After the Work Programme

donnajunkie

Damalt wrote: »

I've got a work experience interview coming up soon.

2 months of working for sweet FA followed by another 6 weeks of "training".

Can't wait :wall:

try to be open minded about it. it may not be too bad. if that proves to be the case then you will be free from the gestapo interrogations for a while. look at it this way. if you turn up and participate then you know for sure you arent going to be sanctioned during this period.

strangeotron

IF you are made to work for nothing then it is your duty to treat your employer likewise.

Spit in the bosses coffee. It's all they deserve.

gay_guy

Well I finish my Work Programme next month.

I got a letter in the post a few days stating the following (Post Work Programme Support) for 26.11.2013 and I am not looking forward to it after reading some other posts in this thread.

Can't believe a poster on here had he/she first appointment in a group, I got advisor 1 to 1.

But every Jobcentre is not the same so I shell wait and see

Damalt

donnajunkie wrote: »

try to be open minded about it. it may not be too bad. if that proves to be the case then you will be free from the gestapo interrogations for a while. look at it this way. if you turn up and participate then you know for sure you arent going to be sanctioned during this period.

True, although I currently only see my advisor, once every two weeks.

One little caveat that I forgot to mention, is the perceived use of barriers at the interview. I don't just mean the obvious "I don't really want the placement" type of stuff.

If you're adjudged to have put a barrier up at the interview then you'll receive a 6 month sanction. Wonderful!

donnajunkie

Damalt wrote: »

True, although I currently only see my advisor, once every two weeks.

One little caveat that I forgot to mention, is the perceived use of barriers at the interview. I don't just mean the obvious "I don't really want the placement" type of stuff.

If you're adjudged to have put a barrier up at the interview then you'll receive a 6 month sanction. Wonderful!

if the so called barrier was valid you could over turn the sanction. i would have been tempted to ask them for examples. i would have said if they require experience and i say i dont have any will i get sanctioned.

donnajunkie

its gone all quiet for me at the moment. havent seen my adviser for ages. the last 2 times i signed i was expecting to get handed a letter with an appointment but i didnt.

Damalt

donnajunkie wrote: »

if the so called barrier was valid you could over turn the sanction. i would have been tempted to ask them for examples. i would have said if they require experience and i say i dont have any will i get sanctioned.

It would be putting up barriers, rather than ones that already exist. For instance the training elements of the work exp. - If I were to say I'm not interested in the training because it goes over the eight weeks placement, then that would be deemed a barrier. No money for 6 months :rotfl:

Anyway, the training could be useful to me. One of the qualis is level 1 IT, surely that's better than my degree in the same subject :rotfl:

Damalt

donnajunkie wrote: »

its gone all quiet for me at the moment. havent seen my adviser for ages. the last 2 times i signed i was expecting to get handed a letter with an appointment but i didnt.

Well I'm not jealous of you...








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donnajunkie

Damalt wrote: »

Well I'm not jealous of you...








:mad:

its not all good. i am now waiting for them to spring something on me. i dont trust them at all.

red_devil

I need sound advice i have just had a run in with my new advisor who says i must either allow them to look at my account online universal jobmatch, or i must print everything out which isnt possible as i dont have a printer, nor do i want the expense. You could see he was pushing to get me to agree to let them have access. I said i would have to check this outcwhich i dont suppose he was expecting. Is he right at the moment he hasnt got it but i need to know where i stand.

They are getting such a holes some of them. He had the cheek to tell me not to slouch. He said treat this as a job interview. I said i might ask to change advisor and he said alot of people do. Weird.