A wasted day thanks to Asda :(

NEH

I know with some benefits you can "try" work for a while and in theory if it doesn't work out then you can be put back on your original benefit....You can only do this once though...

I did that but became too sick to continue with the amount of hours and the couple of hours travelling time, in theory i should have got my benefit back but due to one error i didn't.....It took me 9 months to get the mess sorted and it only got sorted when my GP and CAB intervened when i was too ill to battle on....

So i can understand why you were nervous to take on a job that could potentially hinder your chances of getting your OH's benefit back...I think if it were me though i would have had the interview and then if offered the job i would have gone back to the job centre before accepting it just to get the facts straight...

molerat

pimento wrote: »

I think you've missed the point completely. The job interview isn't to prove that you can blow up a balloon, it's so that Asda can see how you deal with unexpected requests and how you work within a team.
If you can't see that, the job probably isn't for you.

No, it is to prove that you will do exactly as the boss tells you without querying it no matter how ridiculous and timewasting the instruction is.

pimento

Unless you work for yourself, that's the case in most work places though, isn't it?

FATBALLZ

Beautifulmess wrote: »

I had something similar a few years ago, group of 20 people, team building and then they gave it to the uni student... pfft, not even bothering with those who had the experience. This uni student, lived at home and wanted extra money to hang out with friends more/drink/buy clothes... I needed the job to live

Middy wrote: »

I hate that. Students aren't as flexible than non-students. Though some colleagues at my work aren't students and aren't flexible as have 2nd jobs etc. I am often asked at work, could I do x-y instead of a-b.

Also companies that recruit the younger people over the older ones, I bet they spend more time and money recruiting as the young ones don't last as long as the older ones. Out of the 12 that started on the same day as me, in summer 2008, there is only 3 of us still working for the store. One more works at a store closer to their uni.

If they took older candidates more seriously, they would be saving money in the long run.

No doubt you two are also the type who accuse the young of having no work ethic and today's students expecting everything on a plate.