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LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

i wont claim travel unless its unavoidable because i dont like being made to feel like a criminal. they ask for a bus ticket as proof (coz they dont believe you) well thats what it feels like. it is like they assume you will definitely lie about the fare. .

donnajunkie wrote: »

how do you explain how on many occasions i havent even been asked for a ticket. odd figures like £20 would stand out.

Never? So why say they ask for a bus ticket as proof?

First they are asking you, then they aren't?

At the end of the day if you don't ask you can't complain or saying anything when you have had to pay out travel

Yes odd figures would stand out but only if you are giving a receipt or ticket and signing and you aren't (so you say)

I do find it odd that anyone would feel like a criminal!!

looby75

they ask to see my ticket when I ask for my bus fares back, it's no big deal.

If anything its to prove that they aren't fiddling the money more than I am. I show them the ticket, they write the amount down on a sheet then when they hand me the money over. I then sign to say they have given me that amount.

No different to any petty cash system I've ever known in all the jobs I've had.

LadyMissA

looby75 wrote: »

they ask to see my ticket when I ask for my bus fares back, it's no big deal.

If anything its to prove that they aren't fiddling the money more than I am. I show them the ticket, they write the amount down on a sheet then when they hand me the money over. I then sign to say they have given me that amount.

No different to any petty cash system I've ever known in all the jobs I've had.

Exactley! All tickets are used to show what has come out of the petty cash and I would worry if they weren't asking me to sign a sheet to say I have taken that amount of £

jayne30

I have only had cash back for my travel once at my induction. After that I have to tell the receptionist when I am next in and I get a pre paid bus ticket they stamp the appropriate date on it.

Lancslass1982

I'm not on the WP yet, as I haven't been on JSA long enough. However, I had a call from the Job Centre this morning about a work placement with my local council. The woman who called me started the conversation with "we'd like to invite you to an interview for a role with the local council." I was thinking great stuff and then she said "it's for an unpaid placement, which could possibly lead to a job." I agreed, but I find this so annoying. If there was a job available that they needed to fill, surely they would advertise it! What are the actual chances, after a month of doing 16 hour weeks for free, that there will be a job at the end of it? I'm thinking pretty slim!

The woman was so patronising too! "I'll send an application form for you to fill out. If you find it difficult, please bring it in on the day and someone will help you!" I managed to complete an Economics degree, I think I'll cope! "Do you have a CV?" Ermmm, yes and it's probably better than yours! And "It's an interview, so you need to dress smartly." Really? So I can't just turn up in tracky bottoms tucked into my socks!! :mad:

LadyMissA

Lancslass1982 wrote: »

I'm not on the WP yet, as I haven't been on JSA long enough. However, I had a call from the Job Centre this morning about a work placement with my local council. The woman who called me started the conversation with "we'd like to invite you to an interview for a role with the local council." I was thinking great stuff and then she said "it's for an unpaid placement, which could possibly lead to a job." I agreed, but I find this so annoying. If there was a job available that they needed to fill, surely they would advertise it! What are the actual chances, after a month of doing 16 hour weeks for free, that there will be a job at the end of it? I'm thinking pretty slim!

The woman was so patronising too! "I'll send an application form for you to fill out. If you find it difficult, please bring it in on the day and someone will help you!" I managed to complete an Economics degree, I think I'll cope! "Do you have a CV?" Ermmm, yes and it's probably better than yours! And "It's an interview, so you need to dress smartly." Really? So I can't just turn up in tracky bottoms tucked into my socks!! :mad:

LOL Thanks for that

Do not fill it all in, take it with you and say you have had some problems understanding it!

They seem to think we have no idea what a CV is! All of ours are probably better than theirs!

I hope something comes from this for you, good luck.

KevInChester

This is what we've come to, people with good educations having to work for free (guarantee of job or not) in order to obtain work. It's one of those gradual processes that erodes all of our rights.

LadyMissA

KevInChester wrote: »

This is what we've come to, people with good educations having to work for free (guarantee of job or not) in order to obtain work. It's one of those gradual processes that erodes all of our rights.

But there may not even be a job. I do not understand why place do not advertise the role and take somone on. We all know they can just let you go if you are no good.

KevInChester

That is why I said (guarantee of a job or not) as even with it isn't something I am entirely comfortable with. If they can get somebody in for free then they will, sometimes it will end up with that person learning some good skills, maybe even being taken on

LadyMissA

KevInChester wrote: »

That is why I said (guarantee of a job or not) as even with it isn't something I am entirely comfortable with. If they can get somebody in for free then they will, sometimes it will end up with that person learning some good skills, maybe even being taken on

Even if there was a job there they do not have to offer it to you so I assume they are only using people for a short term cover then let you go.