Low paid employment

[Deleted User]

I'm now starting to see why the benefits system needs to change and the benefits there are to Universal Credit!

FBaby

karltin wrote: »

I am just being polite and you do need good luck. Good luck in your decision making instead of complaining that you do not spend enough time with your family due to your work commitments and criticising other for wanting to spend more time with their family.

If it meant that much to you and affected you so much you would change it. You might regret it when it too late and they have all grown up.

Like I said, good luck

Where did I complain about not spending enough time with my children. I said I was seeing then a few hours a day, but didn't complain about it. We make the best of it, quality over quantity. Yes, in an ideal world, I would love to spend more time with them, but I much much much rather teach them the value of hard work and self-reliance. That's why I am not worried about regrets.

Very soon our mortgage will be all paid up, so I will be able to lower my hours and spend more time with them, but I won't need to rely on others to do so and don't need your good wishes, it will happen regardless!

karltin

"Yeah get better educated"

Says the guy who is unable to use the simple facilities of this website correctly.

For your information, I have had a full time working life of 23 out of 24 years which equates to 95.8% of my working life in full time employment so do not lecture me about a life on benefits. I was made redundant not dismissed. As for my education I am very proud of it and to suggest I get "better educated" only leads to to believe your education is lacking to come to such wild unfounded assumptions.

I can only hope your child does not take after his father with his wild assumptions abusive outbursts.

karltin

FBaby wrote: »

Where did I complain about not spending enough time with my children. I said I was seeing then a few hours a day, but didn't complain about it. We make the best of it, quality over quantity. Yes, in an ideal world, I would love to spend more time with them, but I much much much rather teach them the value of hard work and self-reliance. That's why I am not worried about regrets.

Very soon our mortgage will be all paid up, so I will be able to lower my hours and spend more time with them, but I won't need to rely on others to do so and don't need your good wishes, it will happen regardless!

Good luck with that

FBaby

Well, at least you have a sense of humour, that might get you through your fight with the job centre when you explain to them why you've decided not to show up for the second interview

Orville

karltin wrote: »

"Yeah get better educated"

Says the guy who is unable to use the simple facilities of this website correctly.

For your information, I have had a full time working life of 23 out of 24 years which equates to 95.8% of my working life in full time employment so do not lecture me about a life on benefits. I was made redundant not dismissed. As for my education I am very proud of it and to suggest I get "better educated" only leads to to believe your education is lacking to come to such wild unfounded assumptions.

I can only hope your child does not take after his father with his wild assumptions abusive outbursts.

I can fully use this website thanks..lol, jut watching something while talking to you.

As for the better educated bit, i stand by that comment as it's obvious you still haven't learnt that a life off the dole rather then on it is a better life.

No matter what you are earning. If money is the stumbling block, go do something to improve your chances of getting a higher paid job, or have you gotten so used to sitting on your rear, you now think the world owes you something?. As for the working 95.8% of your life who cares?. That has no bearing on the here and now.

My outburst was not abusive. As said above you seem content to not take a job at £275-£300 a week unless you get more out of it. If you want more then do something about it.

You seem content to let your wife give a false impression of being a pillar of the community by doing voluntry work when quite clearly she could be and should be working to help support her family. To me that seems like neglet.

It makes me laugh how people like yourself have been unemployed and yet when something does come along there is always some excuse to say no.

Fact remains you will be better off working. As has been pointed out your tax credits will go up. You should know all this anyway as you just said you were working a year ago.

karltin

FBaby wrote: »

Well, at least you have a sense of humour, that might get you through your fight with the job centre when you explain to them why you've decided not to show up for the second interview

Again, your assumptions do keep me entertained. Never once have I mentioned that I have "decided not to show up for the second interview".

No need to response because your lack of understanding and wild assumptions will keep us here all night.

Good luck.

Orville

bullbar wrote: »

Not everybody is willing to spend endless hours away from their families all for £35 a week extra.

You see this is what i do not understand. The fact it is only "X" amount more per week does not negate the fact you will be away from the child. You will still be away from the child whatever the amount. If this time is so precious to a person, then why work at all..? Every parent in the country might as well jack their job in.

Oh yeah it don't quite work like that though does it?...

Orville

karltin wrote: »

My self respect is very much intact believe me. I have worked my entire life and I will not lower my self respect to do 40 hrs a week for £1.75 per hour and potentially sink my family into financial hardship operating as a slave for this run down country.

Additional to this the work involves shifts and, in fact, I will end up seeing very little of my son. The main ingredient of being a good role model does not involve taking a job with pay I was earning 20 years ago and having the state top it up to barely survive.

So given that staement i take it you will goto the second interview then...:cool:

[Deleted User]

My ex boyfriend works full time and spends most evenings and every weekend raising funds for the 10 Charities he supports. He has also been awarded an MBE for his efforts..... Oh and he is 66 Years old! Certainly don't need to work for the money just loves his job. There is no reason your Wife can't continue her voluntary work along side a paid job? I work in the voluntary sector so I know plenty of people like this, they are the usually the ones I have to arrange evening and weekend appointments for as they have their day jobs in office hours.