@Recycling,

It looks definitely that it's going to be the Maximus or A4E gravy train.

What Tesco are doing is deeply exploitative.

   they are advertizing for team members now on the tesco main depo site application on line to them before 1 april

   I worked at tescos main depo in southampton through tesco own agency we had 80 per cent polish for min wage 6.19. sat 770 sun 8 but they used to make every body do over time when hey regested which was neary every week they would say we need you because full time were off they would make people whow didnt know work every day plus over time i tried to get afull time job with them so did a lot other english who were top pickers but they declined i have seen new fulltime people work there how left they changed the pay rate to 870 per hour which the old full were on 960 hour and the new ones had to 100 per cent pick rate every hour which rhe old ones only had to get 85 per cent

   Think most of the jobs went last year when they held open days...People who expressed interest then would be contacted when training ect starts.

   When will the jobs be advertised

   Small Tesco's are Express..then come Supermarket size ..ie Henley

24hr one's are Extra's ...as the name suggests they have extra range of stock choices.....

   As both West Reading /portman rd store and Kings meadow are listed as Reading Extra I don't think there's a larger one in Reading...

   @ A.XYZ,

There wasn't a moment of clarity with Strange Man's verbiage. I was unable to understand what he meant by "i work for tesco from 2004 on wards at both reading extras", but I have managed to decipher it as 'I work for tesco from 2004 onwards at both reading extras".

What I wish to know is whether he still works at Tesco, or whether he has finished his employ. If it were Tesco Extra, he wouldn't be able to see what happens in the larger stores, and the placements by the Work Programme.

   THOMAS CASAGRANDA

@bruce wayne, i work nights so 04:45 is a normal time of day for me @THOMAS CASAGRANDA with out giving away my identity i work for tesco from 2004 on wards at both reading extras

I read his reply to mean he still works for them..

   @Strange Man,

So you haven't worked for them in 2012 or 2013, then ?

   @Amethyst,

Your second paragraph states "I can see that you are trying to discredit them further".

To "discredit" means "to harm the good reputation of", or "to refuse to believe". It stems from the Latin "credere" to "believe, or to trust".

Now: bearing in mind Emma Harrison, the Tsarina of A4E, has made millions from A4E, and has manipulated the figures on how many have been placed in A4E, then it would cause me to think that Emma Harrison, herself, has "discredited' her own company.

The figures for Maximus, the other work programme provider, and how many they have helped into work, show that only 2% have found long-term employment in Britain.

I, ergo, haven't "discredited' the work programme, as they have done a fine job on their own of doing so.

I would add that Sue Ryder "Charity shops" , and not the care homes, were the businesses that were using the back to work schemes. Boycotting the workfare, in this instance, was the right step to take, as the care homes were not, in any way, shape, or form, affected.

I would also add that Iain Duncan Smith has also discredited the work programme, and he has done so by throwing his toys out of the pram after Cait Reilly's victory this month. Such ill-tempered behaviour highlight a man who knows his days to be numbered.

   @THOMAS CASAGRANDA: I know that A4e have a bad reputation, I have already researched them. But I have no choice, I have to be on the work program, so I do not consider that there is much point dwelling on their past mistakes or what I have already signed up for. So far they have treated me well and they have been more use than the jobcentre were.

I can see that you are trying to discredit them further and Im sure people like you are having some success as I just read that Sue Ryder has now dropped out of back-to-work schemes due to online lobbying, so well done.

   My apologies, Alf, for missing the word have between 'Tesco' and '85'. I should have proof read before submitting!!

   @bruce wayne, i work nights so 04:45 is a normal time of day for me @THOMAS CASAGRANDA with out giving away my identity i work for tesco from 2004 on wards at both reading extras

   @Alf,

85 happens after Maximus / A4E and Tesco have mutually engaged in Ugandan discussions with the Work Programme people like Amethyst.

BTW: Ugandan Discussions, or Ugandan affairs is a Private Eye term, and, possibly, not in the Urban Dictionary.

@Amethyst: I really think you should consider how much the Work Programme will benefit from you, as part of a mark-up. I'd consider, closely, and re-read what you have signed with A4E. A4E have been known, just google them, to have made horrendous blunders, and to have corralled people into working for nothing. Again, I ask you to check out www.boycottworkfare.org. I'm not discouraging you, as your intentions are thoroughly commendable, Amethyst, but, for your own sake, take the time to consider what you are letting your self in for with the Work Programme. Please read Shiv Malik in The Guardian, Amethyst, and please also research Emma Harrison, the former head of A4E, and draw your conclusions from these points of reference and research.