It's A Job, But A Pretty Crap One.
One of our more or less regular carers- middle-aged, Bulgarian- has quit the agency to work for Tesco. And why not? The care job is a zero hours contract, lots of driving, no allowance for wear and tear on the worker's car. Our even more regular carer- also Bulgarian and middle-aged- has a client who's going away for a while- which means she loses the hours and the money- with no way of getting redress...