Bloody Useless Country

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Hey guys,

I'm currently claiming about £40 a week on Jobseekers Allowance here in the UK to help with paying for driving lessons in order to be able to get a decent job in say, Swansea.

I've been on for about 5 weeks, and guess who hasnt been paid a goddamned penny.

[nikimcbee]

What kind of job are you looking for?

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

What kind of job are you looking for?

All sorts, really. I'm looking at an American Football club in Swansea, that'd be perfect

[Jimbuna]

How about applying for a position as a Shepherd....lots of sheep in Wales they reckon



On a serious note.....good luck with the job search, I do appreciate how difficult it is for the present generation to obtain quality, gainful employment

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I do appreciate how difficult it is for the present generation to obtain quality, gainful employment

Tell me about it! There's tons of metal workshops here where I live and anywhere I ask they say "You need more experience". Well how the frick I'm gonna get it if everyone hires only 'experienced' workers!? Tossers! Dont come calling me when the "veterans" retire and you have nobody left except the 'unexperienced' workers.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Tell me about it! There's tons of metal workshops here where I live and anywhere I ask they say "You need more experience". Well how the frick I'm gonna get it if everyone hires only 'experienced' workers!? Tossers! Dont come calling me when the "veterans" retire and you have nobody left except the 'unexperienced' workers.

The same ole song.

To get a job you need experience
To get experience you need a job

You would think that someone would be willing to hire someone and give them the experience.

I guess employers are afraid that if they hire someone with no experience and give them experience, the now experienced worker will leave them for a better position.

Can't really blame them though.

Still it does stynk.

[STEED]

@KP

It will all be back dated to the day you registered with them. Keep the pressure on them, you got bills to pay.


I'm back baby..............

[AVGWarhawk]

gainful, meaningful employment is a good feeling. Good Luck in finding that perfect job. I would have to say what I do now is gainful employment.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by STEED

@KP

It will all be back dated to the day you registered with them. Keep the pressure on them, you got bills to pay.


I'm back baby..............

Yeah, if you're going through a "temp agency", you gotta stay on top of them. And if they find you a good job, make sure you dress nicely for it. That can go a long way.

[TDK1044]

They play American Football in Swansea?

[STEED]

@KP

Check out your nearest Citizens Advice Centre and have a chat with them and don't hold back with the info as you may find out you may be entitled to another benefit. Job centres will never tell you anything, any way the way this country is going your be better off out of work. The cost of living is getting out of hand, my food bill in Jan this year averaged £20-£25 a week now it's £38-£45 and the utility company's are bloody ganger's charging the earth. If Gordon (Pig) Brown thinks the average wage is good he should try and live off it.

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Yeah, if you're going through a "temp agency", you gotta stay on top of them. And if they find you a good job, make sure you dress nicely for it. That can go a long way.

Yup...and remember to smile!!

[Letum]

There was a time when people found temp. work to get enough money for something
they needed instead of leaching of the government and my taxes.

There is not a single place in the UK where you can't find someone willing to pay you
for something so not having a car is no excuse. Get a S***ty job to get the cash for a
decent job!

Benefits should be for necessities, driving lessons / new cars, etc.

It's a bit rich to criticize your country for not giving you cash you haven't earned.

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by Letum

There was a time when people found temp. work to get enough money for something
they needed instead of leaching of the government and my taxes.

There is not a single place in the UK where you can't find someone willing to pay you
for something so not having a car is no excuse. Get a S***ty job to get the cash for a
decent job!

Benefits should be for necessities, driving lessons / new cars, etc.

It's a bit rich to criticize your country for not giving you cash you haven't earned.

hehe, you make it sound like he's dick turpin or something.

As Kapitan is only 19, the experience of the jobcentre will be a valuable one on many levels.
The law says he's entitled to it, and so he is.
Whatever he gets out of the government whilst signing on is nothing compared to what he'll end up paying out in income tax and all of the other taxes we have here.
I can appreciate his desire to learn to drive... unless you live within sensible walking/cycling distance of work it's pretty much the only way.
I suppose he could always catch a bus... LMFAO :rotfl:

And I think the criticism is directed to the poor standard of efficiency commonly associated with most benefits departments. Lets face it; if he were really scraping the bottom he'd be stuffed after 5 weeks with nothing to live on. It doesn't matter who's tax goes to pay for it in the end, and it is nothing to decry simply because some people choose not to accept what is available to them by law.
Besides, he won't be able to stay on the dole indefinitely; he'll end up as slave labour to some government community scheme run by a third party contractor who gets a big fat government subsidy for each 'new deal candidate' to make sure he doesn't get a decent job. I know for a fact that this is how many of these companies operate and profit from their involvement with places like the jobcentre. It's these ****er's who are wasting everyone's taxes and everyone's time.

Originally Posted by mr chris

The Army is well undermaned and has many different jobs to offer .

I'm sure that's fine for some, but comes with the very real possibility of ending up dead, and all for a pitifully small salary as a n00b. You'd be better off financially to take what is offered in the way of state help for a short term, then get a decent job with better prospects than being a squaddie.
As I said before, he'll pay more in tax in the long-term than he ever will get in the way of state handouts.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by Letum

There was a time when people found temp. work to get enough money for something
they needed instead of leaching of the government and my taxes.

There is not a single place in the UK where you can't find someone willing to pay you
for something so not having a car is no excuse. Get a S***ty job to get the cash for a
decent job!

Benefits should be for necessities, driving lessons / new cars, etc.

It's a bit rich to criticize your country for not giving you cash you haven't earned.

First of all, back off. I paid into the system when I was working before moving here. Furthermore, this money IS being used for driving lessons. You think I want to live off of fricken Jobseekers Allowance the rest of my days?

And the army? Why not tell everyone who's struggling to find work to go signup, Letum?