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Benefit Busters

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BertieBotts · 20/08/2009 20:59

I have a feeling this is going to be awful actually, they are focusing on lone parents

Just starting on C4 now.

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Katz · 20/08/2009 21:57

so they all do 2 weeks for free for the first 2 weeks the store is open which is well known to be the busy and then .....

expatinscotland · 20/08/2009 21:57

it's even harder sorting out childcare when you have no partner.

lisad123wantsherquoteinDM · 20/08/2009 21:57

so poundland get 6 worker for 2 weeks with paying a penny they better get jobs at the end

blissa · 20/08/2009 21:57

Oh I see expat, no good at this multitasking!

BitOfFun · 20/08/2009 21:58

That woman does seem to have a serious drink problem though.

blissa · 20/08/2009 21:58

Over the christmas period

5inthebed · 20/08/2009 21:59

I didn't realise they were working for free! Thats a bit naff.

expatinscotland · 20/08/2009 21:59

Duh!

Some of you actually thought this whole scheme was good and Haley isn't a patronising bitch?

LOL!

LittleMissBliss · 20/08/2009 22:00

They all stayed in work that's great!

bethoo · 20/08/2009 22:00

she actually admitted that the system is fucked (not in those words)

blissa · 20/08/2009 22:01

At least she realised that the system doesn't always work

lisad123wantsherquoteinDM · 20/08/2009 22:01

she reminds me of one of those headless toy doll heads girls have to practice makeup on LOL

expatinscotland · 20/08/2009 22:01

She's a welfare worker and didn't know that a lot of times, lone parents are better off on benefits than in min wage work?

FFS.

LittleMissBliss · 20/08/2009 22:02

but it worked expat. They got jobs. They wanted to work. Surely that's a good thing!

ilove · 20/08/2009 22:02

A Girl's World? They aren't headless LOL!

5inthebed · 20/08/2009 22:03

You mean bodyless dolls Lisa lol.

lisad123wantsherquoteinDM · 20/08/2009 22:03

LOL I mean bodyless, goodness i need sleep

beanieb · 20/08/2009 22:03

I still think it is a good scheme and she wasn't patronising.

I thought she had a lot of empathy but at the same time needed to be straight with them. Yes the job is probably not well paid but they are all (apart from one) in employment now and from there they can hopefully move up, get more experience and at the same time feel more confident and happy. They didn't want to be on benefits, in debt and struggling - they wanted to get back into work and they did.

SparklyGothKat · 20/08/2009 22:03

yah they all got jobs..

We are £400 a month WORSE off on benifits, I hate being on benifits, but as a full time carer to 2 disabled kids and a DH who has artheris (sp?) and whose consultant refused to sign him back to work, we have had to live like this for ages now. Now the kids are older and DS1's london appointments have gone yearly (yah) I have been looking for a full time job. I am quite excited about it..

LittleMissBliss · 20/08/2009 22:04

I think the best thing about her is how she matched her eyeshadow to her outfit!

radiohelen · 20/08/2009 22:04

"No, it's not! When you're a hedgefund manager you have the means to pay for non-traditional childcare like live-in nannies. You have a home large enough to accommodate such. You probably had the educational background to drive and own a reliable car."

And when the nanny/au pair doesn't turn up, or turns up drunk, or steals your stuff... what do you do then? You still have to stay home and look after the kids and your boss will be just as dischuffed as the manager at your local Tesco.
Learning to drive isn't down to educational background - I know plenty of people from estates who have all managed to learn to drive, buy cheap reliable cars.
I stand by it. No reason for any of those women, except the one with 4 kids who is clearly better off on the dole, to be out of work.

expatinscotland · 20/08/2009 22:04

'but it worked expat. They got jobs. They wanted to work. Surely that's a good thing!'

did it? let's see if that's true next year.

if they passed their probationary time before pronouncing it a resounding success.

again, not a word about the non-resident parent.

sherby · 20/08/2009 22:06

v true about public transport and rural areas, my mum is a cleaner and regularly walks 3 miles each way to one of her cleaning houses

expatinscotland · 20/08/2009 22:07

'And you can do a lot of your work from home, too, radio, on that day she didn't turn up.'

But you can't operate a till at home.

Sorry, but it's oversimplifying the situation for tens of thousands of people, millions of children, and I find that patronising.

There is NO comparison between a hedgefund manager who is married or living with a partner and a Poundland worker.

They may sleep under the same sky but they're on different planets.

It's ridiculous to assume otherwise.

LittleMissBliss · 20/08/2009 22:08

Well yes. Do you think those women would have had the confindece or inclination to seek imployment with-out the course?

They even said at the end that they would now have the confidence to go for other jobs.