I have a vacancy but no one wants to work!

shiprob195

getmore4less wrote: »

Where is the OP ?

Probably peeling spuds and washing greasy dishes.:p

Gordon_Hose

Chas wrote: »

I appreciate that the OP said he/she was offering an apprenticeship & £2.50 is the going rate for apprentices, but where did he/she say they were actually only offering £2.50 an hour?

The OP didn't mention what they were offering.

But someone asked what the going rate for an apprentice was, and the minimum wage is £2.50 an hour.

dickydonkin

POSSETTE wrote: »

If you can cook in a commercial kitchen you can travel anywhere in world and pick up a job, career for life etc...seems they dont want to work.

I will say we are a village pub

So your partner (the chef) was not ambitious either?

noname123_2

Have you asked people to complete an application form? I know someone who got his (engineering) apprenticeship because compared to the usual 100s that were applying for the same things as him, there were only 4 people who applied for that particular vacancy. This was probably because they had to fill in a paper application form rather than just send in a CV.

danothy

Hmmm ... 70+ posts and only one commenting about applicants from an employer's point of view (Jowo's post #39), but that one seems to imply that it's the quality of people applying that is the problem rather than not getting the applications.

Can it be inferred from this that other employees generally aren't finding the same problem as the OP (lack of applications)? And if so what does that imply about the position being offered?

Oldernotwiser

dpassmore wrote: »

So your partner (the chef) was not ambitious either?

Ask many chefs what is their ambition in life and they'll say "to run my own pub/restaurant".

scooby088

And saying that there are a few michelin star chef who own/run country gastro pubs.

dickydonkin

Ask many chefs what is their ambition in life and they'll say "to run my own pub/restaurant".

And saying that there are a few michelin star chef who own/run country gastro pubs.

Absolutely true of course - but in respect of running pubs - it certainly is not a prospect many would relish in the current climate - I am sure that many reading these posts will have lost their local pub.

Unfortunately, many 'Landlords' are tenants for the the likes of Punch Taverns and are tied in to their draconian terms and conditions such as having to buy beer from them at extortionate prices when stock can be purchased from a local beer wholesaler for a fraction of the price.

Many such companies even fit meters to all the pubs pumps to ensure that 'rogue' beer has not been sold. They also (cunningly) require that brewers who supply their cases of beer to change their packaging (very very slightly) so auditors can check the tenants cellar to ensure that the they have not brought in their own supplies.

The reality is that people just don't have the disposable income they once had and dining out is one of the cutbacks many family's have to consider.

The Michelin star chefs who run their own establishments are a different beast, however, Worral Thomson and Gordon Ramsay are also having 'difficulty's' in the current climate as well with the other high profile chefs selling their souls to supermarket chains to supplement their income.

Oliver is another example, although it seems that his crusade to put the world to rights has taken priority over his core profession.

Maybe the OP could respond and enlighten everyone as to why there was no response. My question would be how the position was advertised.

If it was a poster/advert in an isolated pub's window - that would explain the lack of response - if it was advertised in a local newspaper or jobcentre for example, I would indeed wonder at the lack of response, although there have been many valid reasons posted earlier.

Mr_Oink

Have to agree about exploitation and slave labour. Without putting on a political hat (I'm apolitical) if all the low paid, minimum wage jobs like working in shops,hotels and restaurants were not mostly staffed by eastern Euorpeans, our kids may stand some kind of a chance of earning enough to make it worth their time.

A number of 'businesses' not unlike recruitment agencies sprung up to take advantage of this 'modern apprenticeship' rubbish - basically placing teenagers in jobs answering phones at medical and dental practices - and other places where there employer was keen to pay as little as possible for a full time employee. I can't say how widespread it is, but I'm sure it's not limited to my area.

An apprenticeship is not a bad thing, but the modern apprenticeship guff is a tool easily abused by employers who have unskilled donkey work on offer that even the Polish don't want to do. Looks like the OP is in dreamland IMHO.

mizzbiz

Paying a living wage is the key, as someone said above. Yes, young people are struggling to get jobs, that is still the case. They can volunteer and practically work for free anywhere, hence the lack of interest in your 'job'.

My mother was telling me that where she works, the school leavers are 'working' there for EMA (£30 a week if they're lucky) but they're working full time in awful jobs (like elderly care!!). How are we getting away with doing this to our children :-(