[jumpy]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Sounds more like an opportunity than anything. Any chance of starting up one of these companies? Could be quite lucrative with 2.5million "clients" to help.

It's catch 22 though ain't it... you gotta be in it to win it as they say

Originally Posted by STEED

I'm already in that boat jumpy, word of warning follow all the rules. I was told by these people if I fail to complete there tasks all money is stopped for ever!

Any how they had me logging on to there site watching videos on how to..well you know. Have to apply to 20 jobs a week send them all the details and correspondence along with my monthly meeting where tasks are set for me to do. One of them was to send out letters offering my services for a few hours a week which is find by me but not one as yet has contacted me.

I just hope I bloody get a job next year as after that forced slave labour is what will be next.


BTW: Agency's are a bloody con! All they want is your CV for there database so they can pick up there EU pay check!

I've noticed more and more agency's are coming about.

40's is the new 50's

Great, it's as bad as I was already anticipating, micky mouse bs with no clear objective.
What do these people think I do with all my spare time?! I tell you, the last two years of my life would have been immeasurably more productive and stable, benefiting my long term goals and my current health (both physical and psychological) had I been gainfully employed in a proper job as opposed to temping for little or no prospects. It would have made so many things just that little bit more bearable, not least the breakup of my long term relationship and subsequent emotional dissolution; it would have been something to focus on and cling to a little stability.

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Coming from and still living in an area with a long history of social depravation I hope you'll trust me when I say 'I can imagine how you must be feeling'

My main concern is the fact there doesn't seem to be an answer or at least someone coming up with a solution they are willing to try

Cheers jim. Sadly no solution will be complete without proper employers offering proper, salaried, full time jobs to people. But they are all waiting on the government, who are waiting on the banks, who are waiting on all the debt. And so on. It would seem that our own cleverness has trapped us in a cycle of, as near as it makes any real difference, depression.

I just want to go back to doing the job I enjoyed and was good at. That's not too much to ask.

boo-hiss.