http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066757/If-745-youngsters-work-town-I-recruit.html Ok, so it’s Daily Mail, so we don't get the full picture. However, I do recognize the trend of young people applying and getting the work, but then really can't be bothered to turn up for work. I work for Iceland, and we've had to sack 2 staff, both British nationals, for messing the company around - not turning up for work (going AWOL) and taking excessive amount of sickness. How it works in our company, and many others for that matter, you take on staff on a trial period of say 3 months, and then at the end of that period, they are kept on the payroll if they've fulfilled at least the absolute minimum required. Well, in the case of the 2 sacked staff, they phoned in sick 4 times in 3 months and failed to even turn up for work on numerous occasions, with no prior notification - this is the worst of all, not turning up at all and not telling your employer, even worse during the trial period, and as a result the rest of the staff have to work double to make up. As much as it pains me to say it, I don't blame British bosses taking on non-UK people to fill their vacancies, for the simple reason, they are just a bit more reliable. Why have we lost the work ethic in this country? I'm old school and believe in an honest day’s hard work, I'd feel bad if I swanned around doing sod-all, yet youngsters seem to think it’s their God-given right to mess people around for any reason they see fit, and not turn up for work depending on their mood of the day.
It is the benefits system! We live in a country where it pays to do nothing at all. It should be mandated that after x ammount of time on the dole a person must work for charities that help the sick, elderly, etc. Then if you had a choice between working for Iceland or ironing old ladies knickers, you would choose the one that paid!
Who interviewed and selected them. Why not one month probation with weekly appraisals Just asking. No reply needed
I've been there twice in my life, once in the late 70's and then again in early 90's it's not fun. I had a friend who died a few years ago who was unemployed most of his adult life, very smart chap, they put him through all kinds of programmes including one or two where he worked in hospitals effectively as a volunteer pretty much exactly what you describe, didn't help him, he stayed unemployed until he died in August 2006 aged 49. Compared to the old days I doubt that there is any real payback from doing nothing, if your parents subsidise you then maybe but if you are living on your own well I believe it is much harder now to get accommodation and to get it paid for. These kids are going to live a very unfulfilled lives either that or they will be working in the black economy, dodgy criminal activities and avoiding the mainstream economy as much as possible. And Rob you are right, I've seen it as well in some of the manufacturing companies that were my customers, it's not that new a phenomenon. What I would say is that given how bad unemployment really is, I do not like to see all the efforts to force unemployed professionals into working at MacDonald's if they can't find a proper professional post in a short space of time. They have been doing this to folk for years now, what do you think the persons chances of getting another professional post will be after having MacDonald's on your CV? Just a personal gripe.
