Morals aside...

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 20:09

Can you claim unemployment benefit between school and uni, and between uni and starting a graduate job? I will be graduating in June, and starting a job in September. I have no intention of getting out my bed in July or August, and if I could get a few quid from the benefits man it wouldn't go amiss. Have I got any chance?

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 20:13

Hmmmm....so if I sent off some really really bad covering letters saying things like 'I have recently graduated so am looking for a job that gives me very flexible working hours, especially involving no set starting time. I will also be starting another job in September so by the time you have trained me I will be off' I can claim?

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:17

stoofa said:
Why bother with university at all?
Whereas you could be out there putting in a couple of months hard graft, getting some extra cash together that would really help you through university because as anyone who went will tell you the loan isn't enough.
However you've decided your best bet is to lay in bed and let the Great British tax payer line your pocket instead.

Get off your lazy arse, get out there and earn some money like the rest of us do.

If you actually read my post you would see that I am in my final year of University and will be starting a job in September. Loans HAVE been enough, combined with being an Officer in the Royal Naval Reserve and a volunteer with a group of young adults with severe disabilities. Tube. I have also worked all the hours God sent during all my holidays and have built up savings to see me through the academic year.

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:20

Freeman said:
You can claim a bridging allowance which is £15 a week for 8 weeks.

I know because i did it, couldn't find a job anywhere, and needed money between going from quitting my job, to college.

Thank you.

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:25

Thanks for that response blueCAT. As I say in my first post I will be graduating in June after 5 long years at Uni. Before starting my job in September I am taking a couple of months off.

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 21:50

I think I will claim. For a few weeks before I start working for the next 45 years I will live the life of a Celtic fan (for the benefit of Tru).

big_white_dog84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 22:00

Sorry

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 09:33

I have contributed a lot via tax - a hellova lot more than most people my age who left school at 16 and got a dead-end job. You know nothing about me vertigo1. All I want is an answer to my question.

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 12:22

dirtydog said:
No offence but you're not suited to be an officer then if you think it's okay to fraudulently claim benefits and stay in bed all day - you might think you have the right but you don't.

How would you know whether I'm 'suited to be an officer' or not? I think I'm bloody good at it, and my reports and subordinates would agree.

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 13:18

dirtydog said:
My post that you quoted contains the answer to your question.

And what do you know about the requirements of an Officer in the RNR?

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 13:44

Good response - your wit has defeated me!

As a member of the reserve forces your entitlement to benefits is unaffected.

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:10

My comment about paying more tax than the average youngster was in reply to someone's post that I shouldn't be able to claim benefits til I have contributed some tax.

I didn't say I wanted sleep - I am having my last holiday as a reward for 5 long long years of very hard work before I start employment. During this time I am not going to work. I am going to claim whatever benefit I can to keep me going before I start my job in September.

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:16

Doing Electrical Engineering. When I find out where you live I will let your lights go out - then you'll be sorry!

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:28

I do realise that people have been working the past five years. But I'm not a student who has no experience of the world of work and I can guarantee you that I have worked many times harder than the average taxpayer over my time at Uni.

big_white_dog84 · 8 Feb 2006 at 14:36

Because my experience of many companies is that people sit on their fat backsides and do as little as possible all day - living for their next coffee break. Doing 7.5000000000000000 hours a day and not one second more, spending as much time as they can at the watercooler etc etc.

big_white_dog84 · 9 Feb 2006 at 13:09

Samtheman1k said:
A real officer or OTC?

The OTC is the Army. The Royal Navy's equivalent is the URNU. But I'm a real reservist, not a student soldier.