tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post6587578367507681126..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Moving on?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-17133179670292170302012-02-17T10:14:26.662-08:002012-02-17T10:14:26.662-08:00In the video from the parliamentary tv. He pays a...In the video from the parliamentary tv. He pays a4e for the chance to buy shares, if and when emma harrison gives her shares up..The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-80528154378752150232012-02-17T03:55:53.604-08:002012-02-17T03:55:53.604-08:00Even A4greed's employees seem to be getting th...Even A4greed's employees seem to be getting the message! This from the Indus Delta site (read before it's censored by the fascist site moderator):<br />Submitted by Disgruntled A4e... on Thu, 16/02/2012 - 10:52pm. <br />I work for A4e in the East Midlands and could not believe my eyes when I saw the obscene amount that Emma Harrison was paying herself.<br /><br />Considering the amount of presure that the management are putting on everyone to get unrealistic targets because we apparently have no money (!!)its nice to know that those extra hours we all put in, the extra miles we go to achieve our results are all for a good cause.<br /><br />Despite what a lot of people seem to think there are some really good, talented people working all kinds of hours to help their customers who struggle to get paid what they are worth.<br /><br />I know I am not alone here when I say that I will be getting myself out of this company at the first opportunity. They have already bullied, harrassed and forced enough people out of the door while pursuing extremely unachievable targets.<br /><br />The management need to have a long hard look at themselves and stop destroying the very people who helped them to achieve their lofty status. Very disappointed in Andrew Dutton for defending the undefendable, I wonder what his share of the 11M was eh>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-300201615595989012012-02-17T01:28:59.995-08:002012-02-17T01:28:59.995-08:00Take any job? it seems alot of jobs nowadays are w...Take any job? it seems alot of jobs nowadays are with out even the minimum wage. and even a job with the minimum wage is hardly enough to cover the ever increasing cost of living, and get on the employment ladder? with graduates working in mcdonalds is that getting on the employment ladder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-9000068598494287252012-02-17T01:24:48.090-08:002012-02-17T01:24:48.090-08:00Well said historian. the gullible will always easi...Well said historian. the gullible will always easily fooled though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-19127084614905947452012-02-17T00:51:14.657-08:002012-02-17T00:51:14.657-08:00I have done my bit.. Being interviewed on bbc radi...I have done my bit.. Being interviewed on bbc radio about it. being mentioned on the bbc news page. I think the unemployed do need to go tell people what its like. 6 degrees of separation and all that. Talk to anyone, everyone about it. If you know someone in the press tell them, tell them to pass it on to a higher up if they can. <br /><br />We need to spread the word.The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-62471310009758305772012-02-16T13:44:06.845-08:002012-02-16T13:44:06.845-08:00What you forget is that the contractors themselves...What you forget is that the contractors themselves promised 40% outcomes in order to get the contracts. Some even bid well below what the government expected in order to get them. So they were "crass and blinkered" ones, perhaps?historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-31772596107441898172012-02-16T09:39:12.913-08:002012-02-16T09:39:12.913-08:00I cannot believe that people can be so crass and b...I cannot believe that people can be so crass and blinkered as to EXPECT providers such as A4e to achieve 40% outcomes!!!<br /><br />Let's get real - most of the clients referred to WP are LTU (Long term unemployed) having been out of work for over 18 months. Given the economic climate and the fact that they are in direct competition with newly graduated, school leavers - not to mention <b>recently</b> unemployed with good work records, what do you think is realistic?<br /><br />This is the 2nd time I have commented on this subject and I suppose it will not be published as I do not agree that schemes such as WP are futile.<br /><br />I am NOT a tory or hard liner against the unemployed, but I am sick of people not telling it as it is! Many people are simply better off on benefits and will not take just any job - even if it means that they get on the employment ladder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-68380826554849717542012-02-16T05:14:12.511-08:002012-02-16T05:14:12.511-08:00I agree. It's just that many supporting daft s...I agree. It's just that many supporting daft schemes such as the WP do not know the facts and will spout any nonsense even if it is contradictary.<br /><br />That said, a even a 40% target is not THAT high is it? It's obvious govt already knows low % figures are going to be the norm. It would not surprise me if some areas achieve under 10%!iMattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-89576598310510609952012-02-16T05:07:33.061-08:002012-02-16T05:07:33.061-08:00That 26% for the WP is a nonsense. A few days ago...That 26% for the WP is a nonsense. A few days ago A4e in Liverpool admitted that it was running at 14%. It probably varies wildly round the country. Beware of the spin!historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-14005529863912985282012-02-16T04:59:30.126-08:002012-02-16T04:59:30.126-08:00We collectively need to be a very hungry dog with ...We collectively need to be a very hungry dog with a juicy bone with this issue. We should not let go! <br /><br />As an example, I was listening to the R5L debate on unemployment yesterday. A Tory MP Sam Gyimah mentioned the WP when asked what his govt was doing to tackle the issue. I think he said that out of a target of 36%, the WP had achieved a target of 23%. Now not only is this STILL missing the already low target, notch both those figures up by 3 or 4% and what do you have? A 40% target and a 26% achievement rate predicted by the Nat Audit Office a couple of weeks ago which were disputed by Chris Grayling as premature! This is the sort of spin and contradiction that needs to be far more openly challenged.<br /><br />The pressure on A4e et al also needs to be kept up more so than before. For example, if the general public are now saying that RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) is now pretty much in the public sector (considering it is 84% govt / taxpayer owned), its boss, Stephen Hester should not be getting a whopping bonus of nearly £1m. Under massive public pressure he did eventually forgo this bonus. However, are A4e any different? As Margaret Hodge, chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee said, they (A4e) make just about all their money from the taxpayer. Therefore, the huge dividends Ms Harrison is Awarded from A4e need to go on public record and be judged accordingly.<br /><br />The pressure on the A4e, other W2W providers, the WP, the DWP and the govt needs to be kept up and indeed ramped up more than ever before. <br /><br />I intend to do my bit, that's for sure!iMattnoreply@blogger.com