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What jobs do UK workers actually do?
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Originally posted by eek View PostThat's what you get with many on-shored workers - overpromise, under delivery and attention to detail is not a strong point..Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by barrydidit View Post10 minutes is 10% of an hour?
I knew you would pick that up. Couldn't care less about exact number..Comment
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?could anyone explain to me how zero hour contracts actually work?
i don't understand how they factor this into more jobs available when some weeks you might only work 1 or 3 days or in other months you might only work for 2 weeks? where is the stability?Comment
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Originally posted by lucythewolf View Post?could anyone explain to me how zero hour contracts actually work?
i don't understand how they factor this into more jobs available when some weeks you might only work 1 or 3 days or in other months you might only work for 2 weeks? where is the stability?Comment
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Originally posted by sal View PostSimples - There is work for 20 people in the warehouse, you employ 30 on 0-hour contracts, the first 20 to show up get to work, the rest are sent home. All 30 have a job.Comment
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostHow wide spread is this though? I was on what would now be called a zero hours contract for about 4-years while doing my first degree. It was evening shifts - up to four a week. There was always work and very rarely less than four eveings.
In reality I believe most of the people on 0-hour contracts are on them by choice, because it suits their needs/lifestyle and not because they can't find full time employment.Comment
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Originally posted by sal View PostWell according to the article in the OP about 900k people are on 0-hour contracts. How many of them are abusive is hard to tell, but I doubt it's that high. My example was extreme for visualisation purposes.
In reality I believe most of the people on 0-hour contracts are on them by choice, because it suits their needs/lifestyle and not because they can't find full time employment."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostAn hour? - more like 30 minutes...I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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