Ingeus

[boomboomboom]

i am getting a phone call appointment this week as my adviser is off not well and has been for weeks can anyone give me info on what they will ask u?

[ismael urzaiz]

i am getting a phone call appointment this week as my adviser is off not well and has been for weeks can anyone give me info on what they will ask u?

 

 

 

are you still on the dole ?

are you still applying for jobs?

let us know if you start work ?

 

yes.yes.ok it'll take 2 minutes, i've posted before on this thread about it..basically they can tick a box to say you've been interviewed

[Charlotte_Henderson]

are you still on the dole ?

are you still applying for jobs?

let us know if you start work ?

 

yes.yes.ok it'll take 2 minutes, i've posted before on this thread about it..basically they can tick a box to say you've been interviewed

 

Its the same questions over the phone as it is, when you go into the office

[Charlotte_Henderson]

u a fan of ingeus?

 

No such thing!

[essexmat]

Place is an utter joke to be honest, had 3 weeks of it so far and already fed up with the attitude there

[essexmat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5b9BiCmkKc

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVrgx_u3PnM

[boomboomboom]

got a text from ingeus from a mobile number saying "are you interested in attending and employment fair in glasgow next week? ingeus have organised an event with 50 employers and over 300 vacancies. if you would like more information reply to this message with your name and someone will call you.thanks"

 

do i have to go or is it fine to say no? as i prefer something closer to home not wanting to travel far everyday back and forward.

plus this wasnt a text from my adviser as shes off sick this was another adviser can they take numbers from other and advisers and text them even though my actual adviser is off?

 

hope to get answers soon thanks

[Mr.P]

got a text from ingeus from a mobile number saying "are you interested in attending and employment fair in glasgow next week? ingeus have organised an event with 50 employers and over 300 vacancies. if you would like more information reply to this message with your name and someone will call you.thanks"

 

do i have to go or is it fine to say no? as i prefer something closer to home not wanting to travel far everyday back and forward.

plus this wasnt a text from my adviser as shes off sick this was another adviser can they take numbers from other and advisers and text them even though my actual adviser is off?

 

hope to get answers soon thanks

 

Glasgow’s largest jobs fair takes place on Wednesday 26 March, from 10.30am to 4.00pm, at The Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

- Pulled from a simple web search.... Standard spherical objects that "Ingeus" organised the event....

As for the txt message, it is only an invite, not a Mandatory Activity Notice - You are under no obligation to attend.

[essexmat]

""are you interested in attending and employment fair in glasgow next week?"

 

Interested being the KEY word here - in other words you are not mandated to go, it is voluntary. If you do not want to go, don't

[boomboomboom]

""are you interested in attending and employment fair in glasgow next week?"

 

Interested being the KEY word here - in other words you are not mandated to go, it is voluntary. If you do not want to go, don't

 

yeh didnt think u had to go but was just double checking

 

u ever been to one of these fairs or sayed no to them?

[boomboomboom]

my friend just been sent a text also told him what u told me

 

see if i was to get a sanction for not going even though Mandatory Activity Notice was not giving and was only a text saying if i was interested would i easily get my sanction overturned?

just wanting to know this

[essexmat]

They have NO RIGHT to even think about a sanction, the proof is the text message with the key word INTERESTED

 

Have I been? No, and I wouldn't go, it is a waste of time and for part time/casusal work where you are WOSRE OFF if you take a job. P.S There are NO JOBS at these 'fairs' anyway!

[antone]

Unless they send you a MAN insisting that you go to this event, you can't be sanctioned. Should they try (by sending a WP08 to JCP), explain politely to the JCP staff that as no MAN was issued, attendance should be voluntary.

[boomboomboom]

They have NO RIGHT to even think about a sanction, the proof is the text message with the key word INTERESTED

 

Have I been? No, and I wouldn't go, it is a waste of time and for part time/casusal work where you are WOSRE OFF if you take a job. P.S There are NO JOBS at these 'fairs' anyway!

 

yeh a foned up and sayed i wasnt interested a prefer closer to home and they try to say its a good chance for a job and then sayed the job may not even be for a couple of months etc i was thinking but why have a fair if jobs wont be for a few months would u not be better off actually putting jobs there on the fair day for people.

 

for me up and down probz take me 2 hours maybe more and all just for a fair be a waste if there isnt any jobs.

 

yeh a will make sure i keep the text as proof if they try anything.

 

yeh most jobs these work programmes etc push u in to work but your going to be worse off and less money but they dont care even tho u struggle as it is with the money u get at the moment.

 

they need to clarify rules these days with there claimants and with job centre so u know the rules and u get given all info on what happens if u dont do this or that.

[boomboomboom]

Unless they send you a MAN insisting that you go to this event, you can't be sanctioned. Should they try (by sending a WP08 to JCP), explain politely to the JCP staff that as no MAN was issued, attendance should be voluntary.

 

thanks i will make sure i tell this and will prove the text message also if they do try anything.

i have no problems with ingeus when they do right things but when they be sly and try anything to get your money stop then that what ****es me right off with them.

[essexmat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBb5wsEkSg

[jasta11]

they need to clarify rules these days with there claimants and with job centre so u know the rules and u get given all info on what happens if u dont do this or that.

 

Yes, they should - but the fact is they don't want us to know the rules. They only get away with so much because a lot of claimants simply don't know the rules and so believe everything the JC and WP tell them or threaten them with. Like many here, I've been lied to by both WP and JC advisors but thanks to sites like this I'm now far more aware and can report the hell out of anyone who does it.

 

It really is vital to know the rules of the game or else you're going to get played.

