tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post1151843449195070729..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: Cait Reilly 1 IDS 0glynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-63573051204677254402013-02-21T11:21:14.137+00:002013-02-21T11:21:14.137+00:00I spent three years in retail, three years of bein...I spent three years in retail, three years of being treated like dirt by people who genuinely believed that shop workers are merely one rung above the amoeba. As you can imagine, I'm rather sensitive to job snobbery.<br /><br />And I honestly couldn't make up my mind whether to laugh or cry in response to those calling Cait Reilly a job snob. She didn't turn down an offer of paid work. She didn't turn down new experience. She didn't turn down a placement having made no arrangements of her own. And, to top it all off, I believe she is now working part-time in a supermarket. So much for her swanning into the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.graduate-jobs.com/">graduate jobs</a> market and demanding nothing but the best.<br /><br />Of course, there are those that are saying Workfare obviously helped if she's now working in retail, but I'm simply not buying that. I might have done if it wasn't for the fact that she didn't already have retail experience, but she did. <br /><br />I must say that I'm pleasantly surprised by this ruling. Whether or not it truly is a crippling blow to Workfare, I don't know. I have an uncomfortable feeling that a few minor points will be altered and things will carry on much as they have done. But it's possible that Cait Reilly might just have given others the courage to resist.Nicnoreply@blogger.com