My 16 year old son has been applying for part time jobs whilst at school to try and get him extra money to use for driving lessons.
Has been successful with an application and interview with Sports Direct. As he is 16 years old currently , his pay rate will be £3.72 per hour.
On his first pay packet he will have £7 deducted from his wages to cover the cost of his uniform and within a further 2 weeks (I think) , he must buy a pair of trainers from the shop and wear these whilst working.
It is a zero hours contract.
Back in my Safeway days, we employed a lot of schoolies - the shift pattern suited them and us. They were worked hard but even 10 years ago, I don't think the pay rate was this low. And they had a contract, and set shifts with the option to do more if they wanted. And supplied with a uniform and all the training and eqpt required to do the job.
One part of me thinks that it will be a good start for him, learn a bit of hard work and gain from it and hopefully he will get a job elsewhere in the future. Another part just feels blinkin mad that employers nowadays can offer so little because there will always be someone to take the position. He worked out that he will need to work just over five hours for every hour of driving lesson he wants to take!
Thoughts?
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