tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post1613829884360781595..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Where do we go from here?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-14148502022613851792012-02-27T08:06:17.285-08:002012-02-27T08:06:17.285-08:00historian
you are doing a fine job.
respects.historian<br /><br />you are doing a fine job.<br /><br />respects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-18906505123472286712012-02-27T03:39:20.616-08:002012-02-27T03:39:20.616-08:00Someone who works in a prison left a comment yeste...Someone who works in a prison left a comment yesterday about an experience with A4e. Please leave a comment again with your email address. I won't publish it, obviously, but I need to get in touch with you.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-92024602655814969052012-02-27T02:26:18.989-08:002012-02-27T02:26:18.989-08:00I smiled when I saw this as part of a comment. A4...I smiled when I saw this as part of a comment. A4e - not Action For Employment but "ALL 4 emma"!Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-66832517826890437322012-02-26T20:56:33.550-08:002012-02-26T20:56:33.550-08:00It's interesting that the BBC took 8 days to c...It's interesting that the BBC took 8 days to cover what was all over the press. Then I looked up and Chris Grayling and discovered he worked for the BBC before entering politics!Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-70773815333678330862012-02-26T17:19:57.535-08:002012-02-26T17:19:57.535-08:00Fiona Mactaggart, the Labour MP for Slough who als...Fiona Mactaggart, the Labour MP for Slough who also sits on Mrs Hodge's committee, said she was 'deeply concerned' about A4e.<br /><br />She added: 'My view is that this company has demonstrated that it is unfit to hold this kind of contract.'<br /><br />UNFIT TO HOLD THIS KIND OF CONTRACT.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103522/Suspend-work-tsar-MPs-demand-action-fraud-probe-job-placement-scheme.html#ixzz1nXauPiw5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-75079277477656493632012-02-26T15:27:41.139-08:002012-02-26T15:27:41.139-08:00In Chapter 3 of the Work Programme Provider Guidan...In Chapter 3 of the Work Programme Provider Guidance I distinctly remember reading some months ago that 'claimants must be forced to undertake a unpaid work placement so as to avoid Minimum Wage legislation'.<br /><br />That bit (as above) has now been removed from Chapter 3. We now have a statement that says clients can be mandate to undertake etc.Milly Tantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-74939876908102422562012-02-26T10:35:44.002-08:002012-02-26T10:35:44.002-08:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106601/To...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106601/Tories-order-police-halt-workfare-demos-MP-makes-formal-protest-BBC-bias-favour-hard-Left-militants.html<br /><br />A police crackdown on anti-capitalist extremists who invade shops to sabotage the Government’s work experience programme has been ordered by Ministers.<br />Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has asked the police to act amid growing fears in Whitehall that the protesters’ wrecking tactics are succeeding<br /><br />This is scary, very scary.The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-39684749073363949472012-02-26T10:24:03.082-08:002012-02-26T10:24:03.082-08:00Well it seems to be there is some revisionism goin...Well it seems to be there is some revisionism going on, editing and deleting documents. Scary<br /><br />Yet More Disappearing DWP Documents – Now It’s a Freedom of Information Request. http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/yet-more-disappearing-dwp-documents-now-its-a-freedom-of-information-request/<br /><br />The Case of the Disappearing Workfare Documents<br /><br />http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/the-case-of-the-disappearing-workfare-documents/The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-68812888839001351222012-02-26T09:47:00.855-08:002012-02-26T09:47:00.855-08:00Polly
Do you really think anyone cares about the ...Polly<br /><br />Do you really think anyone cares about the unemployed? Neither the DWP nor the Government would likely transition the clients.<br /><br />I expect they would go back to a normal signing process and eventually be absorbed into other (professionally run) schemes.<br /><br />One thing is for sure as the previous poster mentioned - the A4e brand is irreparably damaged.<br /><br />They are now shoddy goods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-63541785895146620312012-02-26T06:02:32.933-08:002012-02-26T06:02:32.933-08:00One thing is clear, it wont be back to buisness as...One thing is clear, it wont be back to buisness as usual for some months if ever. Job security is becoming a popular topic within A4e ironically.Daftheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-21984687036596333912012-02-26T05:15:26.296-08:002012-02-26T05:15:26.296-08:00"Of course this may all be academic if the co..."Of course this may all be academic if the contract is terminated as many expect it may be."<br /><br />but if the contract is terminated, what happens to the customers? Do we get sent back to the Job Centre while they try and get one of the other WP providers to take over? And how will another provider find the required staff quickly? (Easily, all those unemployed people!) Will they want to take on A4E staff given the claims of fraud? OK, not all staff would have been committing fraud, but at the moment its not going to look good on their CVs is it? <br /><br />In addition to A4E in this area there is also another provider whose staff travel halfway across the country to come here a couple of days a week. If they took over A4E's contract here they'd need new staff immediately, plus a building to operate from.Pollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-16461980946242525802012-02-26T04:36:43.835-08:002012-02-26T04:36:43.835-08:00What is so disturbing is that this company is so o...What is so disturbing is that this company is so obviously inept and the economic market so poor that the chances of it turning a profit using the commission based structure will be quite literally an impossibility.<br /><br />I think a government bailout would be not only an outrage if it were to happen but stink of corruption at government level.<br /><br />I think A4e are hoping for a bailout or larger government contracts (taking the DWP contract as a loss leader) - this now will not happen I understand. Even if the company comes out of its self-funded 'independent' audit clean many will see it as a whitewash.<br /><br />Of course this may all be academic if the contract is terminated as many expect it may be.<br /><br />The brand is irreparably damaged. The government should wash its hands quickly before they get burnt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-28838647083415140052012-02-26T03:52:10.393-08:002012-02-26T03:52:10.393-08:00Something for everyone in this saga! The Telegraph...Something for everyone in this saga! The Telegraph can both ridicule the Work programme in a cartoon and fulminate against the SWP leading the protests. Private gain v public money. Lack of accountability - unbelievable that A4E are exempt from OFSTED inspections. Opposition MP's can slate the government and another example of poor judgement by David Cameron. Somewhere in this mix are civil servants 'benefiting' from awarding all these contracts to a less than satisfactory private company! Yes, young people do need support but the Connexions was abolished and 16 & 17 year olds directed to a website.<br /><br />The public do NOT like what seems like exploitation from wealthy companies - let's get back to the moral high ground and start helping our fellow citizens because we want to!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-67669845455617275532012-02-26T02:39:32.243-08:002012-02-26T02:39:32.243-08:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106569/Em...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106569/Emma-Harrison-1-7m-renting-stately-home--taxpayer-funded-firm.html<br /><br />I'm afraid it's still on the front page, and I doubt it will get better any time soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com