24th June 2007, 10:02 PM
I feel that I have also slipped into a parralel universe where a company decides (was this the case) on what peole should eat... I expect that I would be hard pushed to provide good meals for 20 quid a week.. hmmmm I fear white label here...
The point is... If the company advertised that they would provide food, and the reality was they provided £20 worth a week... then they misrepresented the advert... perhaps not by the letter... but by the spirit of the advert..
I could say I would provide free food... but if all I gave them was a bag of oats and 200 tins of backed beans...
I have an inkling who this was now... I will be - in future checking all claims in adverts... from food to accomodation, from training to travel.. to see if what is on offer is as good as it looks.
For example, some people might offer training, but the reality might be a 'training on the job' - the IFA are celar about what training in the workplace should entail, and companies like Headland offer a full training scheme in the workplace, formalised and recorded and fitting into the CPD scheme linked to NVQ and Occupational standards. THere are set training periods.. there is a structured career structure... etc... Now that is a training scheme, and one I hope is emulated.. (I know.. I saw it in action) Others pretend they have training and the reality si more... shall we say... loose...
I hope that more people will go down the formal IFA methodology ... perhaps Contractors need encouragment...
Similar concepts abound for trating staff with dignity... don't offer an apple then come out with a month old Granny Smith!
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
The point is... If the company advertised that they would provide food, and the reality was they provided £20 worth a week... then they misrepresented the advert... perhaps not by the letter... but by the spirit of the advert..
I could say I would provide free food... but if all I gave them was a bag of oats and 200 tins of backed beans...
I have an inkling who this was now... I will be - in future checking all claims in adverts... from food to accomodation, from training to travel.. to see if what is on offer is as good as it looks.
For example, some people might offer training, but the reality might be a 'training on the job' - the IFA are celar about what training in the workplace should entail, and companies like Headland offer a full training scheme in the workplace, formalised and recorded and fitting into the CPD scheme linked to NVQ and Occupational standards. THere are set training periods.. there is a structured career structure... etc... Now that is a training scheme, and one I hope is emulated.. (I know.. I saw it in action) Others pretend they have training and the reality si more... shall we say... loose...
I hope that more people will go down the formal IFA methodology ... perhaps Contractors need encouragment...
Similar concepts abound for trating staff with dignity... don't offer an apple then come out with a month old Granny Smith!
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu