tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207826053272456898.post8571648875041723207..comments2017-10-14T05:22:53.120+01:00Comments on Concerned 4 democracy: BigStuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694664214043196044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207826053272456898.post-19094335042073412932012-01-24T15:02:50.518+00:002012-01-24T15:02:50.518+00:00Unfortunately, the negative response to Cait Reill...Unfortunately, the negative response to Cait Reilly was always going to happen. But nothing about her makes me think that she's just a scrounger with a sense of entitlement, as she is accused of being. She isn't turning up her nose at a job at Poundland, she isn't taking the stance that it's <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.graduate-jobs.com/">graduate jobs</a> or nothing at all. You can tell that she genuinely wants to work.<br /><br />That's where I have a problem with how she's being treated. She has a dream job, there's nothing wrong in that, and she had a placement that was relevant to that dream job. <br /><br />She didn't turn down a placement when she had made no arrangements of her own. She didn't turn down paid work. She didn't turn down a placement that would have led to paid work. She didn't turn down the chance of gaining any new experience, as she already had retail experience. In essence, she stood to gain nothing from this placement. <br /><br />And I don't think it's too much for graduates to ask for if they expect to gain something useful from a placement. I don't think that suing is going to solve anything, sadly I think it's only going to harm her in the long run. But I have a lot of sympathy with her.Nicnoreply@blogger.com