tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post4558154247325989635..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: A4e gives its opinionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-57027909708073781642013-06-24T03:59:36.196-07:002013-06-24T03:59:36.196-07:00I've just rejected an anonymous comment which ...I've just rejected an anonymous comment which is a bit too explicit, and which covers ground we have frequently covered here. But I've kept it to quote from in future, if that's okay.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-85357533690614410602013-06-19T13:40:18.467-07:002013-06-19T13:40:18.467-07:00New Deal, New Deal for Disabled People, Flexible N...New Deal, New Deal for Disabled People, Flexible New Deal, the Work Programme - now at last the need to FINALLY identify "customers" needs but will they listen and learn? Of course JCP ought to have stronger links to growth industries too. Makes a change from blaming benefit claimants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-87120787705073150702013-06-19T12:47:36.686-07:002013-06-19T12:47:36.686-07:00cant wait to see my adviser to tell them about my ...cant wait to see my adviser to tell them about my time on the wp<br /><br />had 1 20min induction meting 2 years ago n that was me done with it so cant wait for my exit report as it will all be done by fraud if 1 is sent to the jcp.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-67357834435046688672013-06-19T12:29:53.720-07:002013-06-19T12:29:53.720-07:00I wonder what the PCS union thinks about this new ...I wonder what the PCS union thinks about this new study by A4e.. Of course A4e glosses over that they have failed in every work programme, but lets forget the millions given to them, the people punished and suffered due to their actions.. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826637810285270141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-60954565297218024192013-06-19T11:32:12.858-07:002013-06-19T11:32:12.858-07:00Unfortunately this is no longer about A4e's cr...Unfortunately this is no longer about A4e's credibility, it's about politics. <br /><br />It is the Conservative view that private is always better than public, so if there must be public services then they should be out sourced as much as possible to private companies so they can deliver ''Efficiency'' and a ''Better service''. Of course, we know this rarely ever materialises.<br /><br />Labour's left wing legacy is still hanging over it, the 70's and successive electoral defeats show that being on the left doesn't win elections in this country anymore, a party must be centre ground. Labour can't defend the public sector without looking like they're playing to the Unions tune or that they're lurching to the socialist left, so privatisation is hugely important to their image as a centre ground party.<br /><br />This means privatisation will not end, regardless of the performance of the private companies who usually get involved. Only a scandal of truly epic proportions could reverse this tide. This means eventually the JCP will be divided up and contracted out to private companies and that does mean A4e, if they can PR their way out of the WP disaster and I'm sure they will with government support.The One True Elgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-50367401705131681762013-06-19T11:19:42.844-07:002013-06-19T11:19:42.844-07:00this sounds positively dystopian. this sounds positively dystopian. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-51373005560445678312013-06-19T09:27:28.295-07:002013-06-19T09:27:28.295-07:00Have I missed something over the past 2 years? The...Have I missed something over the past 2 years? The WP,including A4E have failed terribly carrying out a programme that A4E was paid as "Advisers" to help set up(the WP).Previous failures were not to be taken in to account when they bid on the WP,I take it this will also apply to any new contracts that they can get IDS\Hoban or the DWP to agree to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-30282536642132873372013-06-19T09:23:34.596-07:002013-06-19T09:23:34.596-07:00I commented on one of your posts a few months back...I commented on one of your posts a few months back about my experience with an A4e adviser in my local Jobcentre when i went to sign on. <br /><br />the a4e adviser was pouring all over my personal details, scrolling up and down the screen, sometimes tutting, hardly ever looking me in the eye. i questioned both her and my JCP adviser- a young lady who is always pleasant and polite- about the data protection implications and the A4e adviser quite literally laughed it off. The JCP adviser looked awkward and didn't respond. <br /><br />The purpose of the A4e agent being there, I was told, was to 'enhance the Universal Jobmatch experience'<br /><br />At that point I was applying for 20 - 30 jobs a week and had an inbox full of fraud seeker emails from the DWP thanking me for notifying them about dodgy jobs listed on the site- everything from pyramid schemes to commission only sales jobs to 419 scams asking for passport scans. I have since moved into full time work and it most definitely was without the help of Universal Jobmatch. <br /><br />Anyway, I digress. I told the A4e adviser I was doing quite well, at which point she said quite loudly, 'Well, if you're such a genius, why don't you have a job?'<br /><br />I was gobsmacked. The JCP adviser looked mortified. <br /><br />'Pardon?'<br /><br />'Well,' the A4e advisor had such a smug face. 'If you're so brilliant at using this site, why are you in here claiming?'<br /><br />I couldn't provide a credible answer. To be fair, I could hardly speak. I was so taken aback it was all I could do to keep myself from launching into a furious rant.<br /><br />Then the game became clear. A4e were running a Universal Jobmatch skills sharpening course later in the week. Everybody that has been on the WP knows what came next. <br /><br />'Do I have to go?'<br /><br />'No, we can't force you.'<br /><br />'Will I be sanctioned if I don't go?'<br /><br />'That will be left up to a decision maker.'<br /><br />Etc. Etc. Etc. For about 15 minutes before I gave in. <br /><br />The course itself was useless. Despite being a Universal Jobmatch training course we didn't even go on the computers- it was all done on a whiteboard. If this is what the privatisation of public services looks like in the UK I pray for the future. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com