UnemployedI was Mordred writes, "I've been out of work for a while now... however, every cloud must have a silver lining. Tell us your stories of the upside to unemployment."
You can tell us about the unexpected downsides too if you want.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Apr 2009, 10:02)
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New Deal?news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7982550.stm - Are they really that bad?
The Irish equivalent of JobCentrePlusMaxExtra (tm)(c) is FAS. They run a respectable website updated regularly with job listings. The training courses aren't always forced on you and if you choose to take one, most of the costs are covered.
The dole office however, now there's a pit of despair. Vapid unemployable titheads (and that's just the desk staff) staring out from behind the glass with pure indifference oozing from every pore. And with a 2-month delay in processing in some branches, nobody seems to have any hope of getting things moving,
I've had to sign on in the past and it's a horrible experience. I needed a bit of financial help, I wasn't exactly thrilled to be in the invidious position of signing-on but it was nice to know that I had somewhere to turn for assistance.
The wankers in the dole office made it their collective goal to make it as difficult as possible. Wrong info, no folllow-up, ignoring calls and letters, every possible delay and confuse tactic deployed.
The big civil-service shakeup should see a few of those work-shy cunts on the other side of the glass for the first time and I hope they get the same treatment I did.
(, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 16:08, 2 replies)
The first time I signed on,the office bitch handed me a form to fill in. She pointed at the first line, "name," and told me to write my name there. I said "Where it says name?
I honestly wasn't being sarky, it just came out.
She gave me a filthy look, and I didn't get a Giro for about 3 months. Bitch.
(, Sun 5 Apr 2009, 16:26, closed)
WellI haven't been subjected to this form of indignity for a few years but the jobseekers bit from League of Gentleman was a lot more factual than fiction. I always thought the point seemed to be annoying you enough that you just signed off and went away rather than supplying any sort of useful service.
(, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 22:23, closed)
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