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Originally Posted by Kizzy
How is a zero hr contract going to instill a work ethic if the work is part time and or sporadic?
It instills the worst message for me that you are not a valued member of an organisation, you are temporary and dispensable and that you have no pride or loyalty for or to the company.
Apprenticeships in many areas are a joke and used as cheap disposable labour in many areas, young people are undervalued and exploited by these practices.
If there's a full time position in a sandwich shop give them a job, don't call it apprentice sandwich technician to get away with paying £2 a hour :/
I agree that any job is better than benefits but as the cost of living is so high a fair days work deserves a fair days pay.
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So you would rather 18 year olds were sat at home rather than gaining some experience though work, how is that going to help get them a job?, most of the people who are now in full time contracted employment at my school started off as volunteers or as bank staff, they proved their worth, that they can be punctual, can be a team players, etc etc, and it also means they have their foot in the door when contracted jobs come up, they can also avail of the training opportunities for free thereby increasing their employability we all have to start somewhere Kizzy, summer jobs, part time hours whatever it is, sometimes gaining employment is down to being in the right place at the right time, sitting at home that is never going to happen, so to my mind you could earn your 70.00 quid at home which will leave your CV blank or you can earn your 70.00 quid in a sandwich job which will give you skills you can take forward into another job.