I'm unemployable :(

bestpud

Definitely a troll!

briona

bestpud wrote: »

Definitely a troll!

I don't know whether he's a troll or just seriously deluded.

Young people today (I'm only 31 but Jeez, how old do I sound?!) simply don't want to work for anything. In fact many believe they shouldn't have to! The problem is if you drop out of school and don't go on to Uni, then the only other option is to find a job. If there were no JSA for people his age, what would he do? If I were in Government that would be the FIRST thing I would cut! Leave the benefits for people who can't find a job not those who can't be arsed!

I could not even contemplate walking out of a job after 10 days! As a teenager I babysat for a few local families, earning anything from £5-£20per night. I also worked in a mushroom factory – hard, smelly work but you know what? There's nothing better to convince you to go find a job that you really like!

And after I graduated from Uni, I took the first job I could in my field to get me on the ladder. This was in Ireland and minimum wage wasn't introduced till after I'd left the job 6 months later. So there I was, a graduate, 22 years old earning – wait for it – £2.50ph.

I'm not sure why people would say "no one enjoys going to work" – I know lots of people who enjoy their jobs. I'm a graphic designer and I LOVE it. Ok, so I didn't like WHERE I worked (but then I had been there for over 5 years) but I can honestly say I love WHAT I do. A friend who's a prison psychologist loves her job – it's not easy but she certainly gets job satisfaction... My brothers are in engineering and IT, my sisters are in social care and retail... and you know what, they all enjoy their jobs!

Like I said earlier, contact the Prince's Trust. You sound like the perfect candidate, and if you use the link below, you'll see that they are affiliated with over 60 football and can arrange coaching, talks with players and work placements among other things – ideal for someone who just wants to play football all day!

http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/Main%20Site%20v2/14-30%20and%20need%20help/team%20up%20on%20a%20course.asp

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Have you contacted them yet?!

Amber_Sunshine

chippy_250 wrote: »

um ok so many questions.
what part of wales someone asked? swansea
has my mental health improved? well my anxiety is fine now but i do have some mild depression now and again.
i just dont see the point in doing 40 years of work doing something i hate, theres no such thing as a good job in my opinion. i dont know one person that enjoys going to work. i'd rather someone break my finger everyday and get paid for it that go and do a 8 hour shift, thats how much i hate it. full time is too many hours for me also, i think i'll just settle for part time for now, i could just manage that. my thinking is = if i cant be the best or do what i want, why bother at all?
i've i didnt have a girlfriend i could life off my £48 JSA a week easily becasue im used to not buying anything. i dont want to live for only the weekend, i want to actually live everyday doing what i enjoy. such as playign football, tennis and socializing.

I can kind of understand where you're coming from, about wanting to enjoy life -after all, you only get one chance! - but if you genuinely have anxiety (which could be true, folks, I had agoraphobia at 18), get some help NOW, and don't let it get worse. A life on JSA is no way to live. You need to come to terms with the fact that you have to make a living, otherwise you are going to spend 20 years or more being afraid and demoralised. Like me. Well, enough, I have decided, and I am trying to find a way of earning a living while enjoying what I do.

For now, just do SOMETHING, there are millions of people who do a job just to pay their way. Then think about what you really want to do - which you may not realise for years, you are only young - and work towards achieving it. If you like socialising, get a bar job. Into sports? Work in a gym. It may not be the perfect job, but it'll get you some money, add to your CV, and provide some aspects of the things you enjoy in your leisure time.

bestpud

Amber_Sunshine wrote: »

I can kind of understand where you're coming from, about wanting to enjoy life -after all, you only get one chance! - but if you genuinely have anxiety (which could be true, folks, I had agoraphobia at 18), get some help NOW, and don't let it get worse. A life on JSA is no way to live. You need to come to terms with the fact that you have to make a living, otherwise you are going to spend 20 years or more being afraid and demoralised. Like me. Well, enough, I have decided, and I am trying to find a way of earning a living while enjoying what I do.

For now, just do SOMETHING, there are millions of people who do a job just to pay their way. Then think about what you really want to do - which you may not realise for years, you are only young - and work towards achieving it. If you like socialising, get a bar job. Into sports? Work in a gym. It may not be the perfect job, but it'll get you some money, add to your CV, and provide some aspects of the things you enjoy in your leisure time.

Yes it could be correct, but then there are lots of us with mild depression (OPs words) and anxiety who manage to work.

I would never belittle the impact of depression or anxiety as I know how debilitating they can be. However, knowing that makes me more annoyed with people who 'use' these terms lightly!

lushlady

i will second what briona says

The Princes Trust run the 'Team programme' in Swansea - which would be ideal for you. It could really help with your confidence.

Contact head office in Cardiff 02920 437000 to find out more

And good luck with it all!

lush

Amber_Sunshine

Well, the OP could be faking, but if he is genuine, anxiety and depression affects us all differently. What I am trying to do is offer him some positive options so that he doesn't slide into a hole that he can't get out of.

robpw2

i agree about young people not wanting to work i had until recently a 17 year old housemate who seemed to think that he could refuse any job that paid less than £5.52 an hour or that was working with food or was working at weekends.
he could not get jsa so was contributing nothing

when i was 15 i took a job paying £2.50 and i loved the money

going2die_rich

chippy_250 wrote: »

2nd job , july 2007. this was in a well known supermarket. but they put me in the customer cafe as an assistant and it was the worst job ever, having to clean dishes, tabels and the cookers etc. so i quit that after about 10 days.

You are joking aren't you? You got a job and you quit because it was starting at the bottom? What the heck did you expect, a mangement role and a company car with 50 days holiday a year? Perhaps getting your own assistant?

It's people like you that make it so much harder to justify benefits for the unemployed. I personally hate the thought that my taxes are going towards one of lifes failure like you.

Plenty of people "clean dishes, tabels and the cookers etc". They do this to pull their own weight, not to sit on benefits like leeches like you.

You really need to sort yourself out and get a work ethic, your parents obviously failed to raise you properly. its a shame the benefits agency can't just cut your benefits off, that would get you back to work quick enough when you either work or starve.

going2die_rich

Amber_Sunshine wrote: »

Well, the OP could be faking, but if he is genuine, anxiety and depression affects us all differently. What I am trying to do is offer him some positive options so that he doesn't slide into a hole that he can't get out of.

Time to bring in conscription to the armed forces for those unemployed and on benefits for a total of more than a year in any given 3 year period. Plenty of landmines need clearing. That'll sort out peoples depression. Society is getting far to soft on these leeches so they just drag it out bleeding dry those working to get somewhere.

Oggyoi

going2die_rich wrote: »

Time to bring in conscription to the armed forces for those unemployed and on benefits for a total of more than a year in any given 3 year period. Plenty of landmines need clearing. That'll sort out peoples depression. Society is getting far to soft on these leeches so they just drag it out bleeding dry those working to get somewhere.

Conscription or National Service isn't the answer. Hard working servicemen don't want to be lumbered with lazy, self centred numpties.

However there is no reason why a form of community service couldn't be introduced, that way they can be paid their unemployment benefit. They could do 15 hours a week.
I think they'd soon jump at the chance of a job paying £5.52 an hour