Thinking of giving up work to go on benefits

do_it_today!

smells like a troll to me....

hilstep2000

I got divorced 7 years ago. I had two kids then aged 13 and 9. I NEVER wanted to go on benefits. I just went to my boss, and as I was doing 25 hours a week, upped my hours to 35, and claimed more Tax Credit. You can claim some benefits if you are working like Council Tax. It's been bloody hard, but if I can do it (On £11,000 a year incl;uding tax credits) you can do it on £30,000!!!!
God, I wish I had that money coming in, we'd be in clover!!!
Don't be so bloody lazy, and get on with your life. At least you've got your health,. I got MS two years ago, try living with that!!!

Cullumpster

i know someone who had an accident a few years back, now fair enough at the time it was back, but now he has a bad back that seems to play up all of the time.
It doesn't however stop him from going to the pub all day every day and getting pi55ed, going on his 4th YES 4th holiday this year and bragging to everyone about how life is a drag going on all of these holidays :mad:

Now if he can sit at the pub all day and then go home and sit behind a computer surley he could get a job doing that NO because he's "sick"

I get up at 6am get myself dressed get my little one dressed, walk my little one to the other side of town to drop him off at he child minders and then walk to work and get there before 8.30.

I have to pay the childminder £90 a week and have been told i am not entitled to any help as me and my partner earn just over £15K between us, note i say JUST.

My 'friend' comes out with over £2k a month in pensions and benifits, now as much as i couldn't sit at home all day every day who is the looser ????

missk_ensington

scooper wrote: »

''work on the side' which isnt fair on everyone else wh does work and pay tax

LIFE isn't fair. There are two sorts of people in this world, the ones who go far, and the ones who dont.

Working on the side is illegal. Yes is sure is.
As is, driving at 71 mph on the motorway, giving a workman cash for a cheaper job, prostitution, driking alcohol under 18, smoking a cigarette under 18, having sex under 16.............

Although I'm not exactly condoning the OP, I don't blame him for his way of thinking. Don't blame him, blame the government who make those people on low wages better off on benefits

coolpaprika

No wonder Sainsbury want to employ immigrant workers. You're exactly what's wrong with this country. Just remember, it's those of us who work who fund the indolent lifestyle you seem to want. Have a bit of gumption, man, stop feeling sorry for yourself, give your children reason to be proud rather than ashamed of their father. Find a job you enjoy, or even be self employed.

tsstss7

Glen0000 wrote: »

I am a hard working man who is thoroughly fed up. It seems every month the cost of living is going up and up and I am struggling to see the point of working anymore. I hardly get to see my family and we don't have much left over at the end of the month anyway. My wife has just taken on a part time job and she is miserable and it means we are spending even less time together.

I am skint if I work, so I am thinking of giving it all up. Yes, I will be just as skint on benefits, but at least i will be able to spend time with my wife.

I have 2 mates on benefits and they have a great life. Do the odd job on the side to make ends meet. No commute, spend every evening and weekend with the family. Have lots of time to do odd jobs round the house.

Please tell me what is the point of working 40+ hours a week when Gordon seems to take every penny?

If you dont want to work 40 + hours then don't - go 4 days a week, get a job nearer to home, go part -time, job share (men are allowed to do that too!) .- it doesn't have to be for ever..you do have options unlike very many people on benefits who often have very few!

Maybe your mates on benefits seem like they have a great life but they are hardly going to let you know that they aren't now are they? They have to live with big insecurities, cannot get credit etc and to top it it sounds like they're always having to look over their shoulders in case the benefits fraud people coming knocking (and they most likely will) ...hardly an enviable position to be in.

why not focus on yourself rather than putting others down - you might get further that way!

jannyannie

Hi Glen

hope you are having second thoughts. If you give up your job, you probably won't be able to claim anything for 26 weeks unless they've changed the rules. I have always worked, it's part of my self-esteem. I try not to look at what others have although I appreciate how hard it is. You do earn a good wage compared to a lot of other people who manage on a lot less. Personally I would find a job closer to home, I work five minutes away. My husband and I still see each other and we both work shifts and juggle childcare. Be creative!

supersavershal

Glen0000 wrote: »

Not if you go on the sick. My back keeps playing up, I am sure I could wing it.

You are lazy, im not keeping you.The best thing for a bad back is to keep it mobile and GPs are advocating this thesedays it isnt as easy to go on benefits with a bad back.Have you got no pride, work isnt just about the money its about pride, self esteem, having an identity and showing your children the correct way to live your life.People like you ruin the benefits system for people who really need it.You make my blood boil.If I had mates like yours I wouldnt envy them Id tell them they are blood sucking lazy leeches who beleive the world owes them a living.Give me their names I will report them to the benefit fraud people, you can do it online you know.

RoxieW

glenn asked for advice on the benefits forum on claiming incapacity for his apparently depressed wife. wish i hadnt bothered helping - i wouldnt if id known hes a chancer who wants to fake a bad back to get on the sick!

skintas_2

i know someone who partner is on £40,000 a year and they have 3 children and she on full benefits has been on full benefits for the last 15 years... now that makes you sick...............

i work bloody hard me and my partner i slug my guts out working at weekends. for a car and holiday i have pride , im proud that im paying my way.

she makes me sick yes she boasts she shops in morrison i shop in neeto, she wears designer clothes goes oxford street every week. im happier cos i dont have to watch my back. yes she has been grassed up plenty of times and yes, nothing every happens............