OnionTerror Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/16/tesco-unpaid-work-experience-scheme?newsfeed=true The Guardian has uncovered other adverts for similar unpaid Tesco roles posted this month in Clevedon and in Dinnington. Britain's largest private employer, which made over £3.5bn in profit last April, said that it had taken on 1,400 such claimants in the last four months. This amounts to 168,000 hours of unpaid work if all participants in the scheme work for 30 hours a week. http://www.facebook.com/tesco?sk=wall&filter=12 The best part of a million quids worth of tax-payer subsidised labour over the last four months... The bad press this is getting, I can''t imagine Tesco sticking with this for too long... Edited February 16, 2012 by Dave Beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 The bad press this is getting, I can''t imagine Tesco sticking with this for too long... Or Asda Or Boots etc. etc. Need to use Twitter and Facebook to get the message out as all these big chains monitor those particualr social media channels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) Or Asda Or Boots etc. etc. Need to use Twitter and Facebook to get the message out as all these big chains monitor those particualr social media channels... I can understand placements with companies where there is a real possibility of getting a "proper" job at the end of it (such as with a small Engineering firm), but it definitely shouldn't be used to benefit the largest private companies... Edited February 16, 2012 by Dave Beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gardener Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Or Asda Or Boots etc. etc. Need to use Twitter and Facebook to get the message out as all these big chains monitor those particualr social media channels... I'm so angry I may actually sign up with Facebook just so I can post on their Facebook pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm so angry I may actually sign up with Facebook just so I can post on their Facebook pages. People on there are saying that Tesco are quickly deleting their posts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gardener Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 People on there are saying that Tesco are quickly deleting their posts... Well I'm deleting my spending with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 People on there are saying that Tesco are quickly deleting their posts... ...ahh ...so they are against freedom of speech and the truth...time to ditch them ....I'll just read the paper online and do the rest in Aldi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Of course, if they weren't using slave labour, there would be REAL jobs available to do the work. You can even envisiage people being fired and then 'hired' back as slaves. If I worked at Tesco under such circumstances there would be a lot of 'accidental' breakages, stuff mispriced (I'd price beef steaks at 20 pence) and if I was made to work on the deli counter I'd hand customers food and say "enjoy. I just gobbed on it". Any Health & Safety or Fire Safety breach or any other malpractice would be reported to the appropriate authorities at lightning speed. Edit to add: I'm disgusted that so many charity shops are involved. I was considering doing some voluntary work in a charity shop but I certainly won't now. Edit 2: - Wow, even Oxfam are involved. Blows their anti-slavery 'Fair Trade' stance out of the water. Why does someone need work experience to work in an Oxfam shop? A 5-minute interview would be enough to tell if the person is up to scratch. And if they take the view that they are just providing 'work experience' for someone who may find the experience useful elsewhere, it means they have no intention of taking these people on themselves. Edited February 17, 2012 by happy_renting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 People on there are saying that Tesco are quickly deleting their posts... They are indeed, they have deleted mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madpenguin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Worryingly, public sector jobs at Medway Council are also being filled with workfare placements If they are to be made to work the council should be the first on the list surely In 2009 this council had plans to cut 2 thirds of it's employees (I lived in the area at that time), looks like they have found a way to fill the vacuum made by the layoffs. Most of the planned layoffs were in areas like litter clearance and street cleaning, and of course the libraries, the first 2 are a gift, get their former employees back on benefits, so much cheaper, and the desperation will keep them in line Edited February 17, 2012 by madpenguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 What a massive c0ck-up we've made of things, eh. I believe in conspracy rather than c0ck up. You can bet that the people who actually get trafficked on to these schemes are the genuine jobseekers who will return good profits for Tesco rather than the feckless workshy chavs who would cost Tescos money to keep them 'entertained' during the night shift. On a wider note, I think that a national strike should be organised for all workers to demand that they are paid gross to a 'personal services company' as this now appears to be completely legal and aspirational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderpup Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 If I worked at Tesco under such circumstances there would be a lot of 'accidental' breakages, stuff mispriced (I'd price beef steaks at 20 pence) and if I was made to work on the deli counter I'd hand customers food and say "enjoy. I just gobbed on it". Rotten fish placed in hard