Benefit sanctions on families

suzieuncool

p00hsticks wrote: »

I think before quitting your job you should consider the following;
a) go to see your doctor and see if he will sign you off sick for a few days, as you are obviously close to breaking point
b) take a day or two holiday - they can't stop you taking it forever.
c) Talk to your boss and say that due to the additonal workload you are taking on, you want to increase your hours to 30 - that way at least you will be getting paid for some of the additional work, and may get WTC on top.
d) Simply don't work quite as hard /renegotiate what you are expected to do in your 25 hours to make sure you have a manageable workload (unless I've missed it, I don't think you've said exactly what it is you do ?)

The woman I mentioned who works with me is my immediate boss and she always gives herself priority when I comes to holidays and the light easy work that needs done. She is off "sick" now for the 3rd time since January and I am on my own struggling. If I went off sick no-one would do the work and it needs to be done everyday. I often work extra time and hardly ever get it back nevermind holidays. Im a cook so the food has to be made i can leave it until the next day and im on my own. The bosses tell me what to do and I have to do it

suzieuncool

Dunroamin wrote: »

If there generally are no jobs then you face sentencing your family to a long time of existing on benefits, just to make your life easier.

I do appreciate that jobs can be stressful but you're only working 2/3 of full time hours and you have a partner at home to do all the childcare and domestic side of things so you have things much easier than many people who are juggling full time work and full time family responsibilities.

After everything i pay out every week, im about £20-30 a week better off than being on benefits. I don't work 30-35 hours but my job is hard going. Peeling bags of potatoes everyday, working at lightning speed on my feet all day, slicing and burning myself all the time etc. I don't have a job pushing pens around, watching the clock while sitting down all day.

itch_for_a_glitch

suzieuncool wrote: »

I am working 25 hours a week at minimum wage. My partner doesn't work and I have a primary school aged daughter. My wages and tax credits have to keep all 3 of us. Things at work have gotten really bad, work load has at least doubled and lots of staff are walking out. Jobs are really scarce where I live. I was wondering if I left my job what are the likely benefit sanctions likely to be for us?. I expect some type of sanction but it wont be my partner or daughters fault I couldn't take anymore and walked out. Will we get enough to live on as a family or am I stuck in this soul destroying job?. Please advise.

So your partner has 168 hours free time each week, and you have 143 hours, just how bad can 25 hours be ?

fedupfreddie

suzieuncool wrote: »

After everything i pay out every week, im about £20-30 a week better off than being on benefits..

Hi I do understand about the job, but £20 -£30 a week is a huge amount when there is not much money coming in. You really have to consider it carefully.
Imagine you went home one day and your partner said,

"Oh by the way I have signed up for *** it will only cost £80 a month"

Would you think oh great or oh no how are we going to afford that.

Caroline_a

I think the OP is hell-bent on leaving this job. And, as there are no jobs out there, so she tells us, she won't be getting another one soon. I hope she has noticed how benefits are being cut bit by bit as people are more and more expected to work to support their families.

OP - this is not a good example you are setting for your children. Do you want them to think that if you don't like something, or it's hard work that it's ok to just give up? Because by the time they are adults there may not be a benefit safety net because all the money has been spent.

Dunroamin

suzieuncool wrote: »

After everything i pay out every week, im about £20-30 a week better off than being on benefits. I don't work 30-35 hours but my job is hard going. Peeling bags of potatoes everyday, working at lightning speed on my feet all day, slicing and burning myself all the time etc. I don't have a job pushing pens around, watching the clock while sitting down all day.

Unskilled jobs usually are hard work but they have the benefit that when you finish them you don't have to think about them until your next shift, unlike many administrative jobs.

£20/30 extra must cover half your food budget so how will you manage without it? (And, by the way, 30 hours per week is not full time.)

Morlock

Caroline_a wrote: »

Because by the time they are adults there may not be a benefit safety net because all the money has been spent.

...squirrelled into tax havens.

dandelionclock30

I think you need to do whats best for yourself and only you know how bad your job is and how much you can take. If I were you I would try to sort the problems out at work and at the same time go to the CAB and ask them what the financial implications would be if you gave the job up. Then you can see what happens at work and make an informed decision regarding what your going to do.
Some people think a person should carry on regardless even if their job is making them ill and they hate it. I dont.
Never mind all these who think you should work yourself to death in some rubbish job for peanuts.

StormyWeather_2

suzieuncool wrote: »

The woman I mentioned who works with me is my immediate boss and she always gives herself priority when I comes to holidays and the light easy work that needs done. She is off "sick" now for the 3rd time since January and I am on my own struggling. If I went off sick no-one would do the work and it needs to be done everyday. I often work extra time and hardly ever get it back nevermind holidays. Im a cook so the food has to be made i can leave it until the next day and im on my own. The bosses tell me what to do and I have to do it

How long have you been doing this job? Does your boss have a boss you can speak to?

It does sound as though they're taking advantage of you but I agree with the others, leaving isn't a good idea. Aside from the finances, once you're out of work it will be more difficult to get another job.

If you're capable of doing your boss's work when they aren't there, then maybe you need to find more confidence and look for jobs that pay higher than minimum wage, the next step up the ladder. On your CV and application forms highlight that you ran your section of the kitchen for xx amount of time.

Be proactive, don't just rely on vacancies that are advertised. You could try approaching local schools and colleges to see if they have any vacancies coming up.

Poppie68

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

I think you need to do whats best for yourself and only you know how bad your job is and how much you can take. If I were you I would try to sort the problems out at work and at the same time go to the CAB and ask them what the financial implications would be if you gave the job up. Then you can see what happens at work and make an informed decision regarding what your going to do.
Some people think a person should carry on regardless even if their job is making them ill and they hate it. I dont.
Never mind all these who think you should work yourself to death in some rubbish job for peanuts.

The alternative for the op is to give up a job and sit on her backside caliming benefits...that she really does'nt need to be claiming because she has a job, it maybe carp job but if everyone who hated their job gave it up and decided to claim benefits the country would be even blinkin worse than it is today.
She has already stated there are no jobs in her area so her and her husband want to sit around all day with someone else paying them to do it.