Full Time Work as Sneaky JobBridge?

ShaShaBear

So my partner got an interview today, and things seemed to be going well according to him until the employer asked not once, but twice, if he would be interested in being employed under the JobBridge scheme. The first time he asked, my OH said that he would not be interested, as he is hoping to enter more stable and permanent employment. The second time, he said he was sorry to be rude, but that he has several friends who were treated very unfairly in the scheme, and at this point in his life he would not be willing to work 39 hours per week for less than €240 a week.

OH went on to say that our wedding was booked for next year and we have other outstanding financial responsibilities that would not permit him to take up a 9 month contract to essentially work for free (part of the job requires driving, so he would lose the €50 and then some on petrol costs alone). The interview went on with some basic questions regarding my partner's "hunger to get off the dole" and "willingness to get back into some sort of employment" and to be honest, the whole thing sounds a bit iffy!

I'd be inclined to think that he is trying to entice people in with the offer of full time work, and is hoping to get applicants who have not heard of JB that he can get to work for free without the commission. Any thoughts?

drunkmonkey

It's better to have a foot in the door, if your good your should land a real job out of it quickly enough. He could still go for interviews while he has a job.

I'm not sure how long your partner is unemployed but if it's over a year Job Bridge could be a life saver, once a person has a long period without any work on their CV there close to un-employable from an employers perspective.

ShaShaBear

drunkmonkey wrote: »

It's better to have a foot in the door, if your good your should land a real job out of it quickly enough. He could still go for interviews while he has a job.

I'm not sure how long your partner is unemployed but if it's over a year Job Bridge could be a life saver, once a person has a long period without any work on their CV there close to un-employable from an employers perspective.

I might agree if it was a special field of some sort, but its B2B sales, so I can't imagine it getting him a foot in anywhere. If he went via JB, he would have to drive door to door with no fuel allowance, make cold calls with his own credit, and not be entitled to any commission. He's only on JSA part-time while working.

SCOOP 64

As soon as you mentioned "b2b sales " under jobridge, forget move on.

JJJJNR

I thought the company had to be registered under jobs bridge, also its for people wanting to gain experience I would get in contact with your local social welfare office or even your local TD as they are taking the piss.

ShaShaBear

JJJJNR wrote: »

I thought the company had to be registered under jobs bridge, also its for people wanting to gain experience I would get in contact with your local social welfare office or even your local TD as they are taking the piss.

I imagine they do, but that's not to say they aren't, or that they were hoping to get a few people in a positive mindframe willing to take a position under JB in the hope that they would be employed full-time? The lad that was interviewed after my OH was in a tracksuit tucked into his socks. For the interview. :rolleyes: And the man before him somehow thought that the job was to monitor CCTV screens, not sell them! How and ever, the man that interviewed him seem quite disheartened and rather pushed the JB end of things, so I would likely believe he was hoping to get some hard-working individual desperate to get off the dole who could make extra sales without getting commission.

JustAThought

Dont JB employers & positions have to be screened & accepted before being advertised -not the other way round.

Tbh it sounds like the guy is like half of Ireland -looking for free labour to do his real job for free while he reels in the profits.

He'd be better emigrating & getting paid experience there & flying back to you at weekends , rather than being sucked dry on the dole while incurring costs to work for free for a company owner.

D2d " experience ..free 9 month cycle labour for life for private profit & paid for by the taxpayer more like.

Report the employer .
Disgraceful.