tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post6975149310330245879..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: And yet more contractsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-80070242895909928132012-04-05T16:12:31.676-07:002012-04-05T16:12:31.676-07:00A seriously bizarre set of affairs, in a 'free...A seriously bizarre set of affairs, in a 'free market' a company with such a poor record and tarnished reputation would not be winning business.<br /><br />I know of other well-run CVS in need of revenue who have lost out in similar ways. You do have to ask what is going on and what else is at play?<br /><br />The CVS and Volunteer England route is probably a more useful and positive way of gaining temporary experience. Of course, not much hope of playing the tough government dealing with the 3m benefit scroungers.tinkshttp://bit.ly/tinkswunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-63384529557282036152012-04-05T08:36:24.897-07:002012-04-05T08:36:24.897-07:00Well, they still have her picture up in my local A...Well, they still have her picture up in my local A4e, as if she was someone important. I'm waiting for it to be taken down now she has resigned as chairman.Pollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-25361362259539667412012-04-05T07:39:49.891-07:002012-04-05T07:39:49.891-07:00Someone seriously needs to update Miss Harrisons o...Someone seriously needs to update Miss Harrisons own CBE self promoting website page seeing as the tagline says it will tell you all about the work she is currently doing with A4e and the FSI - Ummm that would bee nothing at the moment wouldn't it Emma?<br /><br />http://www.emma-harrison.com/Sad state of affairsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-43632833195303145092012-04-04T13:39:42.959-07:002012-04-04T13:39:42.959-07:00Since we're into pedantry, do you think you co...Since we're into pedantry, do you think you could find the shift key more often, particularly for the first person pronoun :)historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-39335354855680531582012-04-04T10:44:17.471-07:002012-04-04T10:44:17.471-07:00Why am i not surprised....A4e's reputation is ...Why am i not surprised....A4e's reputation is shot (made sure i checked the spelling LOL). and anyone linked to them will be tarred with the same brush.. I wouldnt be surprised anyone with a4e on their cv will be penalised.The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-21164208690219475902012-04-04T08:53:17.329-07:002012-04-04T08:53:17.329-07:00I'm a big fan of pedantry corner ;)I'm a big fan of pedantry corner ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-22858942429778193962012-04-04T08:53:13.277-07:002012-04-04T08:53:13.277-07:00I've had this from an agency already.
"...I've had this from an agency already. <br /><br />"Oh, you did voluntary work [reception] with A4E? I suggest you take that off your CV because it really doesn't look good. And I suggest you try and find another referee who isn't an A4E employee if at all possible" <br /><br />Since the reception work was the most recent thing listed on the CV, A4E were listed as my most recent referee. Needless to say, I have removed the information.Pollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-54964815636756828422012-04-04T08:34:33.043-07:002012-04-04T08:34:33.043-07:00I bet you write to Pedantry Corner in Private Eye!...I bet you write to Pedantry Corner in Private Eye! It's a good job I don't publish corrections to everyone's comments.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-48703520072064529362012-04-04T08:27:15.861-07:002012-04-04T08:27:15.861-07:00When the verb "to lead" is in the past t...When the verb "to lead" is in the past tense, it is spelled "led", not "lead" like a pencil. c.f. "Richmond Council, lead by Conservative peer Lord True,"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-13264544114663114212012-04-04T08:23:50.113-07:002012-04-04T08:23:50.113-07:00I am astonished. As an A4E customer, what am I go...I am astonished. As an A4E customer, what am I going to tell a prospective employer? "'Ere, Guv. I am a Work Programme customer of A4E. You know - the company that has been hit by one scandal after another recently. Them. Nonetheless, I am an A4E customer, not an A4E employee or ex-employee. So gissa job, Guv, and help me to escape from this on-going scandal that has absolutely NOTHING to do with me, I promise you, Guv" ???<br /><br />The Government (in particular that bloke Greyling) does not seem to have even the slightest concern for the way that he is dragging me into this god-awful mess.<br /><br />I believe that, as one of A4E's customers, my own reputation for integrity is being compromised by the on-gping mess with A4E. I ansolutely agree that many of A4E's staff are honest and upright citizens themselves but so am I and what about me too?<br /><br />A fortnight ago, my A4E advisor told me that he was going to park me on a company called Ixion, which is one of A4E's subcontractors, apparently. He said that a man from Ixion would phone me. I am still waiting...<br /><br />Is this efficient? When I have heard nothing from A4E since or from Ixion? <br /><br />I would guess that my A$E advisor thinks he has parked me onto somebody else so that A4E can now wash their own hands of me. My signing on-time at the Job Centre happens to be on a Friday afternoon, so the chances of getting any of the Job Centre people jumping around to help me are zero. Meanwhile, the only thing I have heard from Ixion so far is Deafening Silence, in spite of my having e-mailed them myself and backed up the A4E man by asking Ixion to get someone to telephone me, as promised by A4E.<br /><br />It is ridiculous. In Ixion's shoes I would have severe doubts about A4E but nobody has seen fit to tell me anything in this so-called "tailor-made" Work Programme.Judinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-83586232745642771612012-04-04T06:08:46.014-07:002012-04-04T06:08:46.014-07:00Someone Upthere or Downthere must like a4e. Any o...Someone Upthere or Downthere must like a4e. Any other company or organisation doing this would have a hold placed on them.The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.com