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Work 'trial week'
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It's in a milk distributor. No set work, you do whatever they ask you to do. Anyway, the company is called Intraining.
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It's almost guaranteed to be slave labour. They tried to get me on one of these schemes when I was unemployed that I just about managed to wrangle out of. The companies just use it as free labour so they don't have to employ people. Now there's probably one or two good companies that actually hire people in there, but most of them are complete *******s.
The trouble is it's more trouble to get out of it than be a slave for a week. So unless it's really against your principles you'd be better off just doing it. If you did want to get out of it one of the ways I've heard of is through the data protection act as it may be illegal for the JC to give this company you're details but thats just hearsay.
The trouble is it's more trouble to get out of it than be a slave for a week. So unless it's really against your principles you'd be better off just doing it. If you did want to get out of it one of the ways I've heard of is through the data protection act as it may be illegal for the JC to give this company you're details but thats just hearsay.
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Thought about animal charities like the Blues Cross?
They are looking for all sorts of people to do different things.
http://www.bluecross.org.uk/95741/current-volunteering-roles.html
As you're being referred to a work program via the Job Centre, I assume you're claiming jobseekers and that this is a work experience type thing.
If you're not claiming income-based JSA, unpaid work trials are illegal in the UK.
If you're not claiming income-based JSA, unpaid work trials are illegal in the UK.
As I said before, no mention of it being work experience. The governor himself said there it's on the job training.
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I could understand doing enough work trial hours at the equivalent of minimum wage to get your JSA if placed at a business, but a full working week of ~40 is taking the micky IMO. There are so many charities out there looking for volunteers.
this make sence to me. I know lots of small companies that take the mikeal with this, work for 8 weeks on a trials.`
cos they have all this FREE labor they never take anyone on.
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Will you still get your Job Seekers Allowance or whatever they call it these days?
And i bet they dont give you an allowance for transport or food ( if needed ) so i bet its going to cost you money!
I had a friend forced onto one of these for 4 weeks and he ended up having to walk 8 miles each way each DAY because he couldnt pay for the bus!... i gave him a weeks worth but he refused to take anymore off me. He also had to spend money on food from their canteen as they would not allow you bring food in ( it was a food processing company ) citing some bull about H&S. The canteen was a private company within a company and would not let you eat your own food in it, and there was no other allowed place to eat unless you left the building, but doing that meant a right pain with arsy office staff letting you in and out and also random searches???!!??? meaning anyone who went in and out at lunch was picked on and given the worst jobs.
It was a real dump and run like a work camp from what he told me, but if he didnt do it he lost all his JSA... luckily he is now in work but he said it was disgusting and im pretty sure they broke loads of rules but no one seemed to care.
Just remembered he said that there were no breaks from 9 till 1 then 15mins lunch then full on again till 5.30 which is illegal. If you needed more than one pee break in a day you got aggro from the line manager!.... i mean what about diabetics and so on? i think there are loads of dodgy companies like this milking it for all its worth. Total disgrace.
I had a friend forced onto one of these for 4 weeks and he ended up having to walk 8 miles each way each DAY because he couldnt pay for the bus!... i gave him a weeks worth but he refused to take anymore off me. He also had to spend money on food from their canteen as they would not allow you bring food in ( it was a food processing company ) citing some bull about H&S. The canteen was a private company within a company and would not let you eat your own food in it, and there was no other allowed place to eat unless you left the building, but doing that meant a right pain with arsy office staff letting you in and out and also random searches???!!??? meaning anyone who went in and out at lunch was picked on and given the worst jobs.
It was a real dump and run like a work camp from what he told me, but if he didnt do it he lost all his JSA... luckily he is now in work but he said it was disgusting and im pretty sure they broke loads of rules but no one seemed to care.
Just remembered he said that there were no breaks from 9 till 1 then 15mins lunch then full on again till 5.30 which is illegal. If you needed more than one pee break in a day you got aggro from the line manager!.... i mean what about diabetics and so on? i think there are loads of dodgy companies like this milking it for all its worth. Total disgrace.
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Get stuck in and do your work trial, while your at it contact any charities to help out or contact local business and ask if you can volunteer for experience. This will help you with finding another job, anything to make you stand out from someone who has been laying around doing nothing while looking for a job.
Luckily i have found a full time job from jan for 4 or 5 years through a friend but i am currently self employed and just about surviving. The job market is terrible where i live, i have been applying for just about everything i see and maybe get 1 out of 40 replys.
When you do get interest literally every job you dont need exact qualifications for is asking for years of experiance in the role! Than again i suppose if i was hiring a cleaner i would choose the person who has been doing it for years rather then someone who had never done it before.
The simple numbers game is beyond crazy now, hundreds going for a job and thats even part time bar work and things.
Im lucky as i have something lined up... thank god!
In my case i have been lucky and never had to claim benefits, by the sound of it im glad i didnt have to try
My missus was having a very hard time finding a job when we uprooted and move 50 miles away. She can't drive so her silver service job was to be given up for come what may.
JC was utter useless so she badgered charity shops. British Heart was running on 3 paid staff and the rest are all volunteers. She started off with them, no money but she was given more and more responsibility that goes beyond their basic paid staff level (managerial).
4 months of volunteering and she got a job at a local store and is one of the main staff deputising managerial job. It's from that experience that taught her loads of vital retail work and some level of managing store and staff.
The main thing to take home is, do it like you're getting paid and you'll get put on more responsibilities and thus more experience to show for. Many younglings that did it when my missus was there just turned up and go home because they were told to do so by the JC or lose their JSA. Those guys hardly got any further.
Yes, but the wages owed will exceed that in a day and 1 hour into the next day.
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They won't owe you wages because its work experience.
If you want to keep your job seekers do you not have to jump through the JSA hoops? (I know you are doing this it was a question looking for an answer)
It's not work experience. How many times does that need to be said?
