Tesco Internship

lesserspottedchloe

http://www.thejournal.ie/tesco-stands-behind-jobbridge-advert-228599-Sep2011/

SUPERMARKET GIANT TESCO has said that its JobBridge internships are not filling jobs that are needed in its stores.

The company is seeking interns to work for six months “filling shelves according to merchandising plans and ensuring that customers do not have to queue”.

It says that the intern “will gain skills such as rotation of stock, customer service skills, management of waste and damages, merchandising to plans routines”.

TheJournal.ie contacted Tesco to ask if these internships fulfilled the criteria as set out by JobBridge.

The company replied:

We are supporters of the Government’s Job Bridge Programme and we want to help get people back to work. Candidates who apply to Tesco will have the opportunity to develop their employment prospects in our stores and in our head office.
These internships are not designed to fill any job gaps in our workforce. Instead, candidates will experience every aspect of work in a fast moving modern and innovative retail environment. This will include customer service, merchandising and vital back office support roles. Candidates will also be offered the opportunity to apply for any new permanent positions should they arise.
As Ireland’s leading retailer we provide fulfilling jobs and great careers to over 14,000 people in Ireland. We encourage our staff members to build their careers with us and have many development programmes tailored to suit all facets of work across the business.
Earlier this year Tesco announced 522 new jobs as part of our €120 million investment programme in new stores.[/I][/I][/I][/I]

Where do I sign up....

fedor.2.

Thats a disgrace

Sky King

Disney are famous for doing that too in their theme parks.

Well, maybe not famous per se... but yeah, they do it. Saves them a fortune.

squod

The company is seeking interns to work for six months “filling shelves

Hope someone packs their' fudge for them

El Guapo!

Every little helps....

Temptamperu

Skills in stock rotation :eek: thats just what i need in my life.

Dennis the Stone

They're some bunch of friggers.

No longer will I support grasping foreign multinationals that have no respect for this country or its people.

I'm taking my custom to Lidl.

Stinicker

Tesco; every little helps...... our shareholders

Doge

"These internships are not designed to fill any job gaps in our workforce. Instead, candidates will experience every aspect of work in a fast moving modern and innovative retail environment"


FFS!!!!!


What a load of absymnal bull ****e.

You could train a monkey to do that type of work in an hour, let alone a few months.

Opportunistic ****.

And yes, i have had 2 jobs doing this kind of ****e before, so I think i would qualify to know how worthless it feels working like a monkey and getting paid peanuts.

Except in this case, you're being worked like a monkey and not getting a paid 1 cent from the exploiter, um
i mean "employer"
Its a soul destroying job for people who would rather use their brains and make decisions in a job.

sunflower27

OMG... what a bad move. Everyone is going to be talking about this (in a negative way). Management are absolute fools.

What idiots.

sunflower27

And what do they mean they are not filling jobs in stores with interns??? What, they are just doing this to help the unemployed learn very basic skills in stocktaking, out of the goodness of their hearts?

This is the worst I have seen yet on that scheme.

mikemac

Supervalu did the same with the WPP

At least Lidl pay their staff a decent wage

Doge

What really grinds my gears is this though...

"Candidates will also be offered the opportunity to APPLY for any new permanent positions should they arise."


So let me get this right,
As a reward for working your hole off for **** all pay,

you will be given the same "opportunity" to do what ANY member of the public aged over 16 can do without even ever stepping into the store before.

This is just insane, i love how these smooth criminals can twist words to make something like this sound good.

SeaFields

This is new Ireland ladies and gentlemen. Work for free and labour in government. :rolleyes:

hmmm

I'm glad part of my pension was stolen to help pay for these "jobs".

mikemac

Yes for Lisbon, yes for Jobs

I didn't think working for free for multi-billion pound PLC was a job

Labour are remarkably quiet on all this, where is Eamonn Gilmore gone

wild_cat

I'll never vote labour again solely based on this jobs bridge fiasco.

rubadub

If you got a CV in saying you did this it might work against you, i.e. the employer thinks you're stupid.

The vajazzling internship sounded more interesting

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/finally-an-internship-opportunity-for-vajazzling-220351-Sep2011/

THE LATEST OFFERING from the National Internship Scheme is one you may not have anticipated…

As well as showing interns how to give manicures, pedicures, massages and apply make-up and false tan, one lucky applicant will also be the permitted to enjoy the experience of… vajazzling someone.

krudler

ughhh, that reads like a middle management hand grenade of buzz words went off.

