Oh dear, in a pickle now!

Irn-Bru-Kid

Dunroamin wrote: »

Since when has generally being useless been a health issue?

Here is the diagnosis:

http://www.verbotomy.com/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=1383

Seek urgent medical attention

letthemeatcake

dyspraxia symptoms include oversensitivity to noise and balance and coordination difficulties.

OP I wonder if you should visit your GP and see what their stance is on this?

Best of luck in your search for suitable work.

debrag

Furrtiv wrote: »

Ah, I knew someone would come up with a silly comment about how their dad/mum/mate/themselves worked 12 hours a day and so on and so forth - but we're all different, I personally don't want to work in an environment that's going to damage me and adversely affect my work (which could lead to disciplinary action or loss of job eventually), and we're not all cut out for harsh long shiftsor certain environments. I've never been sacked, only ever been made redundant, and never walked out on a job before. So I shall not accept that I am in the wrong in that sense, only that I made a mistake and wasn't suitable for this particular job. I doubt that I'd do well working on an oil rig or down a mine, doesn't mean others can't.

how are you unemployed then? or do you mean never left with out notice.

Furrtiv

I have never left a job without notice. This one was for a week's trial. I've done factory work before, loud noises, long shifts, but it makes me feel extremely ill and stressed. I'm not useless, I thoroughly enjoyed my last job that I had before this trial one, I would never have left if they hadn't made staff cutbacks and I was very good at it, too.
I may go to my GP, but I don't really want labels affixed to me because of the attitudes of some others, as has been shown here (note; some, not all). Previous GPs have suspected that I possibly have a form of Asperger's, but have been reluctant to diagnose me as it's very difficult to do so defintively and at my age, they've said that I'm surviving okay and any help they offer might not be of much use. Of course, I have a different GP after I moved area (moved to relocate closer to a previous job), so I may ask again, but I'm unsure whether it's worth it.

Glen_Clark

morganedge wrote: »

Do the jobcentre have to know about this job at all? Can't just pretend it never happened and 'sign on' ??
That's kind of what I done years ago when I signed on. I ommited to tell them about my job prior to signing on because I Knew they'd make an issue of it.

Things are different now everything is computerised and it is so much easier for them to cross check. If you have been officially paid for those 2 days it will be on your tax records which are accessible in an instant to every benefit clerk.
If you are also claiming benefits for the 2 days you were working that is a serious offence, and your chances of getting away with it are virtually nil.
Some things you can get away with, some things you can't.
This is one of the things you can't get away with.
At least not any more.
Sorry

vintagebrighton

letthemeatcake wrote: »

dyspraxia symptoms include oversensitivity to noise and balance and coordination difficulties.

OP I wonder if you should visit your GP and see what their stance is on this?

Best of luck in your search for suitable work.

Was going to say this... dyspraxia isn't a joke and it's a real condition. My OH has it and there's nothing he can do about it except try his best to adjust to a world that doesn't understand. Can't ride a bike, can't drive, clumsy... has dyslexia too. It's hard but you're right to not accept jobs you just aren't up to. You can't help how your brain works (my OH has face blindness too!) so you have to look out for yourself and do what you can. Good luck.

Credit-Crunched

For god's sake people, no wonder we are in such a pickle when comments such as

"I can only work to classical music" are heralded as someone who needs help.

I have worked some truly horrific jobs, in intense heat, noise, cold just to get to where I am today.

Just because you don't like a job, does not mean that you should not do it.

This government needs to toughen up and start telling people if they dont take jobs, then their benefits go.

Queue left wing barrage of abuse

themull1

Credit-Crunched wrote: »

For god's sake people, no wonder we are in such a pickle when comments such as

"I can only work to classical music" are heralded as someone who needs help.

I have worked some truly horrific jobs, in intense heat, noise, cold just to get to where I am today.

Just because you don't like a job, does not mean that you should not do it.

This government needs to toughen up and start telling people if they dont take jobs, then their benefits go.

Queue left wing barrage of abuse

I agree, ive hated my job for 28 years, but i still go. Its too easy to go back to the comfort blanket of benefits where you don't have to work. To earn benefits you should be made to go out to work, doing litter picking etc....why should you sit at home and do nowt, and be paid for the privilege?

skintmacflint

Furrtiv wrote: »

Ah, I knew someone would come up with a silly comment about how their dad/mum/mate/themselves worked 12 hours a day and so on and so forth - but we're all different, I personally don't want to work in an environment that's going to damage me and adversely affect my work (which could lead to disciplinary action or loss of job eventually), and we're not all cut out for harsh long shiftsor certain environments. I've never been sacked, only ever been made redundant, and never walked out on a job before. So I shall not accept that I am in the wrong in that sense, only that I made a mistake and wasn't suitable for this particular job. I doubt that I'd do well working on an oil rig or down a mine, doesn't mean others can't.

I've applied for other positions, and am seriously looking into self-employment doing something I love and am passionate about, maybe I could scrape enough together to get by that way, but that's for a different forum.

You're perfectly entitled not to want to take a job that you think is going to damage you as long as you don't want to claim JSA or other benefits.

Agree it's a terrible position out there job choice/pay wise, but
thanks to successive governments it is what it is now. And at the minute the policy is apply and take the postions available until you find something better , or go without.

Hopefully you'll be able to find something that suits.

John_Clark

themull1 wrote: »

To earn benefits you should be made to go out to work, doing litter picking etc....why should you sit at home and do nowt, and be paid for the privilege?

Fine for those who are able, but make the litter picking a proper job, with proper pay.