Lost my JSA

catenorfolk

wishface wrote: »

So this guy deserves to be treated worse than a criminal then? He should starve to death in the gutter then?

!!!!!! there's worse crimes than quitting a job. Is the economy so important that people should make themselves miserable and unhappy in menial jobs then? {quote}

he isnt being treated like a criminal, people are just saying he shouldnt have quit his job in this current climate and that life is tough. If you wanna eat ya gotta work!! many people would love to give up their crappy jobs (me for one) but i gotta keep working to keep a roof over kids heads and food in their mouths. lifes a mare really sometimes!!

dugdale_2

As a "trainee" personal adviser at JCP the alarm bells would start to ring if you had had your JSA stopped and you hadn't applied for a hardship payment (about 80% of your JSA I believe).
My line of thinking being if you can survive without any JSA money at all you must be receiving money from elsewhere (possibly working).

Oldernotwiser

Naykon wrote: »

I'm sure Winston Churchill would have something to say about it, if only he was alive today

I'm sure Winston Churchill WOULD have something to say about someone who jacked his job in because he didn't like it and then expected to claim benefits. Unfortunately it wouldn't be printable on a public forum!

wishface

redstararnie76 wrote: »

Sadly, however, this is life at the moment, there are many people, graduates and non-graduates, working in jobs which they hate because they can't afford to give them up without having another job lined up.
And I'm afraid it is fairly risky, in this current climate with climbing unemployment, to give up a job without first checking out your position. Unfortunately this will be a lesson hard learnt.
Yes, of course there are worse crimes than quitting a job, but the truth is that being picky over jobs is something that only those who are financially well-cushioned can do.

So I'll ask again; what is the OP meant to do now? Suicide? Starvation? Lottery win?

It's very easy for the armchair critics to pass judgement as they do far too easily, but what is he meant to do? No second chances then? Tough luck, game over?

wishface

catenorfolk wrote: »

like the rest of us with commitments, ie., work and study the rest of the time!!

I'm asking about the present, not what he should have done. It's very easy to say what people should have done.

wishface

catenorfolk wrote: »

wishface wrote: »

So this guy deserves to be treated worse than a criminal then? He should starve to death in the gutter then?

!!!!!! there's worse crimes than quitting a job. Is the economy so important that people should make themselves miserable and unhappy in menial jobs then? {quote}

he isnt being treated like a criminal, people are just saying he shouldnt have quit his job in this current climate and that life is tough. If you wanna eat ya gotta work!! many people would love to give up their crappy jobs (me for one) but i gotta keep working to keep a roof over kids heads and food in their mouths. lifes a mare really sometimes!!

If he isn't entitled to any form of state support, as he now has (presumably) no income, then he is going to be treated worse than a criminal. Most prisons, as far as I'm aware, feed and house people. That's the mark of a civilised society. But woe betide someone who leaves a job.

wishface

dugdale wrote: »

As a "trainee" personal adviser at JCP the alarm bells would start to ring if you had had your JSA stopped and you hadn't applied for a hardship payment (about 80% of your JSA I believe).
My line of thinking being if you can survive without any JSA money at all you must be receiving money from elsewhere (possibly working).

Hardship payments are not automatically granted. IE, not everyone is entitled to them. Those who aren't, afaik, get nothing. I'm not aware of any safety net below that.

And as for Winston Churchill, if he were alive to day he'd be on incapacity benefit for mental illness and getting pilloried by the right wingers for being lazy.

hayley11

OP - how long have they said you've got to wait for? Are getting any other income from anywhere else?

I do think leaving a job without another one to go to was a bit reckless, just because you don't LOVE a job isn't a good enough reason to leave. I was in a job where my line manager absolutely hated me for no apparant reason, but I stuck it out.

catenorfolk

[QUOTE
If he isn't entitled to any form of state support, as he now has (presumably) no income, then he is going to be treated worse than a criminal. Most prisons, as far as I'm aware, feed and house people. That's the mark of a civilised society. But woe betide someone who leaves a job.[/QUOTE]

Even criminals 'did' something to get into prison!!!! lol

movingforward2010

ask for a JSA10( hardship) form, we always give money. JC will probably overturn it if you appeal too, its all just to make life difficult so everyone doesn't do it.

do it ASAP. truth is were so bloody busy we just gonna pay you