I feel humiliated by the system......

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genuinegal21 wrote: »

I am 34 next Tuesday, and have been unemployed for the past 5 months, with a brief two week temp contract two months ago.....

Is your self-employment not generating any income ?


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poppellerant wrote: »

At which point did you intend on telling MSE users that you intend to charge them £20?

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micky2phones

genuinegal21 wrote: »

I am 34 next Tuesday, and have been unemployed for the past 5 months, with a brief two week temp contract two months ago.

My background: Worked for HMRC for ten years (ashamedly so), left there to pursue higher education where I successfully graduated last year with a business degree from a top ranking university. I secured employment after 3 months of graduating working in an estate agents where I worked hard to prove how passionate I was about wanting to progress. In June of this year, they made me 'redundant', saying my role was no longer needed, and then employed someone else 2 weeks later. Completely out of the blue, just after returning from my lunch, they said I had to leave immediately. Hand on heart I never crossed any lines. I was humiliated and incredibly upset.
Prior to working for HMRC (1997-2001), i worked as a temp agency worker during a period of a job market boyant with jobs. I was never out of work.

I live in an area where Universal Credit has been introduced.

Last week, I genuinely forgot to attend an 'interview' - not a signing on appointment - because I was out that day handing out 35 CV's into different companies. It wasn't until a few days later I realised I missed the appointment. It's not like im sitting on my rear all day playing video games, i am busy trying to keep occupied and productive in my life because I fear I will slip into a depression. Spending 10 hours of the day by myself is incredibly lonely. I live in a houseshare, in a small bedroom.

I relied on my JSA to pay my rent of £230 per month. I go to sign on today on time and was told 'sorry because you missed your interview, your claim has been stopped'. I walked out incredibly upset as soon as the words left her mouth.

I am an incredibly respectful, well dressed woman, very polite and my career background demonstrates im someone who is ambitious.

I've just had to make a new claim and now it's a Universal Credit claim because my previous claim was JSA. What the government asks in terms of providing proof of identity is shocking compared to the JSA process. I have to provide 3 different forms of ID. In a houseshare, I dont have bills sent to me, the landlord pays them. Also, they want to see a bank statement?!

Im now back at home in my room deeply upset and feel the onset of depression setting in. I pride myself on not asking for other people's help (financially). Even if I wanted to, I cant because my parents don't have any money. My mum lives in a one bedroomed social housing flat, so it's not like I can go back home, I literally have to fend for myself.

Luckily, I have a 2nd job interview tomorrow which I am praying to the high heaven's I get the job. Im so scared I wont despite impressing the interviewer so much, he said I pretty much had the job and wanted me to meet the main manager.

This truly is a draconian system we live under, and not all people who are on benefits are scoungers, most of us want to work but the job market is completely dire at the moment. I can't even get a job as an Admin Assistant on £12k per year.

Hi, i volunteer in a Job Club and its seems there are good and bad

advisors our clients need all kinds of help but if theres only one

thing i get across to them it to do what they are informed to do

as it only takes one press of a button and theirs money stopped.

That brings them more stress and worry. As others have said dont

take it to heart. Following a work placement i saw it from their side.

which did leave me with mixed feeling about thing whole.

Hope all goes well tomorrow and all the best for the future.

mattcanary

People often get punished less for stealing from a shop, for example.


The whole country is crackers, really.