to find locations on a regular basis would help clear out those food buyers and have a real impact on profits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Miyagi Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 They are indeed, they have deleted mine. Deleted mine. Shame I no longer do food safety inspections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 It now explains why there's such a turnover of people at these places. You get used to an assistant and all of a sudden they've gone and lo and behold there's a new one - and the vast majority of these people are very good at the job but even so they clearly don't get a job offer as a result of their placement. It's a less than satisfactory experience for the customer as well because you just get used to one person and then they've gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olebrum Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Workfare has been great for that old biffer running A4E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Piddle Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I have just signed this e-petition on the subject http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29356 Please sign if you are against it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash2006 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Has benefits but not the kind you thought off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkinpeace Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter keep it polite but make it such that they cannot get their message across. Then they will start pulling out of the scheme and do not forget ATOS who provide the software and get paid for EVERY workfare placement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 They are indeed, they have deleted mine. I avoid them....they are not very fashionable at the moment going by what the people I talk to are saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) http://jobcentreplus...FT-id-BSD-27442 Fancy a night shift at Tesco. Used to pay £10 an hour. Now pays JSA+expenses. Tesco have had £10m worth of free labour (7000 workfare placements) and have taken on 4% of the people they've had in. Still Tesco got a bit richer so all is well. I cannot believe that. Mind Boggling. How do they get away with it? Why doesnt anyone do anything about it? Tesco, Government supported Slave Labour. Why hasnt some organisation dragged Tesco into court and made them pay their workers a wage? Surely it is a breach of Human Rights? Get them in front of the European Court, and charge them billions in punitive damages. Edited February 17, 2012 by Milton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Has benefits but not the kind you thought off http://www.guardian....esco-job-advert So now we know. Back in August last year, I wrote a comment piece for the Guardian, focusing on the increasing noise about people being forced to work in return for their jobseeker's allowance – an idea whose roots extend well into Labour's time in government. It focused on two things: so-called mandatory work activity (MWA), whereby people are forced – via the threat of their jobseeker's allowance being suspended – to put in 30 hours a week doing work "of benefit to the community"; and other "work experience" schemes, in which people do up to eight weeks of unpaid labour, with one proviso: they can refuse to take part or pull out during the first seven days, but thereafter the work becomes compulsory, under pain of their benefit being withdrawn. Edited February 17, 2012 by Milton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I cannot believe that. Mind Boggling. How do they get away with it? Why doesnt anyone do anything about it? Tesco, Government supported Slave Labour. Why hasnt some organisation dragged Tesco into court and made them pay their workers a wage? Surely it is a breach of Human Rights? Get them in front of the European Court, and charge them billions in punitive damages. Why? Who would do that? Who is there to protect the people of this country of this country from the government? Actually the Facebook page for Tesco is rammed just now, they are blocking users left and right and still the protest posts keep coming. Apparently there is a protest outside the Tesco in Westminster tomorrow (I didn't know there was a Tesco there), of course the police will be there to protect Tesco. I kind of agree in principal that people should do something worthwhile with their time when on benefits, but to make them work for preferred private corporations is scandalous. The government and any employer using the workfare scheme has wildely misread public opinion on this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) Why? Who would do that? Who is there to protect the people of this country of this country from the government? Actually the Facebook page for Tesco is rammed just now, they are blocking users left and right and still the protest posts keep coming. Apparently there is a protest outside the Tesco in Westminster tomorrow (I didn't know there was a Tesco there), of course the police will be there to protect Tesco. I kind of agree in principal that people should do something worthwhile with their time when on benefits, but to make them work for preferred private corporations is scandalous. The government and any employer using the workfare scheme has wildely misread public opinion on this.... Its right opposite Big Ben. Not a big store, probably a Tesco metro. Edited February 17, 2012 by "Steed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Employed Youth Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Boycott Tesco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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