"Work Six Weeks At No Pay" Topic

There is no guarantee that you'll be hired, but at least you'll get six weeks' training, which isn't going to be enough to convince a legitimate employer to hire you.

This gem is brought to you by those bastions of the business industry in the State of . . . Georgia.

Years ago they had a word for working with no wages, coincidentally, in that same state, but at least the food, clothing and shelter were provided.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

JW

Google "terminological inexactitude", to get the exact context of Churchill's phrase.

Right now I work for about 5 months with no pay.

"Right now I work for about 5 months with no pay."

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It would be 7 or 8 in Europe!

I live in Georgia. What are you talking about?

It'll be 7 or 8 here soon too if we don't watch out.

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It seems the "no pay" part includes remaining on unemployment during your stint, as well as a stipend for child care or transportation costs.

It would be 7 or 8 in Europe!

Where?

England for one.

Basic entry level work that requires an initial training period with reduced pay is common in many industries. Even Federal minimum wage laws are lowered for these training periods.

This particular program is not with an employer, but run but the state. It is essentially a free training program. In addition to drawing unemployment, plus the stipend they mention, the state gives out other non-monetary beanies. For example, if the bus system I work for runs from near your home to a new job or just an interview, they will give you up to 6 months worth of passes for free rides.

The seven or eight months comment is regarding a notion that if you work the financial year paying all your tax up front at what point is your money going into your pocket.

So unless you are in a parallel universe where your income tax is about 75% then 8 months is obvious nonsense.

Not so, it is not just your income tax but the total of all the taxes you pay during the year, this would include increased prices on good that are taxed. So if you are paying 20 quid for something, but 5 of that is VAT then you have that portion of your income going to taxes too. Now not all of this money is work for free. There are still some taxes that work in the way they are supposed to, in that you get something for what you pay.

In the US that amount would be about 35% of your taxes in most cases.

But if a company passes along it's taxes to you, which it almost always doesn you are paying for that as well in the form of higher prices on goods. You are paying tolls for roads, property taxes and other local taxes as well as your income tax.

In 2008 Britain's "Tax Free Day" was 2 June.