The Work Programme New Thread

lori64

Another waste off time at my WP appointment today, a mere 15mins after a 16mile round trip. My advisor said she was so busy cramming in all her "clients" all 350 of them!!!! I dread to think how many "clients" my old advisor had, as he passed me over to her as he couldn't handle the amount off people he had to see!!

What a total waste off money, when you also add in the travel expenses for all these people attending appointments.

LadyMissA

lori64 wrote: »

Another waste off time at my WP appointment today, a mere 15mins after a 16mile round trip. My advisor said she was so busy cramming in all her "clients" all 350 of them!!!! I dread to think how many "clients" my old advisor had, as he passed me over to her as he couldn't handle the amount off people he had to see!!

What a total waste off money, when you also add in the travel expenses for all these people attending appointments.

Why dont you all write to Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Grayling asking them how the WP can help you? Of course you will get some lame !!!! reply but keep going once a week till you get a real reply.

The email is this
[EMAIL="Ministers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk"]Ministers@dwp.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]
& just to email them both too on the same email they are
Iain Duncan Smith > [EMAIL="alambridesl@parliament.uk"]alambridesl@parliament.uk[/EMAIL]
Chris Grayling > [EMAIL="chris.grayling.mp@parliament.uk"]chris.grayling.mp@parliament.uk[/EMAIL]

john539

LadyMissA wrote: »

Sorry ? The letter is a standard letter? It is not even on the same topic!! LOL

They don't want you publicising their name for security reasons, on any letter.

john539

cosmoseater wrote: »

Yes, but they will put a sanction on, this is what they told me when I was there a few weeks back.

Providers wrongly pressuring people & lying to them to sign Consent forms is outright & blatant abuse of system & will inevitably backfire.

It's serious trouble waiting in the wings.

LadyMissA

john539 wrote: »

They don't want you publicising their name for security reasons, on any letter.

Real name or fake name its VERY unprofessional to make up a name and then send a letter that has nothing at all to do with the letter I sent them

cosmoseater

john539 wrote: »

Providers wrongly pressuring people & lying to them to sign Consent forms is outright & blatant abuse of system & will inevitably backfire.
It's serious trouble waiting in the wings.

^This, they only told us what unhelpful placements they put people on AFTER we all signed the papers.
When they took the papers off us they said, ok we only put people in charity shops, we don't look at each persons work experience and cvs etc we only have charity work.

LadyMissA

cosmoseater wrote: »

^This, they only told us what unhelpful placements they put people on AFTER we all signed the papers.
When they took the papers off us they said, ok we only put people in charity shops, we don't look at each persons work experience and cvs etc we only have charity work.

the work programme is not meant for work placements. If you think you have been lied to and you have, withdraw consent!

cosmoseater

LadyMissA wrote: »

the work programme is not meant for work placements. If you think you have been lied to and you have, withdraw consent!

Really? I was told it was for people to be put in work placements for experience etc, what else do you think it is for?

LadyMissA

cosmoseater wrote: »

Really? I was told it was for people to be put in work placements for experience etc, what else do you think it is for?

Well I don't know, I am on it!

Who told you that then?

Oh yes thats it, its for time wasting and nothing at all to do with gettting a job or helping you to get a job/interview! Fact!

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

*It looks like a glorified Babysitting Exercise where they make loads of money at your expense for little result ie it does NOT ultimately solve the problem of worklessness and eventually getting off benefits as a feasible Taxpayer*