We are all going to keep going round in circles with this topic.
I'll remind some people of the facts...
1. I have explained before - this company, is known for taking people on during there busy retail period, on a supposed trail. Then ditching them. Therefore, they have abused not only legally by national minimum wage law - but peoples labour, time and confidence.
2. Saying that you did an UNPAID trail is NOT a good idea, it is NOT something you would put on a CV. An employer (and this has happened to myself) will question why you didn't get taken on. It makes you look incompetent at best. You wouldn't list your unsuccessful interviews, so you would not list your unsuccessful unpaid trails either.
You will learn more doing the trial than sitting at home doing nothing.3. People who don't do unpaid trails for days on, don't typically lack a work ethic, they have ETHIC, and know when something reeks of exploitation.
Three days is exploitation? Really? The person who thinks a three day trial is exploitation is the one with the problem, not the people who see it as ok. I mean look at some of the responses on here; comparing a three day trial as being worse than prostitution. 4. I doubt I would have been able to perform well at my interview , having just done an unpaid shift, I was able to spend lots of time researching the company, and going over different questions - I would have been tired and not very confident after working so long for free. I wasn't watching Jeremy kyle -your generalising job seekers, I was researching and planning - and this is why I was successful at getting a PAID job.
Researching for a job doesn't take that long. Even for educated jobs for younger people (we aren't going to be high level management or anything) reading the annual report, its competitors, its products etc takes a few hours. Nothing that can't be done in an evening or two. And that is for jobs in accountancy for example-I doubt retail will be that fussy about you knowing huge amounts about their business.5. I also have a friend who works in law, and they believe the company is breaking minimum wage rules! and that 3 days unpaid trail is excessive and unfair on the people who take it up.
Great. Get your lawyer to sue them then. I mean if they are such evil people exploiting people rather than just saying "I have a lawyer friend" actually do something about it. Another lawyer on here agreed with what I was saying.The basic concept of law (your friend will know) is innocent until proven guilty. So ever prove them guilty or stop saying they are. 6. I had years of various retail experience. earn or learn you say. learning what? unpacking boxes, till work, stuff I'm very familiar with already. It takes an hour at best to know a till system - not 3 days.
Think up a witty comeback, get personal again if you like, but I'm done now.