I work for a private company, its a large pharma company that produces generic medicines in order to reduce overall healthcare costs while obviously turning a profit in the process. You think this does nothing for society ?
Take a bow, mighty conservative Britain, the workhouses are back
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I work for a private company, its a large pharma company that produces generic medicines in order to reduce overall healthcare costs while obviously turning a profit in the process. You think this does nothing for society ?
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Poundland area big business, its make no sense to pander to retail its a dead end low skilled job.
http://www.financial-news.co.uk/3366/2011/10/500-go-for-job-35-jobs-at-co-op/
They need all the help they can get
Why are you looking at this as a one way trade? Tescos get extra bodys which tbh probably need supervision so it will cost them, they get people to do work for 'free' but the person doing the work gets on the job experience and still paid JSA, it's hardly a one way transaction.
It's not even that, it's about 1.5miles a day. I walk that to go and get my food from the supermarket. I walk that to get to work. 10 miles a week is nothing.
So to solve this you want to drive down wages of people like your parents - while I support increasing the wages of people like your parents to make work always pay.
Cool story bro.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with that. People always have the choice and the opportunity to apply themselves and excel, it's just that many do not for a whole raft of reasons. Lack of opportunities/inequalities of these opportunities isn't a driving factor. Everyone is able to go to school and get a decent education.
how is getting JSA claimants to work for companies for 8 weeks driving down wages ? As pointed out earlier companies will not be able to run with 8 week turnaorund times if they reduced normal staffing levels to fill positions with 8 weekers.
regarding the cool story bro comment... kiss my arse, I was there and had live with that crap everyday, so do one 'bro'
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Um, they get their benefits stripped if they quit...
Agreed. But even if you work for McDonalds flipping burgers, you are still contributing to society. And I'm not talking about the primitive fact that you are producing food stuffs for the populace here. I am talking about the fact that you are contributing the economy, GDP growth n all that good stuff. A person in work, whether public or private company, is *by definition* contributing to society. The more you earn, the more you are contributing. Not just in income tax, but in the fact that surely some of your earnings will be then spent as disposable income.... such as buying a car, a bike, a big TV, an Xbox, a nice watch... whatever it is. Employed people are what keeps the entire world going round.
You're not suggesting that the Guardian might misrepresent something in order to slur the name of Conservatism are you?
As much as I hate the Tories, I think this is a good idea
pssst, that's the same
I thought he was saying 3 or 4 mile. Just reread it and now realise that he meant 3 quarters of a mile each way. Egg on face! Wooops!
can of worms....open....everywhere.
Not really?
So...
Nobody has bad parents?
No schools are bad in the UK?
No areas are poor & crime ridden?
Nobody has negative influences during development (alcoholic parents).
No child is abused?
Are you really this stupid to think that everybody in the UK get's equality of opportunity?
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But some young people can't see past the end of their nose and instead will say zomg i'm not working for nothing.
So what do you want equal opportunity for all?
I was just having a little sarcastic swipe at the people who stereotype the majority of public sector workers as just being a drain and having no worth to society
