The Scheme for Full Employment
# The Scheme for Full Employment

The Scheme for Full Employment is a novel by the English author Magnus Mills, published in 2003 by Flamingo.

## Plot introduction

The scheme referred to in the title involves the driving of "UniVans" from depot to depot picking up and unloading cargo - the cargo being replacement parts for UniVans. "Gloriously self-perpetuating, the scheme was designed to give an honest day’s wage for an honest day’s labour", "the envy of the world: the greatest undertaking ever conceived by man". The novel is a satire of labour relations and describes how the scheme is brought to the brink of disaster.

## Reception

According to aggregated reviews at Complete Review, the novel received mixed reviews with no consensus; the website concluded it was a "decent trifle".

