5,000 New Jobs being created!!

StixUK

abaxas wrote: »

Ever thought that some people dont want a career? Lots of women do part time hours as it works around kids etc.

I hate the fact that I might sound remotely sexist within this comment but why don't a lot more women stay at home and actually look after their kids and have a meal on the table when they come home and not have the pressures of work/kid balance.

(This can be applicable to a man too)

Too many women/men both want to work and unfortunately the gov't support women returning to work ASAP, this is creating a huge emotional problem within the next generation as both mummy and daddy work, which has an impact which may not be obvious but will become inherent in the next generation or two.

My wife stays at home and I work full-time + extra to get commission. My wife hates the fact I might have to go Newcastle to work for a week or two to earn money (as we live in Devon) but shove it as I have to work to earn money, choice is not always an option.

AMILLIONDOLLARS

StixUK wrote: »

I hate the fact that I might sound remotely sexist within this comment but why don't a lot more women stay at home and actually look after their kids and have a meal on the table when they come home and not have the pressures of work/kid balance.

(This can be applicable to a man too)

Too many women/men both want to work and unfortunately the gov't support women returning to work ASAP, this is creating a huge emotional problem within the next generation as both mummy and daddy work, which has an impact which may not be obvious but will become inherent in the next generation or two.

My wife stays at home and I work full-time + extra to get commission. My wife hates the fact I might have to go Newcastle to work for a week or two to earn money (as we live in Devon) but shove it as I have to work to earn money, choice is not always an option.

You could consider yourself lucky, you earn enough so that your wife can stay at home, a lot of people out there are not so fortunate. Imagine a household where both partners could only find part-time jobs, inorder to cover the cost of living they would both have to work possibly switching/working around their partime hours to cover their child care costs.

Or the man/women would have to take on two more more part-time jobs make up a full time position to cover living expenses, then the children would not get to see this particular parent, this could also affect the family. The way things are going at the moment a lot of employers are starting to take on only part-timers to cut their labour costs, never mind that some employers are out-sourcing aboard (indian-call centres), add in pay cuts for full-timers it does not leave much opportunity for the next generation and their spouses to stay at home to look after the kiddies!

I notice that you earn commision what would happen to your family if you lost this source of income? your wife may well end up having to find part-time work.

AMD

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I wouldn't work for Asda. They are anti-union and mostly employ store staff on zero hour contracts.

DervProf

MrRee wrote: »

As I have said before .... we have many jobs going begging where I work - these are at the other end of the spectrum, of course, being extremely highly skilled ....... but we cannot get a single person to fill them!! We are looking to increase the starting wage up from £42,000 as that's putting a lot of applicants off, I'm sure of it.

It good out there for those who have the right skills - in fact, it hasn't been better!

Either people haven't got the skills that you require, or you aren't offering enough.

You'll have to offer more, or go without.

Maz

Mallotum_X wrote: »

How many jobs will be lost in other retail outlets etc to create the 5000? Whats the net impact on the dole queue....? As Asda probably do things more efficiently than the small retailers than the net result may be more unemployment surely?

According to a report from the National Retail Planning Forum waaaaaay back in 1998,the opening of a supermarket costs, an average of 276 local jobs as it usually results in the closure of so many local businesses.

I can't imagine that the number of overall job losses would be any different now.

So, the 'choice' that supermarkets promise us actually mean less choice as there are fewer places to shop and fewer jobs. Suckered, non?

The_White_Horse

probably go to 5000 Poles because the native Brits think shelf stacking is beneath them for 15k a year when they can get 26k a year doing f*** all.

Butterfly_Brain

Have any of you actually worked in a supermarket?

[Deleted User]

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Have any of you actually worked in a supermarket?

Yes but I still wouldn't work for Asda.

morganedge

The_White_Horse wrote: »

trouble is, if you are a filthy stella drinking layabout, are you going to haul yourself out of your nice warm bed to go to work in the cold for 12k or are you going to stay at home, watch jeremy kyle and collect your 26k dole money???

you dont get 26k on the dole though...?....

If you did, I'd be joining them layabout in a hearbeat!

bendix

morganedge wrote: »

you dont get 26k on the dole though...?....

If you did, I'd be joining them layabout in a hearbeat!

Do you live on the North Pole? Have you missed six months of debate?

There are tens of thousands of households getting much much more than £26k in benefits; hence all the noise around having a benefits cap.