Temporary jobcentres

Pintel wrote:On a side note here...
Does anyone one know how much these 'Temporary Job centres' cost .... Money well spent by the DWP, I'd say....

Ignatius wrote: The work they showcased on their website was as far removed from the usual Jobcentre look as you can get.

Ignatius wrote:Will somebody please think of the property developers who desperately needed the cash for converting these empty shops!  

Ignatius wrote:A quick Google brought this interesting tale up.

https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/kettering-job-centre-that-taxpayers-backed-but-has-never-opened-3836664

The DWP refused to respond to the journalists FOI request about the cost of these temporary Jobcentres citing commercial sensitivities.

Ignatius wrote:Will somebody please think of the property developers who desperately needed the cash for converting these empty shops!

When the one in my town was being converted I did look up the company doing the work. They specialised in reimagining workspace or some such corporate speak and it didn't look like their services came cheap. Their other clients included BT & lots of FinTech companies. The work they showcased on their website was as far removed from the usual Jobcentre look as you can get.

They already done that game in my home town Ignatius with many Provider training type companies setting up shop.

Its quite funny, all these cat sat on the mat courses and yet, they don't know where all the jobs are. The ''high skilled, high wage jobs.''  

jobberpw wrote:


They already done that game in my home town Ignatius with many Provider training type companies setting up shop.

Its quite funny, all these cat sat on the mat courses and yet, they don't know where all the jobs are. The ''high skilled, high wage jobs.''  


I often wonder if these training courses are like 'speak-easys'. Where you need to say the correct password, and you get shown to the training workshop. Otherwise, your just pulling Oakum all day....

Ignatius wrote:WC told me UC people who work midweek like Saturday appointments.

I think people would like it more if jobs paid enough to take people out of the benefits system.

Are they insane. Last place on earth anyone currently would want to spend their Saturday is at a joke centre.

If they could get people doing 3 jobs in a day, then no doubt they would. Just need a Ferrari to go between them.

Pintel wrote:On a side note here...
Does anyone one know how much these 'Temporary Job centres' cost .... Money well spent by the DWP, I'd say....

Ultimately, too much Pintel.

Yet another advert to show the tax payer their actually doing something effective. If only.

Maybe good for the very young and those without any work experience ...i suppose:roll:  Knowingly they can earn some kind of wage or don't mind working in one of the growth industries warehouse city environment's. Meanwhile, many over 50's can just rot.


If care home, warehouse,box packing, and shelf stacking is all the UK is going to be doing, then DWP etc better get cracking on implementing a UBI environment cos all these go nowhere, low wage, low skilled jobs, will not work and lead to zero growth.

The Labour party need to wake up and accept that too, as their effectively, just banging on the same drum. Far easier to bully people into ANY "job" and no matter how inappropriate that maybe. And no doubt, with these temporary job centres will come temporary providers. All sheep sign posted to site X.