walked out of jobcentre work experience

marleyboy

Originally Posted by missbiggles1
If you want to claim JSA you have to play by the rules, if you don't want to do this then you have the other option.:D

I prefer the other option. So where can I tell this Government I dont want to pay into it? Its pretty a pretty expensive insurance scheme they keep charging me for.

Flyonthewall

missbiggles1 wrote: »

They are - just not the OP.

No one is "shouting their head off about their rights" they're debating rights. There's no caps. People are stating their opinion and experiences.

No one is "telling employers where to get off" they're just saying that they think they're in the wrong for having "volunteers" and the JC are wrong for sending them there. No one has said anything to the employers or told anyone else to do so regarding anything nasty. They may want to tell the employers that, but they're not.

Flyonthewall

tomtontom wrote: »

You "win" by getting a job.

Wow, you really missed the whole point to that there...

ManofLeisure_2

Flyonthewall wrote: »

Agreed, but no one's doing that here...

You do, but do you see the key point there. Play. It's all just a game with the JC. It's not somewhere you go to get help finding a job, it's more like an unfair game of monopoly.

Pass Go, collect your JSA. Go to Jail, do not pass Go (sanction). Land on the train station, next roll is where your interview is. Go to xxx, collect JSA if you pass Go (a sign on day). Sometimes though you get a get of jail free card (appeal). The thing is you can never win because the JC already have all hotels up everywhere from the start and you just keep landing on them (in other words going to the JC to sign on, going to the WP, going to other companies to "volunteer" etc).

I'm hoping you've played monopoly, it's one of the most popular board games, but if not I'm basically saying the game's set up in their favour from the start.

It's not a fair game and it's not one anyone wants to play that way.

Good analogy

tomtontom

marleyboy wrote: »

I prefer the other option. So where can I tell this Government I dont want to pay into it? Its pretty a pretty expensive insurance scheme they keep charging me for.

An insurance policy that also covers your family's healthcare. Check out how much it would cost you to raise a child without the NHS and you might rethink your statement.

Flyonthewall wrote: »

Wow, you really missed the whole point to that there...

No, you're missing the point. There is always an alternative to playing the JSA game, and that is self sufficiency - employment, self employment, savings and insurance for when times are tougher. Anything beyond short term JSA is a choice for the claimant.

missbiggles1

marleyboy wrote: »

I prefer the other option. So where can I tell this Government I dont want to pay into it? Its pretty a pretty expensive insurance scheme they keep charging me for.

Your mistake is in thinking it's an insurance scheme when it isn't, it never has been and it was never intended to be.

They just got the name wrong.

cbrown372

jjjjj_ttt wrote: »

no, I just wanted to know where you had done volunteer work, as I said I am now going to do volunteer work in a charity shop.
I was told by a member of staff in poundland that usually at this time of year they would have had temporary Christmas staff starting, but instead they just have "volunteers" so they are replacing paid staff.

and I am not long term unemployed I have been unemployed for just over a month, and I have 4 years retail experience.

I don't mind doing work experience put not for a million pound company that are using you for profits.

Yet you have very little work experience in this thread...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5318764

marleyboy

tomtontom wrote: »

An insurance policy that also covers your family's healthcare. Check out how much it would cost you to raise a child without the NHS and you might rethink your statement.

Ok, thats 10% of it, lets be generous here and say a massive 40% pays for the policing, roads and maintenance. So WHERE can I ask for a discount, as I am more than happy to live off my own savings if push came to shove.

missbiggles1

cbrown372 wrote: »

Yet you have very little work experience in this thread...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5318764

Isn't it great that the "search previous posts" button's back!:rotfl:

marleyboy

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Your mistake is in thinking it's an insurance scheme when it isn't, it never has been and it was never intended to be.

They just got the name wrong.

Only the gullible think its anything but an insurance scheme. In effect I am paying into a just in case scheme. Its why I pay my contents insurance each Year.....just in case.