major moral dilema....

peetee · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:58

dmpoole said:
It stops after 6 months (when he says CUT he means STOPPED not decreases).
Its all computerised and you will get a letter so it doesn't matter how many people are claiming.
On the day I got my letter I had a job offer so I was happy.

I know someone who was on it for a year, he couldnt get a job and ended up volunteering in a charity shop so he was more employable as one of the terms of staying on jobseekers.
The lad was a right goon and has no lifeskills etc though.

antijoke · 13 Oct 2008 at 21:01

Surfer said:
interesting...

Knives is right and wrong. Who here can tell me in which ways he is right and in which ways he is wrong? (with regard to his above statement)

Wrong, because you can't say 'nothing' right because it's none of his business.

SexyGreyFox · 13 Oct 2008 at 21:21

peetee said:
I know someone who was on it for a year, he couldnt get a job and ended up volunteering in a charity shop so he was more employable as one of the terms of staying on jobseekers.
The lad was a right goon and has no lifeskills etc though.

Only last year I was told that my volunteering was not helping my cause and that under my Jobseekers agreement I should make more effort to find a proper job.
Their view of being a volunteer is worse than you just being out of work.
I know this for a fact because I now liaise with them in my job.
I don't know one person who has been on Jobseekers more than 6 months.
After 6 months you go to the next level but its not Jobseekers.

peetee · 13 Oct 2008 at 21:25

fair doos.
Its a **** take if anyone stays on jobseekers for 6months anyway, Iv only been so comfortable on it for the couple of months because I was told I would be starting my job Oct/Nov for definite, so it meant I wasnt too worried about finding a job and could be picky and choosy as I didnt have to support myself much at all.

teaboy5 · 13 Oct 2008 at 22:31

To be honest so of the crap people come out with on here is unbelievable. Now i don’t agree with what the OP's m8 is doing, but having to go on the dole seems to make you scum around here.

I have never been on it in my live and never will be so i can’t comment what its like to be on it. But in the years to come, many from this forum and many of the ones who call peope on the dole scum will soon find themselves on it as well. I just hope they come on here and post about.

SexyGreyFox · 13 Oct 2008 at 22:47

teaboy5 said:
I have never been on it in my live and never will be

teaboy5 · 13 Oct 2008 at 23:30

dmpoole said:

Simple really, i either wont sign on or live a cheaper life.

SexyGreyFox · 14 Oct 2008 at 07:52

teaboy5 said:
Simple really, i either wont sign on or live a cheaper life.

I said a similar thing when I was younger.
You'll get to realise life sucks sometimes.

uber soldat · 14 Oct 2008 at 09:17

mattyfez said:
Thats the thing, he seems happy t survive on pretty much nothing, as long as he has internet and food in the fridge....thats about as far as his asperations seem to go....

Maybe ill just have to be honest and tell him he is dead to me.

Sounds like a plan