🔒🔥At the MDP Wethersfield asylum centre in Essex, the people meant to keep order say they’ve been tossed out like yesterday’s risk assessment. Security guards, suddenly dismissed or strong-armed into taking new contracts with lower pay and cleaning duties, describe a workplace straight out of a bureaucratic fever dream: no PPE, no backup, no respect—and apparently, no clue from the bosses about what “security” even means.
🧹 From Security Officers to Mop Commandos
Picture this: 20 officers guarding over 1,200 frustrated men in an underfunded site while dodging assaults, spit, and managerial indifference. And the big innovation from management? “Let’s make the guards clean toilets too—and pay them less!” Genius. 🧠💩
This isn’t just a story of bad HR—it’s the moral equivalent of giving firefighters paper hats and telling them to sweep up between infernos. Workers are being gaslit into silence while dealing with violence, TB risks, and conditions that would make Dickens weep.
When they complain, they’re told: “If you don’t like it, you know where the gate is.”
Charming. Nothing says “we value your safety” like an open exit and a shrug.
And somehow, this entire fiasco is unfolding under the comforting glow of official approval. More asylum seekers are being crammed into the camp while fewer and fewer people are being paid to keep them—and themselves—safe. What could possibly go wrong? 🍾
💥 Challenges💥
How did we get to a point where those protecting others are treated like disposable janitors? Should security guards have to protest just to be heard about basic safety? Drop your fury, your wit, your disbelief—whatever you’ve got—into the comments below. 💬⚡
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The sharpest takes and wildest burns will be featured in the next issue of the magazine. 🧨📝
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