Re: Tory Britain 2013 : Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:31 pm
Kosh wrote:
Or the job is underpaid. But that's not a fashionable thing to mention nowadays, is it? Because it's all about scrounger soundbites rather than facts.
I don't think it was particularly underpaid. It seemed like a fair rate to me.
The problem was that it was two weeks work only.
The applicant said that for two weeks work it wasn't worth his while to take the job because of the problem of stopping and starting his benefits.
Victor summised that obviously the benefits were too high.
He later admitted that the system was wrong and should be adaptable to people taking short term work, but personally I feel his standard and usual response will be to blame the workshy and too-high benefits.