"stock rotation" is basically putting sh1t on shelves. its something a trained chimp could do. theres no training needed, its just them getting free labour and making it look like they've given someone an oppurtunity, yeah an oppurtunity to do a sh1t job for no money.

Sir Oxman

And just in time for Xmas too...what a bunch of fcukers

Dangerous Man

Boycott them. Simple. Get fucking organized - get on Facebook, get on boards, shit, talk to Joe. Enough is enough. This has to stop. I'm so sickened by this.

Eroticfishcake

'The intern will gain practical experience...get what they want filling shelves according to merchandising plans.'

Wow that's the kind of experience any young graduate would thrive to gain :rolleyes:

mikemac

But you get to learn about FIFO, LIFO and facing off

Which would take about ten seconds to explain

SeaFields

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Boycott them. Simple. Get fucking organized - get on Facebook, get on boards, shit, talk to Joe. Enough is enough. This has to stop. I'm so sickened by this.

The scheme rather than the company should be the aim of any campaign in my opinion.

rubadub

krudler wrote: »

its something a trained chimp could do.

The chimp would be paid peanuts though.

Eroticfishcake

mikemac wrote: »

But you get to learn about FIFO, LIFO and facing off

Which would take about ten seconds to explain

Oh and you get €50 a week, how dare anyone turn down such an opportunity:eek:

ejmaztec

waveform wrote: »

"
You could train a monkey to do that type of work in an hour, let alone a few months.

If the monkeys didn't get paid, the animal rights bunch would burn down the shops.

krudler

rubadub wrote: »

The chimp would be paid peanuts though.

tesco brand peanuts

Biggins

One more nail in the coffin of JobBridge then.
I have to be honest, going on the history of FAS, ANCO and Manpower who all tried similar schemes, this comes as no surprise.
Tesco Inc should be ashamed of themselves - but they won't.

Dangerous Man

SeaFields wrote: »

The scheme rather than the company should be the aim of any campaign in my opinion.

Your opinion is wrong; Tesco are taking advantage of the campaign to help people gain valuable experience in the workplace to grab unpaid labour. I don't think that the campaign is worth a crap to be honest but Tesco's behaviour is frankly appalling. I am staggered by this. If no one here gives a shit I'll b disappointed. I'm already putting feelers out to see what can done against these bastards.

Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY that shops in Tesco this weekend knowing what's happening, is a moron.

mikemac

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY that shops in Tesco this weekend knowing what's happening, is a moron.

I stopped using Supervalu after they did the same thing with WPP

I do not know if Job-bridge replaces WPP, not sure

But Tesco are getting added to the list

wild_cat

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Your opinion is wrong; Tesco are taking advantage of the campaign to help people gain valuable experience in the workplace to grab unpaid labour. I don't think that the campaign is worth a crap to be honest but Tesco's behaviour is frankly appalling. I am staggered by this. If no one here gives a shit I'll b disappointed. I'm already putting feelers out to see what can done against these bastards.

Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY that shops in Tesco this weekend knowing what's happening, is a moron.

Capitalist company behaves in capitalist profit at all costs manner shocker....

Dangerous Man

mikemac wrote: »

I stopped using Supervalu after they did the same thing with WPP

I do not know if Job-bridge replaces WPP, not sure

But Tesco are getting added to the list

Fair play to you. If more people were like you shit like this would never happen.

MadameGascar

That's not an internship, I know Interns have to do all sorts of crap jobs but that isn't even an internship.

Dangerous Man

wild_cat wrote: »

Capitalist company behaves in capitalist profit at all costs manner shocker....

It actually is a shocker. You should be shocked; your indifference is the reason why they can get away with it.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I'm glad they are doing it. It might bring some attention to how widely abused these schemes are

ejmaztec

If everyone in the country works for nothing, who's going to buy their feckin groceries, or anything else for that matter?

ShamoBuc

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Your opinion is wrong; Tesco are taking advantage of the campaign to help people gain valuable experience in the workplace to grab unpaid labour. I don't think that the campaign is worth a crap to be honest but Tesco's behaviour is frankly appalling. I am staggered by this. If no one here gives a shit I'll b disappointed. I'm already putting feelers out to see what can done against these bastards.

Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY that shops in Tesco this weekend knowing what's happening, is a moron.

