Is a bad job better than no job at all?

falko89

Hiccups wrote: »

Maybe it's because we have fewer different types of job available? Especially in low skilled areas of work that would require little re-training. In the past, I imagine that if a person didn't suit one type of work, then he/she would be able to take on a different vocation relatively quickly. Crucially, those vacancies would be available to fill.

People wax lyrical about apprenticeships for those who are not academically minded, but seriously what does the UK produce these days that doesn't require some academic skill? We are no longer a nation of skilled crafts or tradesmen / women, we are now the scientists and engineers who are designing products to be made elsewhere. Manufacturing has suffered a huge decline in this country. Those jobs simply don't exist in the numbers that they used to.

On another note, my role models were famous scientists, explorers and people who'd changed the world in some way, whereas today's kids see the media filled with reality TV stars getting rich and famous very quickly, with very little talent - so it's no surprise that we have lots of children aiming for the wrong goals and throwing their lives away before they've even lived them.

I think the materialistic values in our society also makes us more unhappy as a nation. People want to have the status symbols, such as the flash car or large house, but may have to work in the job they don't enjoy in order to have those things. They think about giving up those things to fulfil their own dreams but then worry about letting their families down, or having "society" look down on them for doing a job that's perceived to be of a lower status.

Quite simply, we are living under more pressure, facing greater insecurity about our role and position in society, and to top it off, we are also increasingly more judgemental about other people's circumstances (as some of the comments on this thread seem to show).

There used to be a time when everyone had their place in society and were valued for it. It made the person feel good and positive about their own life.

Sadly, today most people have become disposable cogs in a giant profit making machine. Is it any wonder that people get depressed?

Good post.:)

morganedge

Amanita wrote: »

Probably not fortunately but it might be yours........

How so?


p.s - 'Hiccup', nice post.

Hiccups_2

gozaimasu wrote: »

After seeing the video, she decided that she had a good quality job, but that the work wasn't suited to her and she was always bored and undermotivated. Only just this month as well they've paid her by cheque instead of into the bank and so she won't get the cheque cashed until 4 April. She's budgeted this money for the month already and receiving it 2 days after the bills are due is a nightmare.

Can she claim a) lost money from saving from not having the salary available on the specified date? and/or b) lost money from savings that she will have to use to pay the bills? and/or c) money that it WOULD have cost her to just let the account go into overdraft to pay the bills? How would she have to prove this? Apparently they don't have an HR department so she'd be battling the bosses on this one. I had a look at the Employment Rights Act for her but couldn't see any terms that related to late payment of salary.

b) The money isn't lost, because she would need to pay her bills anyway. c) You also can't claim for imaginary losses in any court.

As your friend has savings, then I think the best option would be to just dip into them in order to pay her bills on time. What does she stand to lose here, only two days' worth of interest on the sum required to pay her bills. Surely, we are talking loose change here, unless she owes huge sums and has a savings account with an amazing interest rate?

I don't think there is any legal recourse here as her salary is not being withheld and she will be getting that money. Mistakes happen and this issue is probably not worth making enemies over.