tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post4865485335577817822..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Prison contract delays - and OxfordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-58526367347975016112012-09-26T02:46:10.030-07:002012-09-26T02:46:10.030-07:00Hi Mkmky
Well now a complaint was made to the ASA ...Hi Mkmky<br />Well now a complaint was made to the ASA about the 7 minute claim. A4e tried to justify on the basis of a 37.5 hour working week. It turned out they were unable or unwilling to produce any evidence for their claim and so they voluntarily dropped it from their site (if they hadn't done so then they would have had another embarraqssing ASA adjudication to counter with a PR charm offensive).<br />It seems they are now talking specific figures. I have no idea whether they can justify these (you might like to ask the ASA!). Beware though - there seems to be some sort of delineation between "advertising" and "PR". The ASA can rule on the former but the latter is ultra vires. Don't ask me what the difference is - I have no idea!<br />As for the actual stats. These must exist. It is not possible in this day and age for organisations of the size of A4e, let alone the whole W2W industry and the DWP, to operate without comprehensive and up to the minutes stats.<br />Now the stats may be complicated and capable of multiple intepretations - but they are "out there somewhere"<br />The logical conclusion as to the delay in any meaningful publication is that the figures are horrific and indicate gross failure of the whole WP.Gissajobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-51034433491984263362012-09-25T07:08:02.268-07:002012-09-25T07:08:02.268-07:00Jessica House in Wandsworth has been let to A4E,th...Jessica House in Wandsworth has been let to A4E,this in it's self is fine,but seeing as the other tenants are the local JCP and also the DWP, though I am sure this is legal and above board,it reminds me of Enron Corp,where the accountants and compliance officers worked in the same building and were caught turning a blind eye in Enron's favour,i am not saying this would happen,but you never know.mkmkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-48904145344305339652012-09-25T05:07:54.987-07:002012-09-25T05:07:54.987-07:00Hate banging the same drum,but the figures are con...Hate banging the same drum,but the figures are confusing A4E claimed that they "put" somebody in work every 5 minutes or 288 per day or 28800 every 100 days,yes I know are they talking 8 hour days, 5 or 7 days per week.As with most figures coming out of the WP/DWP they can be manipulated depending what factors they decide to use,the argument being that it is in constant flux only holds up for so long,JCP should know how many have signed off and not on training,DWP should know how many outcomes have been paid out,the WP providers should be able on a daily basis to provide figures on who has started work,this would a given in most business arrangements,Mc Donald's can tell you almost hourly what an individual restaurant has sold,needs to order and the cost of wages,so the idea that all these "Experts" running the WP/DWP are unable to come up with any figures in over a year make you wonder if it is deliberate.mkmkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-62313693167581319992012-09-25T02:46:06.398-07:002012-09-25T02:46:06.398-07:00Yes and the campaign goes on; in today's editi...Yes and the campaign goes on; in today's edition:<br />http://www.witneygazette.co.uk/news/wgheadlines/witney/9941486.Finding_work_campaign_wins_backing_from_MPs/<br />I'm guessing the MPs rushing to praise A4e are Tories. <br />I suspect J. O-C may have had a few words with his high end Tory connections and stage managed this. Expect more of the same if your local paper is right wing biased.<br />Interesting to note the high aspirations of the jobseekers - cleaning, warehouse work and caring. Nothing wrong with that per se but does show the level at which A4e tend to operate and surely not really too difficult to place in a min wage zero hours job in one of the most prosperous parts of the country?<br />This really is money musical chairs for A4e and the others. They create no jobs. They re-cycle the pool of unemployed and get paid handsomely every time the music stops. Gissajobnoreply@blogger.com