Does anybody enjoy working for the dwp

Jazzturkey

:rolleyes:I've been offered a fixed term contract with the JobCentre Plus (dwp), I seem to be reading lots of negative stuff about the dwp... can anybody tell me... is it worth resigning from my job to work at the dwp? I have to be honest, I worked for Nationwide BS for 12 years before being made redundant and loved it, I now work for the NHS and hate it.... I guess I have nothing much to lose, except my sanity!

Widelats

As long as your not on a power trip (which will quickly end when theres complaints and you will be 'disciplined/sacked) it can be a good job, if your genuinely there to help people out instead of trying to make them go for jobs they don't want, like a animal lover being forced to work in a butcher shop or slaughterhouse, someone with asthma being forced to work in a dusty warehouse, some DWP are unbelievably inhuman and end up being sacked for their idiocy.

Personally, i wouldnt work in a office i like to be practical, if you enjoy grey faces and corderoy fashion clothes from your co-workers, then by all means go work for the jobcentre LOL

floss2

If you want to leave the NHS, then I think there is probably nowhere better to go than the Jobcentre for the foreseeable future......it's one area that should continue to have growth in the current economic climate!

Widelats

floss2 wrote: »

If you want to leave the NHS, then I think there is probably nowhere better to go than the Jobcentre for the foreseeable future......it's one area that should continue to have growth in the current economic climate!

Absoloutly, i would invest in shares in it if i could.

Butterfliesarepretty

Jazzturkey wrote: »

:rolleyes:I've been offered a fixed term contract with the JobCentre Plus (dwp), I seem to be reading lots of negative stuff about the dwp... can anybody tell me... is it worth resigning from my job to work at the dwp? I have to be honest, I worked for Nationwide BS for 12 years before being made redundant and loved it, I now work for the NHS and hate it.... I guess I have nothing much to lose, except my sanity!

I want to work for the dwp too it interests me helping people. I work at csa under vertex data science, but find I can't do my job thoroughly as we are always being given different work which stops us doing ded of earnings orders etc. I have only been there since feb and can cope with it for now, but want something where I can get job satisfaction. before that I worked for same company for 22 years.

wishface

IF you think you're going to be helping people working at the DWP then I think you are being very naive. You will simply be part of a broken system abused by the state, understaffed and underresourced and all too often staffed by tin pot little dictators who enjoy the power trip.

banana

Me -I enjoy working for the DWP :j

I have been at my place of work for almost 4 years now and still enjoy coming to work every day. I dont meet people face to face but speak to customers on the phone -all day every day and am still sane.

I am not so sure about giving up a job for a fixed term contract though. Is this negotiable do you think?

PS .I have never seen anyone wear corduroy and ,far from grey, we are a many hued population.

sammyjammy

I've worked for DWP for 18 years, god I'm getting old LOL, sometimes I enjoy it and sometimes I don't, pretty much like any job I guess although it can be rewarding. I no longer work in a customer facing role though so that makes life a lot easier and less depressing than working in a Jobcentre. I worked in a Jobcentre in the last recession and it wasn't great, I can only imagine with all the rules etc these days its very hard for people on both side of the desk.

sammyjammy

wishface wrote: »

IF you think you're going to be helping people working at the DWP then I think you are being very naive. You will simply be part of a broken system abused by the state, understaffed and underresourced and all too often staffed by tin pot little dictators who enjoy the power trip.

How cynical you are, tell that to all the people who've had support and help from someone in a Jobcentre, for everyone that'sps had a bad experience there is someone who has had a good one.

We're neither under staffed or under resourced, some would say quite the opposite. Now when it comes to the legislation that relates to what the Department actually does that's a different matter................

wishface

sammyjammy wrote: »

How cynical you are, tell that to all the people who've had support and help from someone in a Jobcentre, for everyone that'sps had a bad experience there is someone who has had a good one.

We're neither under staffed or under resourced, some would say quite the opposite. Now when it comes to the legislation that relates to what the Department actually does that's a different matter................

I doubt anyone would ever say the opposite given how the government have spent the last few years closing jobcentres down only to find they are more in need of them than ever before.

I'm sure that the people who work for the DWP think they are doing great and good things. Unfortunately they are part of a system that lets people down badly, time and time again. I can attest to that personally and five minutes with google will show I'm not alone.

Anyone who wants to work for the DWP doesn't need my authorisation to do so, but would be best advised going in with their eyes wide open.

tigerlily

I am leaving the NHS to start work for the DWP on the 1st of June! Can't bloomin' wait. Mine is a permanent contract so a bit different as I guess I have a bit more security. Good luck in what ever you decide!