Is this door to door job worth it?

I don't think you'd be told to **** off seeing as the company will be doing this for free. I had some guys knock at my door about this and was really happy - I got over £300 worth of insulation for nowt!

You're not really "selling" something in that sense. If you're desperate for the cash then go for it but otherwise it sounds like a pretty poor deal.
 
Don't even think about it. I did door-to-door when I was your age, and didn't make it to two weeks before quitting. Horrific job.
 
Nate Silvers said:
Basically I have got a job offer doing door to door asking people if they are interested in wall/loft cavity. The company is working on behalf of the government to reduce energy consumption by 2020 or they will be fined billions.

I'm told it's more raising awareness then selling as the product is free (but I think only if you qualify) if not you still get it for under £100.

I would be on £100 a week apprentice wage + commission which is £5 then £15 after so long. I would have to pay £20 rent, £20 board, council tax and work costs.


Is it worth it over £55 a week Job Seekers Allowance? If I knocked on your door would you want cavity insulation?
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This job wouldn't have happened to be advertised as a Junior Property Surveyor?
 
Was in a similar position once upon-a-time, my suggestion is to avoid this like it was death.

Dont come off your JSA for less than more guaranteed weekly money after expenses at a reasonable amount of hours, because otherwise the job isn't going to last your either going to be unable to re-claim or have to wait for money many weeks while they restart the claim.

In either case anything that has the potential to leave you worse off than you are now is not going to improve your chances of finding long term employment and having door to door sales on your CV is unlikely to make any major difference towards this goal, your better off stacking shelfs at a supermarket or even a job with a place like burger king would be a step up on this because its regular shifts with chance for much overtime.
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Really appreciate this post. I am having to write an e-mail to my job advisor explaining why I have refused the job. He said I might get sanctioned for six months. Hope I find a job soon then.

Vita - This job was offered to me through a training provider that is part of the Job Centre. It could very well be titled that as I have seen a lot of these insulation jobs cropping up online now, canvassers on direct gov. I saw at least four today by different companies offering different criteria. I would think there isn't going to be any houses left that haven't been given it already. Why do you ask?
 
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Nate Silvers said:
Yeah I would need to get commission but then it will just go because I won't get a rent rebate and this is a four bedroom house so the rents not cheap.

This isn't job centre it's a place called Intraining and they are payed to find people work, I saw checks for £2k on my advisor's desk he left out.

Yeah the more I hear others opinions the more it sounds like a bad idea. I really wanna work to save up but I might be better off waiting. The only thing stopping me is been stuck and not allowed back on JSA.

The job isn't a scheme for people on JSA it's an actual company called Icon. www.iconenergysolutions.co.uk It is part of the green deal I think.
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I used to work for Intraining, before I got made redundant (always ironic being made redundant from a place which is meant to help the unemployed). The cheques on his desk will not be payment for finding people work. They only get paid after 26 weeks of sustained employment then another payment after a year, on Work Programme. The payments go direct to the company head office (Newcastle College), Intraining is not part of DWP.

It's in their interest for you to be in a job which will last at least 26 weeks, for them to get paid. I will pre-warn you though, if the job was through them they will know if you got accepted or not, and Intraining can and will raise sanctions for you not accepting it.

Edit: I see you have already declined the job.
 
They shouldn't be making people do these door to door jobs if they have to find us sustainable employment. I asked him about raising a sanction and he said most likely not but he isn't certain and then he said it will only be for a couple of weeks... yeah only. I asked someone at the job centre about it and he told me it's wrong and I should go to citizens advice if they do try and sanction me. I'm hoping I stand a chance with it being under minimum wage and not covering my expenses.

I wish I never even showed interest in this sales "job" andy summed it up good "meanwhile joe bloggs who doesnt even want a job didnt even apply , has continued claiming , has no debt , has no worries."
 
If you enjoy walking and small talk then maybe do it.

I believe anything is better than a gap on a CV though.
 
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cosmos55 said:
If you enjoy walking and small talk then maybe do it.

I believe anything is better than a gap on a CV though.
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As someone who has worked a nightmare sales job, I beg to differ. They are actually romved from the area by the police when they turn up, thats how much love they get.
 
A local electronics manufacturer down south that I've come across say that they are desperate for more workers - they can't find anyone that wants to work in a factory long term (ATM they have lots of people dropping out in the first months, probably to tick a box that they found a job for JSA); the conditions there seem reasonable along with the pay (starting off at around £6.50 something before increasing).

At the same time, the Eastern European workers are going home which places a larger strain on them.

I think it's the combination of a perceived sigma against people who work in factories, and not wanting to work hard for money.
 
I may be totally wrong here...but I thought it was now made illegal to do door-to-door sales? Or is the loophole here that you aren't really selling a product due to it being free??
 
Its my understanding that the job center advisors actually get performance checked largely by the amount of people they manage to get back into employment in a given quarter, that said it serves them just fine to see you back into a job they know is going to result in you not staying so they can find you another job! Its a fantastic system.

Not just that, they get x amount of money for putting you back into employment, in a lot of cases the people who post jobs up with the job center also get payed to have you go work for them (upto a point) so they actually make money on having you for a set period of time... and obviously they want the pay from the next guy aswell so its no problem for them when you go.

All in the name of reducing the national unemployment rate... and when they cant do that with you, they stick you in a room full of 40 year old unemployable virgins (+hygiene issues) who struggle with basic math (regardless of your current education level) and call it a back to work scheme, usually they are 9-5 aswell so you get any time you would have been looking for jobs taken from you and replaced with an expirance best reserved for 7 year olds (because thats the standard of the class you will take).

Yes i attended one such class. No my description of it does not convey the horror i had to endure for 3 weeks. The "teacher" looked more shifty than most the class and smoked pot with the students... yay back to work class.
 
Ugh my advisor just called and told me they are raising a sanction on me and informing job centre I've turned down an opportunity. I asked to speak to the manager and she said because I've been out of work what's the chances of me finding any job and that if I made commission I'd be better off. I told her if I get a sanction I won't have any money for food for six months and she didn't give a damn by the tone of her voice. I said it's wrong this isn't helping me I can't rely on commission and you're forcing me into a minimum wage job, you shouldn't even be making people go for these "jobs" of unkown companies that have no reputation, no reliability.

My sister told me this would happen
 
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