I was unemployed for the last half of last year
And while I expected the worst, the Job Centre staff were helpful, friendly and generally pretty useful- as well as giving me a 6 month period to just look for "proper" (engineering) work rather than just trying to lump me with the first job that came up. Though that option would also have been open to me if I'd needed it. Then I went on a training course, and then I was back to being a full-time Jobseeker (currently got a kickass job, though, so all's well!)

I saw them being just as nice to the others who made the effort to make their claim sound genuine. The Chavscum who tried to fuck them over got harsher treatment- I even heard someone getting their benefits stopped for being aggressive and not bothering to look for a job. Seemed a fair enough system- play by the rules and get cash, don't and you don't.

So hooray for the staff of Aberdeen's Chapel Street Job Center.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Thu 27 May 2010, 22:05, Reply)