teafan wrote:
About that jobseeker article from the Guardian:
The "slaves" arent working without pay, they are working for less money than their colleagues. They continue to receive their jobseekers allowance (£57 a week?) whilst developing "employable skills". They can leave "slavery" at a time of their choosing but they will lose their tax funded allowance.
We have an awful lot of bums in our country who think that the state should pay their way - we also have issues whereby a graduate or similarly qualified individual struggles to find work. We need to find a solution to both issues but occasionally these issues overlap. We can't keep handing out tax payers money for job seekers as this just stimulates the attitude we are suffering from - if annoying the s*** out of them by getting them to stack beans in Wal Mart for 30 hours a week works in encouraging them to find a job... damn, I'm all for it! We have plenty of vacancies in our call centre and will pay much more than their current £57 quid a week should they choose to apply.
It's not as simple as that. Sometimes it can be very hard to find a job, especially in this economy. The purpose is to help them get by while they try to get another job. Looking for work can be time consuming. Besides that the taxpayer is still paying, and the company is getting the benefit. I doubt they need motivation, so much as they need a suitable job.
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