Long term Jobless.

rovexCDTi · 31st August 2013, 06:41

Apprenticeships do seem like cheap labour to me.

I joined my company at full wages, full contract, no 'agency'. I had some experience, but not a huge amount and because of the nature of the work and regulations no one can do actually testing work (I work in a lab) until trained and signed off as competent anyway.

We have an Apprentice who basically is going through the same procedure as I did, with the added stress of doing NVQs and whatnot as well at the same time. He gets paid less than 2/3 of what I was earning 5 years ago when i started, thats about half my current wage.

It doesn't seem very fair to me and its not hard work, physically or mentally and its not something that requires years of experience.

31st August 2013, 06:41	#12
rovexCDTi This is my second home MG ZT+ 135 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Exeter Posts: 3,626 Thanks: 9 Thanked 42 Times in 26 Posts	Apprenticeships do seem like cheap labour to me. I joined my company at full wages, full contract, no 'agency'. I had some experience, but not a huge amount and because of the nature of the work and regulations no one can do actually testing work (I work in a lab) until trained and signed off as competent anyway. We have an Apprentice who basically is going through the same procedure as I did, with the added stress of doing NVQs and whatnot as well at the same time. He gets paid less than 2/3 of what I was earning 5 years ago when i started, thats about half my current wage. It doesn't seem very fair to me and its not hard work, physically or mentally and its not something that requires years of experience. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]