Well, I know about it and I'll be shopping there - guess you think I'm a moron - how will I sleep tonight:rolleyes:

Dangerous Man

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Well, I know about it and I'll be shopping there - guess you think I'm a moron - how will I sleep tonight:rolleyes:

I'm curious - you don't think their behaviour is worthy of boycott? You're okay with what they're doing?

SeaFields

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Your opinion is wrong; Tesco are taking advantage of the campaign to help people gain valuable experience in the workplace to grab unpaid labour.

Many, many other companies have attempted to take advantage of this as well. The scheme facilitates the exploitation of people so get rid of the scheme.

ejmaztec

My plan is to fill a trolley full of groceries, fags and booze, and when I get stopped in the car-park, I'm telling them that they're now part of the Groceries Placement Programme, which means they can't charge for the trolley-load of stuff that I'm tipping into the boot of my car.

How do you think I'll get on?

Dangerous Man

SeaFields wrote: »

Many, many other companies have attempted to take advantage of this as well. The scheme facilitates the exploitation of people so get rid of the scheme.

I agree with you - I think the scheme should be scrapped or at the very least re-worked. However, what Tesco is doing is beyond anything I've seen so far. I can't abide this. I feel sick by their behaviour.

ShamoBuc

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I'm curious - you don't think their behaviour is worthy of boycott? You're okay with what they're doing?

The scheme is a joke - I blame the scheme and the scheme makers.

Dangerous Man

ejmaztec wrote: »

My plan is to fill a trolley full of groceries, fags and booze, and when I get stopped in the car-park, I'm telling them that they're now part of the Groceries Placement Programme, which means they can't charge for the trolley-load of stuff that I'm tipping into the boot of my car.

How do you think I'll get on?

What, you're going to avail of a product / service and not pay for it? Where would you get that idea from?

ShamoBuc

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I agree with you - I think the scheme should be scrapped or at the very least re-worked. However, what Tesco is doing is beyond anything I've seen so far. I can't abide this. I feel sick by their behaviour.

A similar scheme was introduced in education - a qualified teacher would act as a teachers assistant for the year - and get paid their dole. An absolute joke. I blame the scheme - simple as.

mikemac

There is some manager in HQ in Clarehall Dublin who proposed this and will be getting a huge bonus for slashing payroll.
Wonder how they'll be sleeping

Wertz

Are Tesco really trying to tell us that the lackey intern doing this work in one of their many stores will be working alongside paid shelf stackers as surplus staff and that in reality they won't be displacing someone that could be getting a proper hourly rate for doing the same thing?
You see it's this type of fiasco there are supposed ot be unions to deal with...not that I'm any fan of unions but practices like this are downright wrong...

ShamoBuc

mikemac wrote: »

There is some manager in HQ in Clarehall Dublin who proposed this and will be getting a huge bonus for slashing payroll.
Wonder how they'll be sleeping

I would imagine very well as his Christmas pressies are now paid for.

ShamoBuc

Wertz wrote: »

You see it's this type of fiasco there are supposed ot be unions to deal with...not that I'm any fan of unions but practices like this are downright wrong...

This is exactly what unions should be up in arms about - but in a recession unions tend to be exceptionally quiet .

Solnskaya

mikemac wrote: »

There is some manager in HQ in Clarehall Dublin who proposed this and will be getting a huge bonus for slashing payroll.
Wonder how they'll be sleeping

it's tosco, so probably pretty well, their managers are not noted for their empathy and intelligence. I worked as a subbie for them for a while, and my impression was of a swan - ie all smooth on the surface, paddling furiously under the surface. Pretty ruthless corporation really, all business, and business loves free/cheap labour. Any excuse not to pay their regular subbies would be a godsend, so not having to pay the stock-wallahs would be mannah to them. Tosco will not lose a seconds sleep over this, there will be plenty of mugs people who will apply to do this.sadly. and I use tosco not tseco as they are so controlling that they probably google every internet reference to themselves and study the content to assess its commercial impact/how they are being percieved. although they probably include every form of spelling, so, they are probably following this thread closely. ...I know, conspiracy theories that way>>>> , but, you'd be amazed the lengths, etc etc.

Dangerous Man

ShamoBuc wrote: »

A similar scheme was introduced in education - a qualified teacher would act as a teachers assistant for the year - and get paid their dole. An absolute joke. I blame the scheme - simple as.

I agree with you that the scheme is broken - but that doesn't excuse those that take advantage of it; it's my contention that if enough people hit them where it hurts they'll quickly see that we don't approve of any company, whether domestic, or in this case foreign, taking advantage of the people who live in our country. We are better than that.