DWP needs you
Back to the good ol' PDRC. The five-week review didn't happen and I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to putting some pertinent questions forward such as: what bloody use is this resource? Maybe they can't count and it'll happen next week. I'm now quite enjoying it. I have now hooked-up with a couple of like minded people, and all we do is chew the fat while flicking through newspapers,
or chew the fat while drinking tea in the kitchen. It's become a hoot and the staff don't bother us as they don't seem to care. I think they realise there's no point in attempting to help apart from handing out newspapers. There was a great article in The Guardian (at the centre) about the new high levels of unemployment and how the job centres can't cope. The DWP has employed 600 additional staff to help manage this increase, but it needs 3000. This explains why one of my new chums had to attend a review meeting on a Saturday as there are clearly not enough staff. It is somewhat ironic that in these tough times, a growth area appears to be at the job centres, and I suppose redundancies occur when the economy is buoyant. Some wag at my table suggested laminating the article and sticking it on the wall alongside the out-of-date low grade jobs, and no, it wasn't me!
