15000 Shelf stacking apprenticeships, government jobs plan

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110110/tuk-jobs-plans-outlined-at-no-10-summit-6323e80.html

This is insane.

15000 apprenticeships at ASDA. (Apprenticeship pay is £2.50 per hour)

How do you reckon it will work?

Maybe you can get an NVQ 1 in scanning barcodes, an NVQ 2 in shelf stacking and a HND in asking people if they are over 18.

Let us not forget that supermarkets are killing local business, and they do so by supplying goods at a lower unit cost because they use less labour.

Jobs, jobs, jobs can be translated into unemployment and working poverty.

and not an immigrant in sight

It's the way forward. Pah making things is a mugs game.

whats the point? 40 hours at £2.50 = £100, surely anyone will be better on the dole unless he lives at home

whats the point? 40 hours at £2.50 = £100, surely anyone will be better on the dole unless he lives at home

But they are planning to force people on the dole to work for their dole...

But they are planning to force people on the dole to work for their dole...

That is not fair, so asda get people to work for £2.50 an hour:suspect:

Very clever are Asda/Walmart. this IS the way forward. I am nearing the end of my working life, God help the young who are starting out, bringing up families and attempting to get on the property ladder. It's like going back to the 1930's.

Buddy can you spare me a dime ????????

So its ok for the yanks to use our youngs ones as cheap labour?

So its ok for the yanks to use our youngs ones as cheap labour?

Even better, the apprenticeships will be part funded with money derived from taxation.

Funding

Apprenticeship funding is available from the National Apprenticeship Service. The size of the contribution varies depending on your sector and the age of the candidate. If the apprentice is aged 16–18 years old, you will receive 100 per cent of the cost of the training; if they are 19-24 years old, you will receive up to 50 per cent; if they are 25 years old or over you may only get a contribution depending on the sector and area in which you operate.

 

This is paid directly to the organisation that provides and supports the Apprenticeship; in most cases this will be a learning provider. Large employers with a direct contract with the National Apprenticeship Service may receive the funding themselves.

 

Last Updated: 02/11/2010

http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/Employers/Training-and-Funding.aspx

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20110110/tuk-jobs-plans-outlined-at-no-10-summit-6323e80.html

 

This is insane.

 

15000 apprenticeships at ASDA. (Apprenticeship pay is £2.50 per hour)

 

How do you reckon it will work?

 

Maybe you can get an NVQ 1 in scanning barcodes, an NVQ 2 in shelf stacking and a HND in asking people if they are over 18.

 

Let us not forget that supermarkets are killing local business, and they do so by supplying goods at a lower unit cost because they use less labour.

 

Jobs, jobs, jobs can be translated into unemployment and working poverty.

OK, show us the alternative. Open a shop which employs people at £18 an hour , run it at a profit and give everybody who wants one a job.

You'll probably have to charge £3 for a loaf and £2 for a can of baked beans, but no doubt your customers will be happy to pay that.

whats the point? 40 hours at £2.50 = £100, surely anyone will be better on the dole unless he lives at home

What dole? If nobody is making any money; if nobody is prepared to go to work (even for a pittance) where do you think the government is going to get the money to pay dole? Are there any dole trees near where you live?

But they are planning to force people on the dole to work for their dole...

And why not?

Is somebody else expected to work for them?

Milliband said today: "Tax the Bankers!"

Why not? (When he was working for the Lying Scotsman, he could've told you exactly why not ... but he's no longer interested in the facts.)

Unfortunately, the Bankers (**** be unto them) make the Lion's share of the money coming into the economy. Tax them hard enough and - even beforethe pips begin to squeak - they will move elsewhere. (How hard is it to move an office? What do you need? A big glass building, a bunch of desks and a load of phone lines. Is there anywhere else in the world you could get that? You don't even need to pay 'relocation packages'for the people. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that there is no shortage of dinky-style plonkers in India or China (to name but 2 places) who would be prepared to work for half of what the people in Laaahnun get paid. They probably wouldn't do any worse, either.

So the banks go. The South East is no longer earning the money which the government sends North, and council cuts get serious.

What are you going to do now, Chem1st?

Are you prepared to work for your dole money, or would you prefer to starve?