JSA cancelled? Help!!!

frank_begbie

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Now now ladies put your handbags away.

If you get given a print out of a job from a jobcentre adviser you HAVE to apply for it. No if's no buts you have to apply.

Its great to see JC staff doing their jobs for once, when I was signing on they didnt question my job seeking activities one bit.

Things have changed now mate. they could ask you to do anything and you can't say no.

Something very nasty is going to kick off in a Jobcentre one of these days.
You can only push people so far.

dmg24

frank_begbie wrote: »

Things have changed now mate. they could ask you to do anything and you can't say no.

Something very nasty is going to kick off in a Jobcentre one of these days.
You can only push people so far.

That is not true, they can ask you to do anything within your JS Agreement - the clue is in the name.

frank_begbie

Morgan_Ree wrote: »

I'll give that a 1/10.

It seems job hunting isn't the only thing you need to work on.

14 hours a day! What kind of life is that?

Work and eat then sleep.

That's no kind of life for anyone.

Becciboobah

£300 a week and 10 miles a day commute?!?! I do that on considerably less money a week full-time...with a 2 year old, paying ALL the rent, bills, council tax etc. My partner's been unemployed for 6 months now and would bite your arm off for a vacancy @ £300 a week. Makes a mockery of JSA and those who are applying for everything that comes up, spending all day job searching and still without success.

frank_begbie

Becciboobah wrote: »

£300 a week and 10 miles a day commute?!?! I do that on considerably less money a week full-time...with a 2 year old, paying ALL the rent, bills, council tax etc. My partner's been unemployed for 6 months now and would bite your arm off for a vacancy @ £300 a week. Makes a mockery of JSA and those who are applying for everything that comes up, spending all day job searching and still without success.

That was just a figure I plucked out of thin air to demonstrate my point.
Would you work for £5.85 an hour, less expenses?

And be worse off than you are now?

frank_begbie

dmg24 wrote: »

That is not true, they can ask you to do anything within your JS Agreement - the clue is in the name.

Job seeker agreement?......yeah right.


You only have a few weeks to look for something you want. After that they can make you take any job "they" think suitable.

sp1987

frank_begbie wrote: »

22,000 posts, you musn't be working.

You never know, she might be in a job where she is paid to wait, giving ample time to post on forums.

Overnight security for example. All night, waiting for something to happen....night after night when nothing happens, but having to be there in case it does.

A lot of support roles are based on people waiting for the proverbial to hit the fan, so the internet keeps them awake until it does.

Still how £300 ''isn't worth it'' compared to £65 I have no idea, especially considering top ups provided for childcare (here's hoping you haven't bred)/working tax credits.

*face desk*

frank_begbie

sp1987 wrote: »

You never know, she might be in a job where she is paid to wait, giving ample time to post on forums.

Overnight security for example. All night, waiting for something to happen....night after night when nothing happens, but having to be there in case it does.

A lot of support roles are based on people waiting for the proverbial to hit the fan, so the internet keeps them awake until it does.

Still how £300 ''isn't worth it'' compared to £65 I have no idea, especially considering top ups provided for childcare (here's hoping you haven't bred)/working tax credits.

*face desk*

Minimum wage actually, less stoppages and expenses.

Do you post without reading or what?

sp1987

frank_begbie wrote: »

That was just a figure I plucked out of thin air to demonstrate my point.
Would you work for £5.85 an hour, less expenses?

And be worse off than you are now?

As for would someone work for £5.85 an hour, of course.

The best job I've had (weirdly enough considering the pay/work times etc) was when I was still in school, 7.30am until (I think?) about 12 midday at a boarding kennels. I used to clear up kennels (EUGHHHH to be honest!) before mopping them/repapering, walk dogs (fun, until you got kennels with two or three dogs in together and you are being walked by them) and clean/wash out food bowls (a distinct improvement on the kennel clearing!!). Sometimes I was exposed to the dizzy heights of hosing out the walkway or stacking 6ft of newspapers. I'd get my things to do, then I could go. No ''oh but could you do this now'' like almost any other job where you aren't the boss. The fresh air and animal orientated work was really good. There aren't many jobs where you'll be left well alone to get on with it either.

It was so poorly paid, my dear lord. It started off I think about £13 for the whole time until I was really good (oh dear lord, lol) and I was promoted to £16.

Would I do it for minimum wage? Yep! Sadly they don't want to employ adults as they would have to pay minimum wage, rather than sweatshop wage. :rotfl:

dookar

frank_begbie wrote: »

Job seeker agreement?......yeah right.


You only have a few weeks to look for something you want. After that they can make you take any job "they" think suitable.

No. Any job that is suitable. If it is not, you merely need to demonstrate it is not.