials for a stupid amount of time. 4 to 8 weeks of full-time work for fuck all. Failer to do so will result in the loss of your benefits. For up to 6 months apparently.
Now I said that I'd only agree if it meant part time and doing something I'd love. So they set me up with wild life work. It was what they said "a work trial" but the wild life trust told me upfront that there is no possibility of actual paid work. But I wasn't too bothered, I loved playing with the axe and moving logs. Did it for a full 8 weeks, gained a lot of skill, fitness and experience. I didn't have a problem because I really do think it's fair that I do something for society while on job seekers. I didn't like the fact that the job centre lied to me but I left it as that. At least the WLT was honest from the start. The place closed down weeks after I finished my 8 weeks. Closed down by the council due to cuts. Real shame because kids loved visiting the place. I had also planned to continue working there for another 8 weeks.
Now this is where things go wrong...the job centre phoned and asked if I'd be interested in another "work trial", so I said 'yeah!'. They went on to say that I'll be starting from 8Am and finish at 5PM all week for 4 weeks, yes all seven days! Told me there was a guaranteed job at the end of it. Now it is unfair that I work that many hours and that many days in the week for no pay. It doesn't make up for my benefits. It's over doing it. However I was curious to see if there was any truth to the claim. For three days I was doing hard crafting. It was on the fourth day that I really started to question things, I started talking to other workers. Turns out, many unemployed workers have come with the false promise of paid work at the end of it. They were used up and spat out. Free labour for a corrupt business.
So I walked out and had a right go at the job centre. The Job centre had sent many there, they knew. After some arguing, and a threat from them, they told me to work at Matalan for 4 weeks.
I only agreed to see what I'll find. I was extremely suspicious and later to find I was right to be. The job centre sent many to work there, many worked for months on end only to get fuck all. I didn't have to ask any questions, I saw many trial workers disappear once there trial was up. Spent 2 weeks of my 4 and once I had seen enough, I walked up to the job centre and asked to sign off. After which, I did things my way and ended up back on the path I was supposed to be on. Told them to fuck themselves. The same to Matalan.
Throughout all this, they threatened me about the 6 month ban while I was working. Demanding that I go out and about and look for full time work while doing full time work with long hours.
Found this and it does confirm the corruption. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/n...employment
Mentions how businesses say they thought it was only volunteer work...total BULLSHIT! I had the fucking manager tell me that there is this big chance for full time work. It was slave labour.
When I was on Job seekers, I was sent to do work trials for a stupid amount of time. 4 to 8 weeks of full-time work for fuck all. Failer to do so will result in the loss of your benefits. For up to 6 months apparently.
Now I said that I'd only agree if it meant part time and doing something I'd love. So they set me up with wild life work. It was what they said "a work trial" but the wild life trust told me upfront that there is no possibility of actual paid work. But I wasn't too bothered, I loved playing with the axe and moving logs. Did it for a full 8 weeks, gained a lot of skill, fitness and experience. I didn't have a problem because I really do think it's fair that I do something for society while on job seekers. I didn't like the fact that the job centre lied to me but I left it as that. At least the WLT was honest from the start. The place closed down weeks after I finished my 8 weeks. Closed down by the council due to cuts. Real shame because kids loved visiting the place. I had also planned to continue working there for another 8 weeks.
Now this is where things go wrong...the job centre phoned and asked if I'd be interested in another "work trial", so I said 'yeah!'. They went on to say that I'll be starting from 8Am and finish at 5PM all week for 4 weeks, yes all seven days! Told me there was a guaranteed job at the end of it. Now it is unfair that I work that many hours and that many days in the week for no pay. It doesn't make up for my benefits. It's over doing it. However I was curious to see if there was any truth to the claim. For three days I was doing hard crafting. It was on the fourth day that I really started to question things, I started talking to other workers. Turns out, many unemployed workers have come with the false promise of paid work at the end of it. They were used up and spat out. Free labour for a corrupt business.
So I walked out and had a right go at the job centre. The Job centre had sent many there, they knew. After some arguing, and a threat from them, they told me to work at Matalan for 4 weeks.
I only agreed to see what I'll find. I was extremely suspicious and later to find I was right to be. The job centre sent many to work there, many worked for months on end only to get fuck all. I didn't have to ask any questions, I saw many trial workers disappear once there trial was up. Spent 2 weeks of my 4 and once I had seen enough, I walked up to the job centre and asked to sign off. After which, I did things my way and ended up back on the path I was supposed to be on. Told them to fuck themselves. The same to Matalan.
Throughout all this, they threatened me about the 6 month ban while I was working. Demanding that I go out and about and look for full time work while doing full time work with long hours.
Found this and it does confirm the corruption. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/n...employment
Mentions how businesses say they thought it was only volunteer work...total BULLSHIT! I had the fucking manager tell me that there is this big chance for full time work. It was slave labour.
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Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
