Re: Company withholding owed money : Sun May 19, 2013 8:40 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

A bit below the belt - unnecessary too.

"Below the belt"?

As far as I'm concerned a tory wears his belt around his ankles, anything above that is a fair hit.

You was the one who had this simplistic vision of care workers, swanning around in their cars, taking their time with their patients and copping a healthy wedge plus exes.

As to "why would anyone work for such an employer?". If you bothered reading the thread, you'd see that she didn't think she was working for such an employer, she thought she was working for an employer that would keep their side of the deal. Unfortunately she found out they were less than honorable, as are many other employers in the care sector. When social care was in the public sector, the primary focus was on care, unfortunately, in private hands the focus shifts to one of profit.

I do hope that you have provided well for your later years because if you haven't, you will see the reality of "care" as meted out to those less fortunate.

Re: Company withholding owed money : Thu May 23, 2013 7:33 pm  

Mintball wrote:

But this is precisely why it's an exploitation of the people who do this incredibly important work. It exploits their caring and their commitment.

Quite seriously she might wish to take on board what I mentioned earlier.

This is very true. Its hard to be motivated with your job when your employer is terrible, which must ultimately, at least occasionaly lead to you not working as well, which at least in care can be very detrimental.

Re: Company withholding owed money : Thu May 23, 2013 7:59 pm  

Anyone interested in staff development and empowerment could do worse than listen to a 15 minute lecture on the subject of: Choose Your Own Boss by Henry Stewart. Unfortunately Stewart's speech impediment doesn't make for easy listening but the subject matter is interesting

Anyone interested in staff development and empowerment could do worse than listen to a 15 minute lecture on the subject of: Choose Your Own Boss by Henry Stewart. Unfortunately Stewart's speech impediment doesn't make for easy listening but the subject matter is interesting