Sue Marsh sells her soul for £75,000 a year.

dippy3103

Richard_Cranium wrote: »

Yeah, like new carpets at assessment centres. Is anybody so naive as to think this is anything more than a cleverly orchestrated ploy hatched up between Maximus and the DWP?

IDS and McVey will be trotting out her 'shining example' at every opportunity, they will of course omit that high salary positions are like hens teeth for the long term sick. Or for most people with her skills and experience come to that.

I hope she informed the DWP of her miraculous recovery before she accepted the role, we would not want any accusations of possible benefit fraud to land her way now would we?

Such well paid jobs are rare full stop, not just for disabled people. How much of her life over the past few year has she devoted to helping others.

As regards your comments re benefits fraud, why? Are you au fait with the adjustments she has to do her job?

Why the worry abiut her sharing info with the police if your actions are fully lawful?

BigAunty

A person with a keen sense of social responsibility doesn't have to live on a subsistence level income to remain true to their social vision. It is possible to have empathy with the dispossessed and receive a high salary.

A Girl Called Jack received the same amount of aggro around authenticity when she accepted a contract with Sainsbury's.

Richard_Cranium

duchy wrote: »

She certainly shouldn't have turned it down to appease the glass half empty brigade and their defeatist attitude.

I agree, she should have turned the appointment down to appease all those who supported her over the years, financially as well as morally.

duchy

BigAunty wrote: »

A person with a keen sense of social responsibility doesn't have to live on a subsistence level income to remain true to their social vision. It is possible to have empathy with the dispossessed and receive a high salary.

A Girl Called Jack received the same amount of aggro around authenticity when she accepted a contract with Sainsbury's.

I'd rather had someone who's lived the life firsthand than some privately educated socialist whose experience comes from reading about what it is like -in the position.

Will she be able to be heard and make a difference ? Too soon to say -but good for her for trying rather than turning it down in case she can't shape the role to her vision.

What's the saying ? We regret the things we didn't do....not the things we did.
I believe once offered this - if she had turned it down she'd always have wondered if she could have made a difference .

duchy

Richard_Cranium wrote: »

I agree, she should have turned the appointment down to appease all those who supported her over the years, financially as well as morally.

And who exactly would that have benefited ?

tomtontom

I know nothing about this lady, but do think she is a tad deluded if she believes she will be given free reign to make changes at MAXIMUS. My feeling is she is being given the role to appease, and if things go wrong, she'll be the first person to be made a scapegoat.

Yes, I'd love a £75K job, but I wouldn't take this one for all the money in the world. She's being set up - there's no other realistic reason why she would be given the role.

duchy

Which if that is the case.....going public and telling the world about her appointment is the smart thing to do........Makes setting her up to fail so much harder.

Long term unemployed and on benefits v a £70K job -she's not going to be any worse off if in a year they let her go -except she'll have had a high income for a year and a much more interesting CV.

Not sure why it would be a mistake to take the job.

tomtontom

duchy wrote: »

Which if that is the case.....going public and telling the world about her appointment is the smart thing to do........Makes setting her up to fail so much harder.

Long term unemployed and on benefits v a £70K job -she's not going to be any worse off if in a year they let her go -except she'll have had a high income for a year and a much more interesting CV.

Not sure why it would be a mistake to take the job.

Because no one will touch her once they've put her out to dry.

tea-bag wrote: »

Strange when £75k a year is dangled in front of your nose how quickly you can get well enough to work!?

Indeed, I wonder if she'll be reclaiming when it all goes wrong.

Lioness_Twinkletoes

Richard_Cranium wrote: »

I agree, she should have turned the appointment down to appease all those who supported her over the years, financially as well as morally.

Are you serious?

duchy

tea-bag wrote: »

Strange when £75k a year is dangled in front of your nose how quickly you can get well enough to work!?

The answer to that is in her blog. It's about having an employer willing to make adjustments to allow for her disability whether that is ability to work from home, access to suitable seating whatever.

I have a friend who is wheelchair bound and the odds of her changing jobs is very low as she knows finding another employer prepared to employ a receptionist in a wheelchair is remote.

She posted the job description - she's got a degree and fits the criteria so why not !