I have a vacancy but no one wants to work!

bendix

hayton2k3 wrote: »

Pay some real money and i'll take it. £95 max per week spending almost that on travel. NO THANKS, i hope no one is silly enough to take it

And here's the reason the country is in a mess. Everyone thinks they are worth more than they really are, and people would rather sit on the dole than work.

If you're 19 what makes people think their first work experience should immediately give them enough to have their own place, a car, meals out etc.

Good god, our first wages in the 80s barely paid us more than pocketmoney from our parents, but it taught us the value of money and discipline, something obviously lacking in young kids who expect everything immediately now.

getmore4less

duchy wrote: »

Someone else posted elsewhere on here that their partner was told by motobility that he could use the car for work-as it benefitted the family-other people on that thread said the same as the OP that it was against the rules -so sounds like mobility don't know themselves

I think another argument is that as the only driver I need to be where the car for when the claiment needs it.
There is no point in the car being at home when I am at work because I can't get home(in resonable time) to do the driving without the car.

katkim

bendix wrote: »

And here's the reason the country is in a mess. Everyone thinks they are worth more than they really are, and people would rather sit on the dole than work.

If you're 19 what makes people think their first work experience should immediately give them enough to have their own place, a car, meals out etc.

Good god, our first wages in the 80s barely paid us more than pocketmoney from our parents, but it taught us the value of money and discipline, something obviously lacking in young kids who expect everything immediately now.

Where has anyone said that their first work experience whould give them enough for their own place, car, meals out?

Most of the posts on this thread seem to be stating that wages shouldn't be exploitative - £2.50 per hour would be classed as that, if there isn't sufficient training/equipment/future job prospects etc to balance it out and what a real apprenticeship offers.

bendix

katkim wrote: »

Where has anyone said that their first work experience whould give them enough for their own place, car, meals out?

Most of the posts on this thread seem to be stating that wages shouldn't be exploitative - £2.50 per hour would be classed as that, if there isn't sufficient training/equipment/future job prospects etc to balance it out and what a real apprenticeship offers.

And where in the OP does it say the job has a salary of £2.50 per hour?

AdaptiveSequence

bendix wrote: »

And here's the reason the country is in a mess. Everyone thinks they are worth more than they really are, and people would rather sit on the dole than work.

If you're 19 what makes people think their first work experience should immediately give them enough to have their own place, a car, meals out etc.

Good god, our first wages in the 80s barely paid us more than pocketmoney from our parents, but it taught us the value of money and discipline, something obviously lacking in young kids who expect everything immediately now.

Yeah of course they did;)

dickydonkin

bendix wrote: »

And where in the OP does it say the job has a salary of £2.50 per hour?

Due to the fact many have asked where the OP is to clarify what is actually being offered - and is seemingly refusing to do so - has suggested to some that the money on offer is indeed exploitative.

As for harking back to the eighties - I too remember such times when 'the value of money and discipline' were at the forefront of British society - namely the Thatcher years!

Good god, our first wages in the 80s barely paid us more than pocketmoney from our parents, but it taught us the value of money and discipline, something obviously lacking in young kids who expect everything immediately now.

Ah yes - those halcyon days when people borrowed money with gay abandon and recklessness and lived their lives on credit - you know the ones - those people who expected everything 'immediately now' and not just kids either - only to lose their houses and credit ratings when reality finally caught up.

Following the recent financial maelstrom - it seems we learnt nothing from the Thatcher years.

sarah_ace1

my son has an IT apprenticeship and spends £80 a month getting to and from work and pays me housekeeping. i'm praying it ends in a fully paid job for him after 2 years.
i'm seeking work now and finding it really difficult with two younger children. would be nice if prospective employers got back to me saying yay or nay for interviews or work

Oldernotwiser

AdaptiveSequence wrote: »

Yeah of course they did;)

After giving your parents your keep, you normally only had pocket money left over, just like when you were at school.

starchild1972

getmore4less wrote: »

I know someone that has the car on behalf of their partner as the claimant(does not drive) they(the driver) use it for their own use leaving the partner at home.

Can't you swap, he have the car, he has to be in it to take you places anyway. and use your allowance for the chair

No because they now only do chairs on contract hire, the contract is in his name. I don't currently need a chair. If I had the chair in my name he would not be allowed to use it. Besides, without me in the car he can't get the chair out of it. (I can at least still lift the batteries)

Surely the solution is to take the cash alternative for both of you and pay to run your own car and his wheelchair from that rather than use the schemes in place, you would have to work out if this is a more or less expensive an option. In theory if he ended up getting a job you would be a lot better off, although as a disabled person myself finding a job that suits his needs isn't easy at all!

Because as soon as he fell ill his insurance went form £200 p.a. to £1500 p.a. and from nil excess to £500 excess just for becoming disabled, not even a DVLA notifiable disability. With Motability we don't have to worry about that cost.
The wheelchair is more than £1500, we would be without a vehicle while saving for another, we would have to pay servicing, no guarantee of courtesy vehicle the same size (we use a 7 seater), MOT and of course there is still the road tax issue and cost of tyres etc.
We can't get credit to buy a car (wouldn't want it either) but need something ultra reliable and cheap to run.

starchild1972

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

After giving your parents your keep, you normally only had pocket money left over, just like when you were at school.

Yup, £29.50 p.w pay, £8 bus fares, £15 keep to mother, the rest went on uniform as in my case, shoes were NEVER allowed to get scuffed, although we did get 10% discount...on £50 pair of shoes (in 1989!!!).