United Colours of ... Rip off Merchants

mamabuddah

So not only do Benetton pay their workers in India a "pittance" of a wage, they pay their "prospective" employees (enticed by adverts in their shop window offering a full time position) £20 for an 8 hour day...while they "assess" them, then have the brass neck to say..."In the current financial climate they can't even offer you a job"... wonder are they saving their pennies to compensate some of the families of the 900 workers who lost their lives in Bangladesh?

I though the days of ripping off people looking for work were long gone and it only happened in some "Third World Countries"...seems not, unfortunately it wasn't through a job centre...but a cunning advert (for a position which obviously doesn't exist) in their shop window.


They should be ashamed, but if Bangladesh doesn't worry them...I can't see the plight of a single girl from the UK meaning much to them either.

Takeaway_Addict

and now would you care to expand please?

hgotsparkle

I'm assuming that you were taken on for training at say, a standard wage for training time, yet they decided not to take you on permanently?

mamabuddah

is the standard Benetton wage for training, £20 for an 8hr day?

it wasn't me BTW...don't think they'd want someone my age working there...lol

Fishingtime

For a 16 year old the wage would only be around £29 for 8 hour day

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-government-response-to-the-low-pay-commission-s-2013-report

redmike123

Until people collectively do something about abuses like this, by boycotting the Benetton shops, (or whoever is perpetrating the abuse) then nothing will change. Society needs to start to act coherently and together to target things like this, Government can't be expected to do everything.

mamabuddah

Fishingtime wrote: »

For a 16 year old the wage would only be around £29 for 8 hour day

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-government-response-to-the-low-pay-commission-s-2013-report

by that reckoning then an adult should get about £50...but what rights do you actually have in relation to this type of thing...

advert in window offering full time post
interviewed and asked to come for a trial
work your socks off for 8 hours (or more)
get reached £20 and to be told, there really aren't any jobs

slave labour...rip off merchants....I stand by that statement

I suppose my question should be...are you legally entitled to proper payment for a trial/assessment...especially when you are being told things like "if it's quiet, just re arrange stock, tidy things up etc"...basically perform as a normal full time member of staff...

Chickabiddybex

Is this just one day or is the trial multiple days?

Is it possible this person was just not good enough and they were trying to be polite by saying there were no jobs?

If you hate how they treat bangladeshian workers so much... And you must becase you are slating them about it publicly... Why on Earth would you want your friend/relative working there anyway?

Or do you only care about sweatshop workers when it suits you?

mije1983

Chickabiddybex wrote: »

Is this just one day or is the trial multiple days? one day...why? do they con people for a week?

I think the point Chickabiddybex was trying to make is that if it was more than one day it's less likely they could argue it's a trial.

OP, I would recommend your friend takes the advice from this site here to ascertain whether they are allowed to do this or not.

If you think you are not being paid the national minimum wage or want to check whether you are entitled to the national minimum wage, you should contact the Pay and Work Rights helpline on 0800 917 2368 or should go to an experienced adviser, for example, a Citizens Advice Bureau

fridge_raider

How the hell was Chick's behaviour troll-like? He/she made some pertinent points about your original post and then you just twisted them. The fact of the matter is, you did mention the plight of the Bangladeshi workers in your OP, then went on to say this -

2If you hate how they treat bangladeshian workers so much...did I say I hate that? And you must becase you are slating them about it publicly...quoting from the popular press...so obviously not a "must" Why on Earth would you want your friend/relative working there anyway? they wanted to work because they (Benetton) were advertising a full time position....see above, "

Ridiculous. I can only assume you are, in fact, the troll.

MothballsWallet

* tin hat on *

mamabuddah wrote: »

@fridge _raider literacy is obviously not one of your strong points, suggest you read everything again...as the expression goes "don't feed the trolls"...I'm not wasting any more time on you, although I should be flattered you take the time to add me to your exceptional post count averaging 6 per annum...wow...perhaps the count is so low because you only crawl out when an AE is required?

Anyway...post constructively ... or post off.

Wow. Just wow. I haven't seen that many insults towards another poster on this forum for quite a while.

Seriously, OP, there's no need to call other people trolls just because they disagree with you.

* walks to nearest nuclear bunker *