30th September 2013
Job interview / possible work-trial @ Un-named catering company in Stafford...
Fairly accurate, though probably not entirely chronologically correct, transcript..
"Me :- I'm here about the dish-washer position..."
Chap :- "O.k"
Me:- A couple of things first though if i may...."
"I have a holiday coming up to stay @ my dads fairly soon is that going to be a problem?
Chap:- "No...that shouldn't be a problem.." (To their credit
Me :- "o.k cool"
<<Schpeel omitted>>
"One last thing....do you use zero hours contracts?"
Chap :- "Yes we do" (To their detriment)
At this point i get passed onto the manageress....
I ask manageress:- "is everyone in here (approx 10 people at least) on zero hours contracts?"
lady:- "Yes they are" (To their extreme detriment)
How long have some of these people been working here?
chap interrupts :- "ask any workers in here they all have the hours they want.."
Me:- "Thats not the point though is it? The bottom line is these workers have no rights, and that isn't right"
Me:- "I think i'm going to have to pass then i'm afraid..."
Stand up for your rights, or lose your rights.
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RS: The problem with zero hours is that you don't know if you'll be able to pay all your bills every month.xx
30 September at 13:50 · Like · 1
LSL Fair play to you!
30 September at 14:42 via mobile · Like
Dan Kinobi Cheers for the support. I didn't name the company, because maybe just maybe having someone who is obviously in desperate need of a job, walk in and turn down a job, as a matter of principle, might just shame them into seeing that their employees are in future, awarded at least a basic level of rights.
Have you seen the news lately as well, talk of the U.K pulling out of the human rights convention..Is this country going forwards or backwards?
30 September at 21:18 · Like
Dan Kinobi As you say zero hours contracts are detrimental to the economy of the U.K and help perpetuate the instability of the work-force of the U.K. Something i cannot in good conscience subscribe to.
30 September at 21:19 · Like
Dan Kinobi Even if it would be temporarily beneficial to my situation in the short-term to work the job, (and i was indeed fully ready and willing to work the job, had the answer to the zero-hours contract question been..no) the long-term damage done by people accepting zero-hours contracts, and allowing them to flourish, in my opinion, far outweighs that short-term gain. Something needs to be done about companies employing their entire staff on zero-hours contracts, it is disgraceful.It is irresponsible profiteering by utilizing fear to control people, a practice i despise.
Names Redacted 8/10/15
Original Source:- https://www.facebook.com/J3D15/posts/10151713927496089
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