Whats the worst thing about being unemployed to you?

Lexxx

The worst thing about being unemployed for me is getting up, showered and dressed for a purpose,
l love the whole routine of getting ready, doing hair,make up, matching undies:p clean fresh clothes, heading out to face the day.

I have to admit when i do go out the road, to the shops, visit family, signing on, i make an extra effort with hair, make up clothes, because it the one thing thats makes me feel good and its free.

MissSarah1972

TrickyWicky wrote: »

All? I think you need to know your facts from your assumptions. Sure, some, even many, or even most but not all.

Last place I worked for did both. They took on people via word of mouth AND advertised. 8 of us started, 2 were word of mouth, 6 were from advertising. Thats 3/4 of the staff for one company.

Just because thats the way you see it or thats the way it happens in your area, doesn't mean its 100% right.

You just said it - The last place you worked for did both but you are all saying no one advertises and that is not true. I have my facts right as I know people advertising now and they have not taken anyone on that they know already


And just as you have said here just because you see it as no jobs are advertised don't mean its 100% true

ktothema

In my case I have found getting a job easier when I was in work was nothing to do with networking, I have exceptionally transferable skills and actually enjoy floating between industries. It helps me know a lot There just seems to be a bit of a look down your nose attitude when I say I'm unemployed now. Although admittedly I've started saying I was made redundant so am currently out of work, tends to get a less snotty response.

On the other hand I have friends who also move around solely through networking.

I get what falko89 is saying if he lives in the sticks, as that's how anything other than an LA job tends to go out there. But its also not applicable everywhere, as MissSarah1972/TrickyWicky are saying.

ch-ch-changes

Lexxx wrote: »

The worst thing about being unemployed for me is getting up, showered and dressed for a purpose,
l love the whole routine of getting ready, doing hair,make up, matching undies:p clean fresh clothes, heading out to face the day.

I have to admit when i do go out the road, to the shops, visit family, signing on, i make an extra effort with hair, make up clothes, because it the one thing thats makes me feel good and its free.

I agree - I make the effort every day (almost...), it's too easy to think 'hell, no one's going to see me today anyway' and that's a slippery slope.

I was asked when I was signing on if I'd got a job though once, they were suspicious of my white shirt!

BrettMorganxD

I have been on benefits twice. I am 19.

First when I was 17 I was on esa in youth for 18 weeks for severe anxiety and depression.

Then JSA between august 4th - october 1st. (this year).

I love my job now and would never give it up voluntarily for the world. But I find myself writing and marking off days for when I have been there for a year (still 1 year for me). I call my list "days until job becomes secure" and it makes me nervous and panicy whenever an employer mentions something isn't right.

This was because I was dismissed from my first job 3 days before I would qualify for unfair dismissal.

Either way the routine on ESA was ok but got boring. It was wake at 10 watch jezza til 4 (repeat) then 8 simple rules then simsons. The night soaps. Same routine every day.

When on JSA i didn;t have a routine I was sat on pc from 7am - 10pm looking for jobs. Luckily found one by 23rd august. But had to wait for CRB.

Always look forward to payday. So I can pay bills and get em over with and put more money into my house deposit savings. Used to save on ESA as well about £20 a week. None on JSA as most my money went on comfort eating and buying video games to stop me getting depressed about being unfairly dismissed.

brightonman123

I knew things were really bad, when Boots turned me down for a shelf filling job..

damn those pesky online 'how loyal are you, aka personality' tests..

TrickyWicky

brightonman123 wrote: »

damn those pesky online 'how loyal are you, aka personality' tests..

For the minimum wage too. There is no doubt about it, employers want it all these days - 100% loyalty, employees that are 100% happy, don't take shortcuts / skiive etc. It's a tradeoff. You don't get good happy employees on minimum wage AND get 100% work quality from them. I've always been a honest hard grafter but the lazy pee takers with the happy go-lucky style always have the most respect from management.

Will I work hard again in my next job? I very much doubt it. It's not worth the trouble these days - the harder you work the less they appreciate you for it and they just take you for granted. The lazier you are, the more powerful the message the boss gets when you do something for them.

Glitzer

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Excuse me? So the long term claimants are not actively looking eh? You hate being tarred with that brush yet you're quite happy to do the tarring - What a hipocrite.

I've been unemployed for 1.5 years, does that mean I am not looking for work? Oh, it must do surely? Afterall there are so many jobs out there that I'm ideal for and so few people applying for them I'm just living a life of leisure by ignoring them right?

You know what? I hope your firm folds and there are no other companies in your area offering your sort of work. Perhaps then you'll suffer the same hardship that some of us 'aren't actively looking' types suffer.

That isn't what I meant AT ALL.

There does exist a small number percentage of people who do just sit on their backsides and don't make any effort to look for work and the media hype stories do not help matters, that is what I meant and whilst people seem happy enough to accept we are in dire straits as a country or even world economy, many also still seem to think there are enough jobs out there, or that we should just get out there.

Anyway, I apologise if you, or indeed anyone else took offence at what I said, that's not what I meant.

Being unemployed is a vicious circle and it is a trap that's hard to get out of at times, if not impossible even but many people DO seem to think it's not as hard as it is.

I have strong administrative and customer service skills as well as specialist skills relating to the financial services industry yet I have found it really hard to get a job either I am apparently too experienced or the lack of a degree or professional qualifications means companies won't take a second glance.

Interestingly my friend who has just passed her teaching assistant's diploma applied for a teaching assistant apprenticeship yet because she has no relevant experience she was rejected. I thought the idea of an apprentice was to learn on the job?!

TrickyWicky

Glitzer wrote: »

I thought the idea of an apprentice was to learn on the job?!

I guess you missed the apprenticeship scandal show on the TV the other night! Turns out firms have been milking this for all its worth and giving little to the folks on the apprenticeship. It's a really bad situation this country has sunk into these days and the current clueless leaders don't help - we now seem to be on a trend of having young politicians who have been born with the silver spoon and don't actually understand how things work.

Sorry if we got our wires crossed earlier, you mentioned long term claimants - with no acknowledgement of those who are seeking work but I accept your apology.

falko89

Does anyone else get insomnia? As an example I went to bed lastnight at 9.45 at 1.45 I was still wake, you go to bed and your mind just goes into overload thinking about work, the future etc, Happens quite regular this.