The unemployed

[Raumarik]

I'm now 31, been working full time since I was 16 and never been out of work. I've moved from job to job but not one day out of work. I'm not that clever, not that great a people person so I guess I must just be lucky when there's 1.9MILLION people on the UK unemployed.

What the heck are all of them doing?! There's jobs out there, granted perhaps they don't have the skills/experience to do them but it just seems like a huge number.

Just seems like a waste of a huge workforce, can't we get them all doing something constructive? I'm not having a go at them but I know of one family where none of them have ever worked a day in their life, dad, son and now grandson all unemployed and "don't see the point" getting a job when things are just given to them. There's so many people who are genuinely trying to get a job then there's wasters like these, surely it's time we got tough and put them to work. i'm not suggesting slave labour but there are job they could be doing, anyone can clean graffiti, tidy up, help school kids cross the road.

Not meant to be a rant at every unemployed person, just shocked me how many the news said were claiming!

 

[Raumarik]

Sorry I started this then didnt get a chance to check back on it! some good eye opening posts here For those saying it's not worth working I can see your point if people have kids etc but when I was 16 I started working full time (45hours/week) for £3000/year most of which went on work clothing, making lunch and traveling to and from work. I did it because I'd rather do that and gain experience than sit on my backside, it paid off in the long term so I don't think the "it's not worth it because it doesn't pay enough" is a reason that can always be applied.

If I was an employer I'd rather hire someone who had done a few jobs in a few years rather than sitting about waiting on the right job to come along, I'd rather have a worker than a skiver and the "I'm waiting on the right job" and "I can't find anything I like" are excuses that my MATES use far to often whilst sitting on the dole.

There are a lot of valid reasons for being unemployed I just think it's time we got tough on those who see it as a career in itself, I would force them into work and I know that wont be a very popular view!