The Work Programme New Thread

kimbo_frog

LadyMissA wrote: »

my last appointment was 8 mins but was told they are for 15 mins

What!!??
I have to travel a total of over an hour to have a 15 minute appointment??
I also have to rush back for work which is really annoying!!

Such a waste of money....I have work already and more hours on the horizon....well I hope they refund my expenses for today!!

LadyMissA

kimbo_frog wrote: »

What!!??
I have to travel a total of over an hour to have a 15 minute appointment??
I also have to rush back for work which is really annoying!!

Such a waste of money....I have work already and more hours on the horizon....well I hope they refund my expenses for today!!

It takes me 1hr 10 mins on a good day to get to mine for 9am. Longer than it did for me to get to Tower Bridge when I was working!

I am only saying how long my appointments are booked for, yours may be different, only you would know.

You have to leave in plenty of time to get there.

PS
You are working? Eh? so why are you on the WP?

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

It may not have been clear but I never said id get off further away and ask for more ££ LOL

1. you said people could get off at a different stop to get more.
2. this usually means a longer journey as the longer a journey is the more people usually get charged.

so it wasnt unreasonable to think you meant people would say they get off further away.

LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

1. you said people could get off at a different stop to get more.
2. this usually means a longer journey as the longer a journey is the more people usually get charged.

so it wasnt unreasonable to think you meant people would say they get off further away.

nope I never said I could get off at a different stop to get more money at all

I said

LadyMissA wrote: »

Yeah I could say I get a bus from my house to the other bus stop in stead of walking and claim twice as much!! LOL

Meaning like I have said get a bus round the town to the bus stop where the bus goes to the provider in stead of just walking to the bus stop!

longer journeys are not charged more in London at all!

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

A paper ticket is £2.30 for a bus 1 stop or 50 stops
A Oyster ticket (on an Oyster card) is £1.35 for 1 stop or 50 stops

Both as long as you do not get off the bus and change - hence me saying to swizz them I tell them I got TWO busses

they will most likely have other people travelling from near you. so if anyone did anything dodgy it would stand out.
theres a simple compromise between your stance and mine. they could ask for a ticket on the first day and then pay that same amount each time you visit. they would have that valuable ticket on record as proof.

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

PS
You are working? Eh? so why are you on the WP?

they probably work less than 16 hours and therefore still sign on.

LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

they will most likely have other people travelling from near you. so if anyone did anything dodgy it would stand out.
theres a simple compromise between your stance and mine. they could ask for a ticket on the first day and then pay that same amount each time you visit. they would have that valuable ticket on record as proof.

Like I have told you , they pay me £4.20 for a £2.70 trip (there and back)

kimbo_frog

LadyMissA wrote: »

It takes me 1hr 10 mins on a good day to get to mine for 9am. Longer than it did for me to get to Tower Bridge when I was working!

I am only saying how long my appointments are booked for, yours may be different, only you would know.

You have to leave in plenty of time to get there.

PS
You are working? Eh? so why are you on the WP?

donnajunkie wrote: »

they probably work less than 16 hours and therefore still sign on.

Yes I work less than 16 hours at the moment...hopefully full time in September

jayne30

kizzie_nikita wrote: »

I was wondering, how long does it take you all to get to your work programme places? Bus, car, whatever.

Takes me an hour or just over each way then a 5-10 min walk to their premises.

out_of_cash

donnajunkie wrote: »

well got messed about again today by the provider. apparently i cant go in there fortnightly to do jobsearch anymore because they have too many people being refered. my advisor is also having to rearrange all her appointments due to this. this means i wont be in in a couple of weeks for a review like had been arranged. i will be in next for a review at the end of may instead. she originally made my appointment for a day that i will be away. she wasnt happy when i told her about it. she said i hope you are going to tell the jobcentre. it seems instead of doing jobsearch in there i am going to get phone calls instead asking me what i have done even though it is all recorded on their website and accesible to my advisor. so basically i will be getting a phone call were i read out to her info that she can access on her computer screen.

Hi,

I also have this situation at my provider, its getting real busy, theres a surprise. Wont deal with them on phone and are still waiting for my next appointment on how to surf the net.:D

Its been 2 months since my last appointment:):T .