Norrin Radd
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Too knackered to do anymore .
1 in 12 Adults have never worked.
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MegaSteve
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IF the figure is correct then the tories must be lying about the low unemployment numbers we are 'enjoying' under their administration...
The dark side of the family; its called being "on the fiddle." Where to start? Lets start with the mother, my mum's sister. She's no longer with us. She never had a full time job, or a husband for very long. Council house and on benefits. Electricity and gas meter were swapped out every quarter, then swapped back before a reading was due. A number of luxuries were bought down the pub from someone who knew someone who knew someone. She also 'fenced' things for a cut. And in her earlier years made a fair bit of cash from lying down. A couple of foreign holidays a year, at least.
Her last husband was kicked out, and was given a council bungalow. He promptly moved back in with his wife and sub-let the bungalow. Nice little earner on top of his benefits.
Her daughter pretty much mirrored her mum. Probably worked for a few years max, on and off. Didn't do the lying down 'job,' as far as I know but made a hell of a lot more from 'fencing.' She also received a lot of 'rent' from her son, who is currently on a 10 year stretch for drug dealing, protection and money laundering. The cottage in the Dales and the black Range Rover is in his mum's name, and she's been on benefits for the xx years.
The daughter's elder brother worked for 20+ years then developed a bad back, and was medically retired from his mid 40's, now pushing 70. He was fairly straight but the family rumour is his partner was "on the fiddle" big time - she's the boss. Seems to manage to get 2 or 3 foreign holidays a year + spending month on holiday in Aug in the UK with his grandkids.
The daughter's younger brother didn't work till his mid 40's. An apprenticeship didn't last long, then various back to work schemes. Very bright guy but from a very disfunctional background. Now employed as an IT specialist, has a place of his own and is, finally, happy.
The 5 grandchildren. 1 works, the rest, just look at variations of the above. Almost a 'full' extended family who have never had a full time job across over 60+ years.
rosecott
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Neilds
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Business and event management, even he admits it isn’t much work but he isn’t bothered about getting a job
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No big surprise to me, our soft society has made 'scrounging' a legitimate career choice.
chrisd
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Yep, Laurel and Hardy !
Neilds
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If students aren’t claiming benefits then no unemployed, figures are very artificial
SocketRocket
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Saying one in ten or twelve adults have never worked is a rather vague statistic. It would only make any sense if it did not include people in full time education and genuinely dissabled. It would be more informative if it showed age groups.
Ye Olde Boomer
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I was an accountant. But our financial department was organized, so I was also the financial office's union steward.
And also an executive board member of the local.
So...except for helping out a bit on book close week, once I got that job, I never really worked a day either!
Except on behalf of my membership, of course.
And also an executive board member of the local.
So...except for helping out a bit on book close week, once I got that job, I never really worked a day either!
Except on behalf of my membership, of course.
SocketRocket
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Ah! You're making comparisons between 'being employed' and ' working' the two are not necessarily mutually compatible ?
Ye Olde Boomer
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Well said.
SaintHacker
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Until its more attractive to get a job than live on on benefits then this will always be the case. In my mind if you want benefits, fine, two days a week go out and pick up dog poo in the local park, or clean graffiti, etc, earn your benefits (obviously this applies only to people who are physically able before someone accuses me of being something-ist). Maybe after a few weeks of doing community work then minimum wage in Maccy D's won't seem such a chore to get out of bed for
Its what they do here in Spain. You get a month to find a job, after that you do community service to qualify for your benefits. Litter picking and clearing the weeds from the pavements is the most 'popular' one. You still only work part-time so that you have time to job hunt but there's no sitting on your backside out here. The super goes round in his van checking the work every day.
Similar to portering jobs at the hospitals. Plenty apply, mainly to keep the jobcentre happy and the benefits coming rather than with any intent of actually turning up, even less actually getting the job
Ye Olde Boomer
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The type of jobs to which you refer do not support adults, especially adult with families.
That's why high school and university students who are physically able should all have work internships doing the entry level jobs as they complete their studies.
As they become upper classmen, they can advance to jobs that serve as a foundation to their eventual careers.
That's why high school and university students who are physically able should all have work internships doing the entry level jobs as they complete their studies.
As they become upper classmen, they can advance to jobs that serve as a foundation to their eventual careers.
ColchesterFC
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Do you have to report back to the job centre if applicants fail to turn up?
I don't work in NHS recruitment anymore but we did use to get forms from Rreading jobcentre (and the other local ones) asking if a candidate turned up and if so were we offering and if not why.
Kellfire
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Maybe if the minimum wage was enough to support someone in a decent standard of living...
