On JSA, job interview in the morning - don't want the position

orangeslimes

I think it is perfectly understandable not to want to commute 2 hours a day...I don't think I could really cope with a 4 hour commute a day ever. There are other things to life except work work work.
I suppose you should go to the interview and see what happens...and keep looking for jobs closer by.

xxamypxx

HurdyGurdy wrote: »

Actually, when my children were younger, I travelled two hours EACH WAY. Drove to the local station, 7.05am train into London mainline station, underground to nearest station to work and then a 10 minute walk to the office. I did that right up until my eighth month when pregnant with my third child.

I guess it depends how much you want to stand on your own two feet and how much you want to be supported by benefits.

I think it actually depends on how much you value time with your children over a job that doesn't satisfy you. Perhaps your job was the sort of job you enjoyed - but how much time did you end up spending with your children? Not worth it all in my view.

fablad75

LOL - I would have thought it would be SUPER easy to make sure you attend an interview and not get the job!

PS I travel about an hour each way every day and have just paid £1032 to renew my annual travelcard. Wish I was able to choose!

Linglie

I was specifically told when I first signed on 10 days ago that I would be expected to travel up to 60 mins from home to work.. This is in writing on the JSAg I signed and I was told this was standard.

If you have signed with the expectation of two hours travelling time I don't see where the problem lies in being expected to travel for two hours. If you disagree with that time scale make an appointment with an adviser at Job Centre Plus to discuss it further and explain EVERYTHING. Best of luck, but don't rely on that time scale being changed.

LOL - I would have thought it would be SUPER easy to make sure you attend an interview and not get the job!

Employers sometimes call Job Centre Plus and JCP the employer so if you intentionally mess up the interview and it gets back to JCP, it may affect benefits.

glossyhair

I have learned from bitter experience never, ever to agree to apply for or even express an interest in any job through the jobcentre. My adviser printed off what looked like a suitable role for me but when I got home and read the full description on the website, I discovered that I did not have the essential qualifications so I did not apply for it. A month or so later, I was presented with a list of all the jobs the adviser had printed for me and told to identify the ones I had applied for etc. Three weeks later, I got a stroppy letter saying I was under investigation for not applying for this particular role and it was really stressful to sort it all out.

So now, I only tell them the very bare minimum. I always hum and ah when going through the jobs on screen and if there is something that could be a possibility, I ask for the reference number, write it down myself and say I will go and check it /print it off on one of the machines myself as they are SO busy. I make sure that I check out everything really well before making any application that could lead to an interview, including excessive/complicated travel.

I have previously had jobs with nightmare journeys, including one which involved driving my car to the station, two trains, two buses and a long walk . . . each way! I was usually late and so stressed and angry that I was no use to man nor beast when I eventually arrived. Personally speaking, and I accept this is different for everybody, I am not willing to put myself through that and find myself unwell as a consequence.

With regard to your interview, I would simply be honest with the prospective employer and say that the travelling may well cause problems. I think it is fairly safe to overstate it, within reasonable levels, if you want to. As a previous poster said, an employer is likely to choose a candidate who can get there easily rather than one who may be constantly late, delayed, stressed or needing to leave early.

Good luck x

neil9313

tonypop wrote: »

This kind of thread shows how comfortable people can be on benefits, I have to travel and hour to and from work,and spend quite a bit of money on the buses.However the satisfaction that I have a job and still earn more than £64.30 a week is enough for me to get up in the morning.

How much do you earn then?