Single mum bein hounded

sarahg1969

rogerblack wrote: »

Well, to be fair, 5 years ago, IS was up to 12/16.

5 years ago, she knew that in 5 years' time she'd have 6 hours a day spare to do some work. Just because she didn't have to didn't preclude her from considering it.

ILW

Give Jeremy Kyle a call, could be worth a few extra quid.

[Deleted User]

When I was 22 and a single Mum I remember pushing my pram to the childminders 3 days a week at 7:30am to catch the 8am bus work 9am till 5:30pm 3 days a week whilst safe in the knowledge my Son was having a lovely time going to playgroups and parks etc with his childminder. This enabled me to have 4 whole days of quality time with my Son and the money to go on train rides and eat out etc. My Son is almost 13 now and I earn almost double the NMW cause I have built up my career backed with 18 years experience. Although I still only work 3 days I am also doing a management degree on my "days off" so that I can better my future prospects. I still hope to own my own home 1 day, I have a car, a social life and we even have a foreign holiday every year. Ok this is my dream, not everyone is the same but I never undersand the negative attitude people have towards working? I love my job, I love the Company I work for. Working gives me greater control of my money, better opportunities. I have met so many friend and done so many things through working that I wouldn't have done at home on benefits. I have attended Company days at Silverstone, Mallory Park, been Go Karting, Bowling, stayed in 5 star hotels, eaten great food and even got p155ed up, all for free over my career! But you have to start somewhere. When I left School I was earning £40 per week working part time and I left that to work full time for £65 per week cause the job had prospects! You might start packing in a factory for NMW, but then you might progress to team leader, then to management. These opportunities are still there for people who want them.... They are not handed out on a plate. Your child won't remember every single hour of every single day... It's quality not quantity!

princessdon

hmm lets do some very basic calculations here.

£150 pw rent, £30 pw CTB, CB and CTC = £270 a week, (plus all your other benefits like free school meals).

The govt (ie the other taxpayers - who LEAVE their children for more thann 8 hours a day) pay this - and we/they don't mind as most say that when a child is under school age choices are limited.

However, your child is 5 - and they are now asking that you take work.

Hardly "hounding" - Maybe a career in drama there for you!

Also - it's not a short time - you have had a long time to get yourself ready. Nearly all Colleges/Adult Ed/Sure Starts do Adult Education with free childcare. Whilst your DD was in nursery you could have volunteered somewhere, got a small part time job, upped your skills.

You waited until FORCED to address these issues and complain about lack of choices. Life is what you make it - and you could have been in a really strong position now if you had taken time whilst being paid benefits to look to the future.

flashnazia

enabledebra wrote: »

People don't make generally go through this kind of decision making process just to avoid JSA rather than IS -despite what the Daily Mail says. If this isn't a wind up the OP has some very severe anxieties about her ability to cope with working.

Sorry if this sounds rude but can I borrow your (rose-tinted) glasses?

I really wish you were right but I beg to differ. I know someone who is a lone-parent adviser and it's amazing how forgetful and fertile some lone-mums get just as they're about to be moved onto JSA...

Irn-Bru-Kid

Dunroamin wrote: »

Putting tins in cardboard boxes - ghastly!

The OP said it was dog food packing. This could be working where they put the meat into the tins, not necessarily tins into boxes.

pickpocketlocket

Irn-Bru-Kid wrote: »

The OP said it was dog food packing. This could be working where a machine puts the meat into the tins, not necessarily tins into boxes.

Corrected for you.

pickpocketlocket

flashnazia wrote: »

Sorry if this sounds rude but can I borrow your (rose-tinted) glasses?

I really wish you were right but I beg to differ. I know someone who is a lone-parent adviser and it's amazing how forgetful and fertile some lone-mums get just as they're about to be moved onto JSA...

And how they suddenly find partners to assist in the process!

DCFC79

MissPiggy50 wrote: »

This is what I am lookin for even 25 hours.

Poeple are having a go here but I have been on my own for 5 years, father is disapeeared, my parents are in new zealand and brother is in london so it has been all up to me since she were born.

I did refuse the job interview, it was shifts till seven and was in dog food packing which I hate adn cant stand.

Yes it was dog food packing but at end of the day its a job isn't it, I know pet food smells especially dog food so I can understand why you turned it down. We all have to make sacrifices. Employers are now recruiting for xmas so this is the time to get looking for jobs and hopefully be kept on past xmas.

Think what businesses are local to you ( whether within a shopping centre or a retail park or in the town centre) and check they're website, if theres an Aldi nearby check that they are employing or eve Lidl. There any shopping centres near you ?

Notmyrealname

Irn-Bru-Kid wrote: »

The OP said it was dog food packing. This could be working where they put the meat into the tins, not necessarily tins into boxes.

That is automated as is the filling of sacks if it is dry food.