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CDG lies confirmed

Keith Parkins | 28.03.2008 17:54 | Sheffield | South Coast

A chance conversation at a local Job Centre confirmed much of what has been said of CDG and exposed them as a bunch of liars.

During a long wait at a local Job Centre I got into conversation with a girl who was also waiting. I said next they'll be sending you on a scam training course. She said that she had been on one last year, run by CDG. I was interested to learn if her experience tallied with the critical comment on Indymedia UK and elsewhere.

CDG (Careers Development Group), together with a4e and Working Links, run scam training courses for DWP as New Deal course providers. Attendance is mandatory for Jobseekers, benefits will be stopped if you refuse to attend.

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386689.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/12/388044.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/12/388504.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/390153.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/390471.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/390638.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/390901.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391396.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391397.html?c=on
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391531.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/394284.html

I asked what she thought of CDG and the course. She said rubbish, the course was rubbish, the staff were rubbish, that it was a waste of her time. She went on to say everyone hated being there, that they especially hated the centre manager who strutted around like a peacock with a poker up its arse.

I asked were they ever sent home early.

She said yes, every day. Every day they were sent home by four o'clock if not before and often were sent home mid-afternoon because the staff could not cope. She added they were always sent home lunchtime on Fridays.

This and other comment she made, was to confirm much of what has been written on Indymedia UK and elsewhere and to expose the centre manager as a bare-faced liar.

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391531.html

In response to a query from the local Job Centre re complaints made against CDG and critical comment on Indymedia UK, the centre manager claimed clients were never sent home early!

I asked were they kicked out at lunch time.

She said yes, every lunchtime. It was a sore point to be kicked out on the streets at lunchtime.

According to the centre manager in her statement, it was a 'trial'.

I asked about the computers and access to the Internet.

She said keyboards were broken, they lacked adjustable chairs ( pointed to the chairs the Job Centre staff were sitting on). A common grievance from everyone was blocking of access to websites.

She added they lacked all the local newspapers.

I asked of work placements.

She herself had not been on one, but several other people had. They were told they had to go else benefits would be stopped. There was no discussion as to the suitability of the job placements.

This was contrary to DWP guidelines. The job placement should be discussed with the client, there should be monitoring of the job placement.

 http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplyingdwp/what_we_buy/provider_guidance.asp

I asked were they told to apply for four jobs every day.

She said yes, with threats of loss of benefits if you did not comply.

According to centre manager in statement to local Job Centre, clients were not compelled to apply for four jobs every day.

Keith Parkins

Comments

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She is right, I can confirm a4employment it is a big scam

28.03.2008 20:55

The a4employment in Highbury Islington is the most pathetic piece of shit course I ever been too, the forced me to go there under threat of benefit loss.

Their computers dont work, keyboards are broken, the internet is very very slow, like dial up connexion, they have 10 computers and 50 clients, so your job advisor tells you to go home not to have people around overcrowding the place.

The "job placements" they are compulsory under threat of cutting your benefits, here is how you avoid them, you make very clear to the prospective company that you are only there because they have forced you to go as you do not believe that is the best position for you.

They probably are not breaking the law because the Job adviser discusses it with you, so he tells you, you must go and that's then discussed. Job advisors get paid bonuses for performance and that includes getting people into working for free (job placement).

Well fuck the a4employment agency, it is a scam, te DSS probably knows it, their policy is to bother you so much that you will work at McDonalds.

Remember this! Get some interview and claim your FREE SUIT! They will give you 100 quid for a SUIT if you get an interview for a job, then in the interview you do a fuck all not to get it and keep the suit.

They have to pay your travelling too, they will not check where you live but they will ask for your tickets (always) you can probably add one or two zones extra if you have to they wont argue about it.

Good ridance to those bastards and their scam friends the DSS. The biggest taxpayer cheaters are them wasting money like that.

John


What right have you to complain, you are the scammers!

02.03.2009 16:44

So hang on, let me get hts straight, I AM A TAXPAYER WHO WORKS and pays for you to attend these courses and you do everything you can to milk it and slag it off, and moan.

fuck you,

you should hate every second of it
you are the scammers by being perfectly capable of work but dong fuck all,
you should be forced go to work placements and hate every second,
you should be forced to do it, you are not contributing anthing to the country you are a non-entity!
And should be made to do the most humilating job possible
and if you dont take it, you should not only loose your benifit, but you willshould NEVET be entitled to gettng it back!

i look at my wage slip every month and see how much of my money is taken away for scum like you, so yeah i hope you hate it, i hope it makes your life horrible,
if you dont like i GET A FUCKING JOB.

you have no right to complain, this is your own doing
And dont slag of the staff, atleast they are working, making them a billon times better then all of you.

And so what if the companies are making money, DUH thats how a company works you idiots, it offers a sevice and gets paid!.

And that "free suit" as mentioned above IS NOT FREE YOU WANKER, ITS PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS. You should be ashamed, a grown man and cant even afford to dress himself, yeah a real catch you must be!

You, as someone who does not contribute to the contry at all, have no right to complain,
you only get that right when you become a contributing citizan,
so untll then shut the fuck up and get a job, and stop moaning.
Become a real man and support yourself instead of leaching of people like me who work hard and have barely anything to show for it, there are jobs out there that require no brain power, go and take one!

RO


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