Gardian Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Whilst I'm all in favour of any measures that the government might introduce that really encourage employment, I'm baffled as to how anybody could think that paying an employer £2500 for hiring somebody who has been out of work for 6 months or more, would have that effect.That sum represents (say) a month or so's worth of the cost of employing somebody on £20,000 p.a. How many companies that have a 'freeze on hiring' are going to say "OK, the Govt is picking up the tab for Mth 1, so let's go out and recruit" ??Oh, and if a company really was recruiting, it's going to take the best candidate, not necessarily somebody who has been out of work for a while. Few, if any organisations are that charitable.Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 A bit like the VAT reduction. It will pass unnoticed but makes someone somewhere feel good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 .... and cost future taxpayers a lot of money .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Not really. According to my source £ 500 million out of the £ 20 billion fiscal stimulus package has been allocated to this exercise unlike the £ 12.5 billion that the VAT reduction, which no one notices, will cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Your missing the point of all these measures.Just think how many Civil Servants are going to be employed in administrating his ideas. It's all about jobs for the boys and no-one seems to notice. Instead of scrapping his 10% tax fiasco they now employ another lot to adminster the giveaways. I hate to think how many "Extras" G.B. P.M. has actually employed during his term.All producing nothing but paperwork.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 2.5k per employee - To train shelf stackers and miseable looking cashiers - Morrisons must be laughing all the way to the bank......[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Is he going to pay himself £2.500 for taking on a butler as he is recruiting one ...if the guy has been unemployed more than 6 months ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 The devil will be in the detail. I will have to postpone recruiting a long term unemployed person until I find out how long I will have to keep him/her before dismissal and then recruiting a replacement.In the meantime have written to James Gordon to apply for the job of "And here is another way to waste taxpayers money" but suspect that I am over qualified.BTW did you know that he is the son of an Ebenezer.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Shucks, Iceni, he might have been responsible for a lot of things but the name of his father could hardly be blamed on his choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 It's the same logic as cutting 2.5% or whatever it was off VAT when the retailers were already slashing prices by 50%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 [quote user="Iceni"]In the meantime have written to James Gordon to apply for the job of "And here is another way to waste taxpayers money" but suspect that I am over qualified.[/quote]You could always lie about your qualifications on your CV, get the job and reduce unemployment by one. Result!Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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