Yet another “I don’t understand” thread - when actually the op means
i don’t approve but I haven’t the guts to say so
none with disabilities that they disclosed to me - unless they needed adjustments made why would they?
There’s any number of reasons why people may need to or choose to work part time even at this age:
They have caring responsibilities - I know several who provide care for elderly or disabled relatives, they may not be the main carer but the care they provide might give the main carer a break. That’s happened in my family we’ve had rotas for caring for elderly or disabled relatives. One might be the main carer but we recognised it was unfair to pile it ALL on them, they need a break too.
They might have a condition themselves that doesn’t require the employer to know necessarily (and frankly with the level of disability discrimination around I don’t blame them for not disclosing. My own dd has a disability but she’s already - she’s 19 - learnt the hard way that she’s better not mentioning it until she’s worked somewhere a while and even then only if she needs adjustments made). At one point before dd was born I’d been very ill for a time a condition that caused serious fatigue for long after the illness was supposedly over. I worked part time for 18 months until I was back to full strength. None of my colleagues or employers knew that was why I had chosen a part time position.
They might be ill and not yet have a diagnosis which employers are especially bad at dealing with in my and many others’ experience!
If the condition requires regular medical appointments then working part time allows people to manage this. The vast majority of these type of appointments are still only available in “office hours” mon-fri 9-5.
They might be keeping time free to seek better employment. Especially if they’re a recent school/uni leaver. I’ve done this in the past, taken a part time job to tide me over until I can find a preferable full time position. It eliminates/reduces the need to take sickies to attend interviews.
They might do voluntary work in an area they want to work in but as yet can’t get paid employment in as they haven’t enough experience yet. It’s really difficult for youngsters to get experience in certain industries and voluntary work is a way around that.
They might be studying and just not telling you! They’re not required to if it doesn’t impact work, they might be doing open uni or similar.
It might be because that’s the only job they could get! There aren’t a lot of jobs around at the moment and will be even less when the economic hit of Coronavirus hits! Not all youngsters were able to do well at school, they may not have enough/good quality work experience to get a full time role as yet. When dd was job hunting a few years back it was crazily competitive! In some cases almost a 1000 applicants per vacancy, certainly in the hundreds for most.
As a pp said it suits many employers to have eg 3 part timers v 1 full timer because they have much less responsibility and liability for them as part timers have fewer rights - morally wrong imo but it allows employers to not pay or pay much less sick pay, maternity pay, redundancy payment if it becomes necessary, lower NI employer contributions...
If the work is poorly paid and they’re only working a few days a week it might be because if they worked full time the transport costs (especially if anti social hours involved) Make it not worth their while to work full time. Another time in my 20’s I had a part time “regular” job but in a difficult to get to area which I could get lifts (I paid toward petrol) on certain days but not others, on the days I wasn’t working in that job I would fit in babysitting/nannying, dog walking etc and make money that way.
They might be sorting out setting up their own business - there’s a lot of prep before you get started for some of these.
Tax/benefits cut offs might mean if they worked more hours they might not only NOT be better off they might actually be worse off! That’s not their fault that’s the govts!
You sound like a tiresome busy body who thinks they know what’s best for everyone else...while not being especially successful or happy themselves!
I hold 2 degrees, have postgraduate and other qualifications and a wealth of experience in a variety of industries. I’ve worked nmw jobs and senior professional roles and quite honestly the jobs I was HAPPIEST in were the nmw ones!
The colleagues were fun and friendly and there wasn’t the bitching and backstabbing there was in the more senior roles, the work was varied and interesting, but largely non stressful and when I finished work for the day I was done! No emails or phone calls pestering for answers to queries or asking me to do overtime I didn’t want to!
Nothing wrong with working in a shop, my mums mainly worked retail until she retired, I’ve worked several retail jobs and thoroughly enjoyed them, I’ve several friends and family who work in retail. Some are happy to stay at “shop floor” level, some are more ambitious and are working their way up the company they work for - it’s possibly to reach quite senior positions having started on the “shop floor” in retail! My mum started as a part time cashier back in the 70’s by the time she retired she was regional security advisor.
Oh and BTW postcolonial literature is ALSO an arts degree!
And now you claim to work in mh? I call bullshit! Very odd thread