 

Regarding Jobs Fairs, they most definitely are a waste of time - no concrete vacancies ever on offer, merely companies collecting CV's for God knows what purpose.

[boomboomboom]

Yes, they should - but the fact is they don't want us to know the rules. They only get away with so much because a lot of claimants simply don't know the rules and so believe everything the JC and WP tell them or threaten them with. Like many here, I've been lied to by both WP and JC advisors but thanks to sites like this I'm now far more aware and can report the hell out of anyone who does it.

 

It really is vital to know the rules of the game or else you're going to get played.

 

Regarding Jobs Fairs, they most definitely are a waste of time - no concrete vacancies ever on offer, merely companies collecting CV's for God knows what purpose.

 

yeh i agree its like take us on for 2 year and then dont let us know the rules well to be honest they should have like a booklet u keep to show what happens if u dont do this etc etc because we dont know what we do wrong as we dont know the rules so if they know the rules then so should the claiments simple as that.

yeh been asked before to one sayed no as they say u get jobs but yet people walk out after saying nothing at all just gave them cvs and dunno whats different between that and sending them a copy of your cv in the post.

 

i guess your with ingeus at the moment?

[boomboomboom]

see even though you get telephone calls from ingeus are u still suppose to get text message alert about your appointment?

 

i had one the day but no text message i didnt get my call to 11 when appointment was 10 phoned up after 10 sayed i will call u back straight away but wasnt to i called them back that during the call i got a text saying missed call but was 11.03 when i was on the phone that time but my phone has been on all morning but yet supposedly i wasnt as why would i get a missed call from ingeus not my falut surely? its my network provider?

 

anyone had one of these telephone calls from ingeus but missed a call or u didn't receive the call and u foned them back?

 

hope to hear back

[Charlotte_Henderson]

got a text from ingeus from a mobile number saying "are you interested in attending and employment fair in glasgow next week? ingeus have organised an event with 50 employers and over 300 vacancies. if you would like more information reply to this message with your name and someone will call you.thanks"

 

do i have to go or is it fine to say no? as i prefer something closer to home not wanting to travel far everyday back and forward.

plus this wasnt a text from my adviser as shes off sick this was another adviser can they take numbers from other and advisers and text them even though my actual adviser is off?

 

 

If your advisor is off sick/holiday then someone has to do his/her job while they are off work....I mean lets face it, ingeus aren't going to leave you alone just cos your advisor is off sick now are they?

While you are at Ingeus any of the advisors can ring/text you.

 

Ingeus have no mobile number and email address, but as far as they are concerned i don't have a mobile lol

[Charlotte_Henderson]

Place is an utter joke to be honest, had 3 weeks of it so far and already fed up with the attitude there

 

I find the whole place depressing to be honest with you.

[jasta11]

yeh i agree its like take us on for 2 year and then dont let us know the rules well to be honest they should have like a booklet u keep to show what happens if u dont do this etc etc because we dont know what we do wrong as we dont know the rules so if they know the rules then so should the claiments simple as that.

yeh been asked before to one sayed no as they say u get jobs but yet people walk out after saying nothing at all just gave them cvs and dunno whats different between that and sending them a copy of your cv in the post.

 

i guess your with ingeus at the moment?

 

I was with them but finished my 2 years of crap last June. They hardly ever asked me in - thankfully - and on my last day I gave the advisor a piece of my mind and told them never to contact me again. I also sent in a lovely detailed complaint letter - 4 pages long - to the heads of the work programme down in Sheffield. There was one phone call a few weeks after from a different branch of Ingeus to 'see how I was doing and how can we help' and they got told the same thing too - never bother me again.

 

...they haven't ! Good riddance.

[boomboomboom]

I was with them but finished my 2 years of crap last June. They hardly ever asked me in - thankfully - and on my last day I gave the advisor a piece of my mind and told them never to contact me again. I also sent in a lovely detailed complaint letter - 4 pages long - to the heads of the work programme down in Sheffield. There was one phone call a few weeks after from a different branch of Ingeus to 'see how I was doing and how can we help' and they got told the same thing too - never bother me again.

 

...they haven't ! Good riddance.

 

why they call u anyway if u have finished your 2 year course u would think if u had finished they would leave u alone cause u have nothing to do with u or they have anything to do with u.

 

i got a telephone call today as my adviser is off sick and appointment was 10 and never got anything so i phoned up 15 mins later to say when i was getting this call and for the person to phone me back as my mobile credit was running out she sayed i will call u straight back and got to 10.55 i called and sayed a have been waiting on a call from 10 and this women was nice and sayed al take this and asked me stuff like what jobs a have applied for and have i been sending cvs/specs out sayed yes and during the call got a text from ingeus but was a o2 alert to say i had missed a call at 11.03 but i was still on the phone and she had to phone while i was on the phone

[essexmat]

Just back from my appointment - painless and trouble free - my adviser doesn't even ask to see proof of my applications. Quick discussion and "see you in 2 weeks" Happy with that if it continues. They have obviously realised I do not need additional support and capable of doing stuff myself like CVs, CLs and applications and that I have 24/7 (if needed) IT at home plus a smart phone for calls and emails. So, basically, my time at INGEUS is fruitless and pointless if I am being honest.

[Charlotte_Henderson]

Just back from my appointment - painless and trouble free - my adviser doesn't even ask to see proof of my applications. my time at INGEUS is fruitless and pointless if I am being honest.

 

Its the same when i go to see mine, he NEVER asks to proof what ive applied for, doesn't even ask how many ive applied for.

 

as for it being pointless and fruitless its the same for everyone, i total waste of government money if you ask me!