This is an interesting pilot. Take a young attractive uneducated white couple with two adorable children who for the past 3 years live off welfare; and some big-breasted lady with an British accent (which I suspect to be fake) will come to whip them in shape and help them land jobs within a few days. WHAT A LOAD OF COW DUNG! Seriously this is a big load of horse manure. Why is this show a stinking compost heap? Well it's not realistic! Here is why:
1: After 3 years of unemployment the couple lands jobs after only 1 day of looking!
2: The couple only looked for work in their hometown.
3: The couple only used one technique for job searching and was successful.
4: Child care issues where not addressed once both parents acquired work.
5: The "fairy jobmother" didn't explain how to KEEP A JOB once you start.
If all anyone has to do to get a job is go to the hair dresser, then go to the local job placement center and get a resume drafted, then hand it out to all of the business downtown, everyone who honestly wanted to work would be employed. (long sentence I know but follow my thought) That is all this couple did.
new hairsyle for her - check
job placement center - check.
pound pavement downtown - check.
follow -up the same day with telephone calls and get an interview - check
land a job - check.
start tomorrow!
THE REAL WORLD DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! Millions of American teenagers pounded the pavement all summer in their downtowns in cities & townships and many didn't get a job.
Most people who look for jobs pound the pavement, search the Internet, scavenge the newspaper, register at employment agencies, and make numerous telephone calls, and go on several interviews, only to be unemployed a the end of the day. And this can last for months, sometimes years!
Also once both parents are working how will they afford child care? Will this be a barrier to keeping employment? Will the cost of child care be so high it actually makes financial sense to stay on welfare and stay home to raise your children? How will you handle working when the child is sick? Losing a job is not always because of poor preformance or a bad attitude. Needing to take care of ones children can result in someone leaving a job. Not addressing this issue is just bad form on the part of the producers of this show.
This long triade can be summerized by saying the Fairy Jobmother over-simplifies the job hunting processs. And that is why it should be veggie garden fertilizer. That being said will I continue to watch? Of course, it's entertaining!
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