You know JR, I'm out of work; my local jobcentre is very friendly, no pressure. They pay my petrol costs for interviews, they pay my rent, poll tax, the full amount of benefits as well. With my commercial insurances also running, I'm paying off my debts faster than when I was working.
As long as you play it straight with them, they'll help a great deal. And I still do voluntary work, a few hours supporting my previous employer's clients privately; obviously I do it for free, since a reference is more important to me than a couple of hundred quid that would upset my arrangements. I won't be getting suicidal anytime soon. Simono On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 01:06 +0100, jr wrote: > On 22 August 2010 17:17, Simon O'Riordan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, if only we lived in China. Cheap slaves who get re-educated and > > morale-conditioned when too many commit suicide. > > don't we already?? :-) > > minimum wage under £7 per hour!! > > job centres pushing people into work -- any work, no matter how > unsuitable and make-shift. > > can't be long now before we start catching up on the suicide rates too. > > > That's the place for me. > > welcome to Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó, UK branch. > > -- > regards, jr. > > time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. > > -- > Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 > Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset > List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
