Public Sector Strikes

STEED · 11-12-11, 05:09 PM

Smash the corrupt state.

papa_smurf · 11-12-11, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Smash the corrupt state.

Ooohhh.....you proper anarchist

jumpy · 11-12-11, 06:15 PM

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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

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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.

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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.

STEED · 11-12-11, 06:24 PM

Good news is...

You can use there PC's to do job hunting.

Free paper and envelopes.

Free postage.

Free water.

Read all the newspapers.

And in my case miles away which will cost me two buses and no money back, apart from the monthly meeting.

The only good thing I can say they are nice unlike the faceless wonders in the JC.

I have done all that must be done to get back to work but clearly my age has gone against me, and how do I know that?

The odd phone call, good CV just one quick question how old are you?

No such thing as age discrimination my rump.

jumpy · 11-12-11, 06:38 PM

hmm, so basically I'll have to travel to do exactly what I do at home every day? Add to that the minor saving of free postage, paper and envelopes - I know I'm unemployed, but I can still afford to send letters and get cheap photocopies! And 9/10 jobs are apply via email.
If that's the limit of their assistance for what the government will be paying them I'm not sure I think much to that. Doesn't seem like they're pushing the boat out much.

Yer, there's discrimination of all sorts out there

Jimbuna · 11-12-11, 06:46 PM

My sincerest best wishes to you both in your continual efforts

STEED · 11-12-11, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

My sincerest best wishes to you both in your continual efforts

Thank jim.

I get fed up being lumped in with the lazy sods who choose not to work. I'm not one of them, I've rather be working than this stagnation.

STEED · 11-12-11, 06:49 PM

Problem is jumpy, Cameron and Co have no idea what is going on. I think no government minister visits these places, they go by look what we created all these places to help the unemployed back to work.

We are giving them lots of help!

Minimum resources and not forgetting while your with these people your no longer on the unemployed figures.

Just like you jumpy I do it all from home.

11-12-11, 05:09 PM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Smash the corrupt state. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-12-11, 06:24 PM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Good news is... You can use there PC's to do job hunting. Free paper and envelopes. Free postage. Free water. Read all the newspapers. And in my case miles away which will cost me two buses and no money back, apart from the monthly meeting. The only good thing I can say they are nice unlike the faceless wonders in the JC. I have done all that must be done to get back to work but clearly my age has gone against me, and how do I know that? The odd phone call, good CV just one quick question how old are you? No such thing as age discrimination my rump. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-12-11, 06:38 PM	#5
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	hmm, so basically I'll have to travel to do exactly what I do at home every day? Add to that the minor saving of free postage, paper and envelopes - I know I'm unemployed, but I can still afford to send letters and get cheap photocopies! And 9/10 jobs are apply via email. If that's the limit of their assistance for what the government will be paying them I'm not sure I think much to that. Doesn't seem like they're pushing the boat out much. Yer, there's discrimination of all sorts out there __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	My sincerest best wishes to you both in your continual efforts __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-12-11, 06:49 PM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Problem is jumpy, Cameron and Co have no idea what is going on. I think no government minister visits these places, they go by look what we created all these places to help the unemployed back to work. We are giving them lots of help! Minimum resources and not forgetting while your with these people your no longer on the unemployed figures. Just like you jumpy I do it all from home. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!