Refuse Work Placement on Flexible New Deal

steven87gill

dark_lady wrote: »

Four Candles you talk about it getting you motivated to get up in the morning but the chatline job i got was nights. People might work 9 to 5 in your world but thats not the case for everyone.
And i found the chatline job myself so Reed got the hump over losing their bonus and the chance to keep handing me out as free labour. Which is why they came to my office when they knew i wouldnt be there because of sleeping during the day because i worked nights. They were deliberately trying to make a nuisance of themselves hoping my new boss would get fed up and sack me so then i would have to sign on and then be back on their books as free labour again. I was lucky that i had a decent boss who saw through it and told them it was none of their business anymore.
But if these !!!!!!!s had got me the sack i would have gone straight to the press.

Great post, you've hit the nail on the head with this, and it's really heart warming to know that your boss stuck up for you here. Schemes like these are unfortunately open to abuse, and whilst short placements may be of help, overly long placements of 3 months or so (which is actually longer than some paid tempory seasonal contracts) tend to give those taking part a false hope, because no matter how much you tell yourself 'it's not a job, it's only a placement' you just tend to forget that it really is .only. a placement and there isn't an actual paid job at the end of it (trust me, i've been there in the past and it's horrible) it all just makes the end of the placement and return to the Job Centre rather cruel.

Hey, you don't still work at the chatline do you? :rotfl:

dark_lady

No that was ten years ago but i will say this....Out of all my jobs it was the sex industry that treated me with the most respect.