Tescos join free worker rush

dandelionclock30

I thought Sainsburys had dropped out of it?
Basically dont shop there, all these places can afford to pay NMW, they are hardly struggling corner shops. I think its absolutley outragous.

savemoney

Me too its nothing short of slave labour. I hear this scheme is being challenged and rightly so

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

I thought Sainsburys had dropped out of it?
Basically dont shop there, all these places can afford to pay NMW, they are hardly struggling corner shops. I think its absolutley outragous.

j.e.j.

They are shamelessly exploiting people and peddling the old corporate b-s that they are 'giving people the opportunity to gain experience'.

Where will it end... Will we all be paying the employer for allowing us to work for them next?

savemoney

It will end with more unemployed people who then have to be forced to work for free or benefits cut.

custardy

savemoney wrote: »

It will end with more unemployed people who then have to be forced to work for free or benefits cut.

totally agree
whilst I welcome action that gets people off the dole(as I hae said before,I think 2 years+ folks should be the 1st to get attention)
this is just a gift to large companies

NeverInDebt

Man on right is saying "This *as*ard will make me loose my job to then be redeployed under this scheme so I dont get paid"

Come on Scots leave the union you will be better without that guy

PS you can always have him in Scotland.

Tippytoes

My local hospital is looking for unpaid volunteers who speak eastern european languages to act as interpreters. The advertisements do not specify if this is to aid the workforce, patients or both.

brightonman123

TK Maxx have pulled out now, apparantly..

dandelionclock30

I wonder if this is just the start and eventually all the unemployed will have to work continually for nothing.Its already started in a lot of places that if someone leaves then they are not replaced due to cuts etc.
Its like we are going back more than a century, its really depressing.I honestly cant see the U.K getting out of this mess, in the next 5 years or so. Unemployment has always been a problem and I dont remember in my lifetime it being below 1 million, but I never recall it being like this!

ohreally

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Unemployment has always been a problem and I dont remember in my lifetime it being below 1 million

I recall an article* that claimed even in times of "full employment", there will always be around a million unemployed. A sobering thought.

* don't ask me to cite it as i no longer recall the source.