Large Supermarket in "Grasping Turds" shocker

[CommanderJameson]

Yes, you read it right. Tesco gets the work for free, because the lucky winner of this opportunity of a lifetime will only get their JSA (£67.50 pw) plus expenses.

ETA: That might not be so bad if it's for one night a week.

Bet it isn't, though.

ETA: And even then, if Tesco want a job doing, they should fking well pay for it to be done.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Thursday 16th February 13:05

[VinceFox]

Yeah, when you see it in writing that does look a bit cheeky.

[Hilts]

Duration : Permanent

There's the kicker right there.

[PintOfKittens]

I dont see a problem? I think all JSA should work for their money - should I pay taxes to people who sit around doing fk all, drinking alcohol and smoking cigs, and watching sky movies?

[VinceFox]

What am i missing here, what's the incentive?

[Frankeh]

The problem is that they have no real incentive to hire any of these people when they can just keep getting new people in.. A slightly broken system.

Maybe allowing only non profits to apply for this scheme would be better!

[CommanderJameson]

PintOfKittens said:

I dont see a problem? I think all JSA should work for their money - should I pay taxes to people who sit around doing fk all, drinking alcohol and smoking cigs, and watching sky movies?

The problem?

Tesco, the poor, penniless mega-corporation, is getting work for free when they should be paying the market rate for it. And the person doing the job should receive the market rate for the work they're doing.

I would have thought that PH, of all places, would be in tune with this sort of thinking.

[Wacky Racer]

Maybe they will possibly take them on full time, after a few weeks "trial".....

[VinceFox]

CommanderJameson said:

PintOfKittens said:

I dont see a problem? I think all JSA should work for their money - should I pay taxes to people who sit around doing fk all, drinking alcohol and smoking cigs, and watching sky movies?

The problem?

Tesco, the poor, penniless mega-corporation, is getting work for free when they should be paying the market rate for it. And the person doing the job should receive the market rate for the work they're doing.

I would have thought that PH, of all places, would be in tune with this sort of thinking.

The work is being done for a private company, to get government aid.

Very slippery slope and the first time in a long time it's been so blatantly and obviously done.

[Miguel Alvarez]

On the surface it looks a proper piss take.

[Oakey]

Wait, so that's an advertisement for a permanent job position, for which you have to be interviewed for like any normal job, at the end of which all you get is JSA + expenses (lol, what expenses?)?

[Oakey]

Wacky Racer said:

Maybe they will possibly take them on full time, after a few weeks "trial".....

PintOfKittens said:

I dont see a problem? I think all JSA should work for their money - should I pay taxes to people who sit around doing fk all, drinking alcohol and smoking cigs, and watching sky movies?

It's a permanent position, otherwise known as 'a job'.

ETA: My OH's mum works the night shift at Tesco, she's on £11 an hour. So yes, it's a pisstake.

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Oakey said:

..... at the end of which all you get is JSA + expenses (lol, what expenses?)?

Ah, well there is the incentive right there!

If the expenses are anything like the expenses MP's can claim for, then maybe this position comes with it's very own 2nd home!

[BOR]

[Guam] It's more than they deserve[/Guam]

[CommanderJameson]

Spiritual_Beggar said:

Oakey said:

..... at the end of which all you get is JSA + expenses (lol, what expenses?)?

Ah, well there is the incentive right there!

If the expenses are anything like the expenses MP's can claim for, then maybe this position comes with it's very own 2nd home!

...for one's ducks.

[Frankeh]

A limit on how long someone on JSA can work at a company seems like a necessity. It has to be short enough that it doesn't pay to just keep getting a new lot in and retraining them.

2 weeks maximum stay? After that you either hire of fire them.

[CommanderJameson]

Frankeh said:

A limit on how long someone on JSA can work at a company seems like a necessity. It has to be short enough that it doesn't pay to just keep getting a new lot in and retraining them.

2 weeks maximum stay? After that you either hire of fire them.

"Five minutes" seems fair. After that you pay them the market rate for the job you just hired them for.

[VinceFox]

Frankeh said:

A limit on how long someone on JSA can work at a company seems like a necessity. It has to be short enough that it doesn't pay to just keep getting a new lot in and retraining them.

2 weeks maximum stay? After that you either hire of fire them.

That'd be a start. A free trial for employability over a very short period is a little less unsavoury.

[Podie]

VinceFox said:

What am i missing here, what's the incentive?

1) Not claiming benefits
2) Opportunity

[PintOfKittens]

Oakey said:

Wacky Racer said:

Maybe they will possibly take them on full time, after a few weeks "trial".....

PintOfKittens said:

I dont see a problem? I think all JSA should work for their money - should I pay taxes to people who sit around doing fk all, drinking alcohol and smoking cigs, and watching sky movies?

It's a permanent position, otherwise known as 'a job'.

ETA: My OH's mum works the night shift at Tesco, she's on £11 an hour. So yes, it's a pisstake.

Its not actually a permanent position - that was a mistake - its supposed to be a 3 month fix term contract