New job not going so well

gingerdad

Just read the thread from start to finish. You come across as a whining and moaning.

I would say a driving license is essential it gives you lots of options.

Opens up jobs in the building trade that come with vans, self employment, working further a field.

Looking at where I live fairly low wage area but there are plenty of self employed carpenters, plumbers, electricians etc. they all have one thing in common they all drive and are busy.

You need to grow up and really look at the options and not just give up

gingerdad

I should add on the self employed front they all are earning a decent wage.

TrickyWicky

gingerdad wrote: »

Just read the thread from start to finish. You come across as a whining and moaning.

I do agree with that when it comes to the CCTV remarks but after the revelation of the manual hard graft I'm not as convinced as I was. I do however stand by my CCTV comments.

gingerdad wrote: »

I would say a driving license is essential it gives you lots of options.

Without a doubt, a driving licence is essential these days just to survive in most places. Where I am we're in a place where everything is miles apart and before getting a car we struggled using the bus for everything and carrying heavy bags etc for what seemed like miles. Not a pleasant way of living at all. I must recommend to anyone thinking of it, that they get themselves driving lessons and a licence. The theory test is easy as long as you get a practice CD for the computer. The hardest part is the practical but its more luck than skill as to how many tests you need to pass.

gingerdad wrote: »

Opens up jobs in the building trade that come with vans, self employment, working further a field.

Does it? I've got a full licence and a vehicle but I've got no building jobs and I know nothing about building either - like many people. You're argument is fine if you know something you can do well enough for people to pay you to do it but if you don't, you can forget it.

gingerdad wrote: »

Looking at where I live fairly low wage area but there are plenty of self employed carpenters, plumbers, electricians etc. they all have one thing in common they all drive and are busy.

With the exception of carpenters, they're all qualified too. Even brickies need a CSCS card, electricians have a lot more to pass to qualify and so do plumbers.

gingerdad wrote: »

You need to grow up and really look at the options and not just give up

You need to stop jumping on the bandwagon and attacking someone because you think it's an easy option. You've not only posted garbage that isn't correct you're also suggesting the op can do work that they're not qualified for illegally.

marybelle01

Emmzi wrote: »

You are of course entitled to your opinion but I have at no time suggested he is a benefits scrounger; he has been trying very hard to find a job. And he has been very depressed while applying for things, and struggling with the lack of structure unemployment brings. Thus needs to carefully consider the lesser of two evils.

I tend to think other posters can check posting histories and make their own minds up about things, and are not sheep like enough to follow me, or anyone else's thoughts.

But if you truly believe I am Machiavelli, just put me on ignore.

Utterly with Emmzi on this one, and I think you owe her and apology. She neither said nor implied anything that you have accused her of. Her comments to falko were entirely fair. He has been posting daily, or near enough, for months, about how depressed he is at being out of work; how there is not a single job to be had where he lives; how he cannot drive and there is no public transport to places with jobs available; how he fears never getting another job etc., etc. This is not in Emmzi's imagination, unless there are mass delusions going around MSE.

No it doesn't sound like a dream job, and it is may not be everything falko wanted. But equally, it's the job that was going and nothing stops falko from using it as a stepping stone to other work, a driving licence, or whatever. And it's better than being on the dole. And it is certainly better than posting every day about how depressed you are about being unemployed!

falko89

So, first pay check today, anyone know why I haven't been taxed? I lost national insurance but no tax, and yes they have my P45 and the rest.

MissSarah1972

falko89 wrote: »

So, first pay check today, anyone know why I haven't been taxed? I lost national insurance but no tax, and yes they have my P45 and the rest.

You asked at work of course?

falko89

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

You asked at work of course?

Hardly as I going out the door on the way home when I got it, just wondered is this something that happens after you've been unemployed for a while?

smi85

If there is food to put on the table, and kids to cloth, you've got to do what you got to do. I'd jump through hoops to keep my youngsters clean and healthy.

falko89

smi85 wrote: »

If there is food to put on the table, and kids to cloth, you've got to do what you got to do. I'd jump through hoops to keep my youngsters clean and healthy.

While I agree in principle with what you say its a very old school attitude, these days things are very different, we clock up almost £700 a month in child tax credits / child benefits whether we work or not, same with every house in the UK with children and low wages or unemployed, would be a different story now if you earned say £50k+ a year and were not entitled to tax credits

falko89

Here is a quick calculation I did on the difference money wise between working and not, I love the routine of working, getting up in the morning with a purpose, looking forward to getting home in the evening, seeing your pay hit the bank:D but I see why some people don't bother working especially if its in a crappy min wage job


Not working
Tax credits £145
JSA £67
Partners Pay £108
HOUSING £130
CB £47

TOTAL £1988 Monthly

Working
TAX CREDIT £145
My Pay £200
Partner Pay £100
CB £47

TOTAL £1968 Monthly