Trials of Finding New Job
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berlintaxi said:
funkyrobot said:
Speaking of which, I haven't heard a thing from the old job since I resigned last week.
Why are you expecting to hear from them, I doubt they are shedding any tears over your resignation.
I'm no expecting that. I thought I would have had my P45 and a confirmation letter.
egor110 said:
How come you owe them money ?
Training courses ?
They paid me for the month and I resigned 3 days before the end of the month. I could go into detail with them as I think they owe me some holiday to cover some of the losses, but I really can't be bothered. They want less than £200 back, so I'm just going to pay it and move on.Training courses ?
The reason I quit when I did was because if I worked much longer, my notice would have gone from zero to 1 month. I couldn't stomach being there another month.
Jobcentre have left me a message today to say they will be unable to refund my £4.80 train fare that I spent on getting to the interview on Monday............apparently they only pay if the interview is outside 90 mins of travelling so thankfully the interview wasnt in say Hemel Hempsted and i paid for a train ticket from Birmingham which would probably necessitate it being a peak fare of around £20-25 return out of £73 JSA allowance. I love it - I just effin love it. .
I really want to swear blue murder on here but I dont want to be banned - but what a crazy short sighted system. I feel like telling them to stick it if they cant support me in travelling to interviews.
Is it part of the big plan to control those right at the bottom of the food chain? It feels like it. They have right where they want you unless of course you sign-off and make the unemployment figures look better.
Might write to my local MP about this as its plain backwards thinking and idiotically short sighted.
Had they refunded me the £4.80 and then I got that job they would have got the money back in my first pay packet in taxes.
I really want to swear blue murder on here but I dont want to be banned - but what a crazy short sighted system. I feel like telling them to stick it if they cant support me in travelling to interviews.
Is it part of the big plan to control those right at the bottom of the food chain? It feels like it. They have right where they want you unless of course you sign-off and make the unemployment figures look better.
Might write to my local MP about this as its plain backwards thinking and idiotically short sighted.
Had they refunded me the £4.80 and then I got that job they would have got the money back in my first pay packet in taxes.
ToothbrushMan said:
Jobcentre have left me a message today to say they will be unable to refund my £4.80 train fare that I spent on getting to the interview on Monday............apparently they only pay if the interview is outside 90 mins of travelling so thankfully the interview wasnt in say Hemel Hempsted and i paid for a train ticket from Birmingham which would probably necessitate it being a peak fare of around £20-25 return out of £73 JSA allowance. I love it - I just effin love it. .
I really want to swear blue murder on here but I dont want to be banned - but what a crazy short sighted system. I feel like telling them to stick it if they cant support me in travelling to interviews.
Is it part of the big plan to control those right at the bottom of the food chain? It feels like it. They have right where they want you unless of course you sign-off and make the unemployment figures look better.
Might write to my local MP about this as its plain backwards thinking and idiotically short sighted.
Had they refunded me the £4.80 and then I got that job they would have got the money back in my first pay packet in taxes.
Bear in mind there aim is different to yours .I really want to swear blue murder on here but I dont want to be banned - but what a crazy short sighted system. I feel like telling them to stick it if they cant support me in travelling to interviews.
Is it part of the big plan to control those right at the bottom of the food chain? It feels like it. They have right where they want you unless of course you sign-off and make the unemployment figures look better.
Might write to my local MP about this as its plain backwards thinking and idiotically short sighted.
Had they refunded me the £4.80 and then I got that job they would have got the money back in my first pay packet in taxes.
You want to get a job related to what your qualifications are , hence why your prepared to travel for the interview.
They just want you in any job and off the books , so if you ended up at the local pound shop then as far as there concerned that's a success , hence no need to pay for your travel to interviews.
One of their aims is to provide jobseekers with help and support. We all recognise it has a duty to watch the public purse but to withhold financial assistance for such small amounts of money seems counter productive when you keep in mind the potential upsides.
So that aim of saving some money could one day potentially cost them so much more if jobseekers cannot afford to travel to interviews because if they know they wont be reimbursed they may tell the jobcentre about the interview(s) that were offered - hence they stay on the dole for longer than would potentially have been the case.
then one day when they ask why arent you getting anymore interviews and you say you cant afford to go to them unless they are a walk away you get sanctioned. A lovely system.
Those in their new sometimes privately plated Mercs, Audis and Beemers continue to pull up outside the jobcentre on sign on day though......boils my piss
So that aim of saving some money could one day potentially cost them so much more if jobseekers cannot afford to travel to interviews because if they know they wont be reimbursed they may tell the jobcentre about the interview(s) that were offered - hence they stay on the dole for longer than would potentially have been the case.
then one day when they ask why arent you getting anymore interviews and you say you cant afford to go to them unless they are a walk away you get sanctioned. A lovely system.
Those in their new sometimes privately plated Mercs, Audis and Beemers continue to pull up outside the jobcentre on sign on day though......boils my piss
ToothbrushMan said:
Jobcentre have left me a message today to say they will be unable to refund my £4.80 train fare that I spent on getting to the interview on Monday............apparently they only pay if the interview is outside 90 mins of travelling so thankfully the interview wasnt in say Hemel Hempsted and i paid for a train ticket from Birmingham which would probably necessitate it being a peak fare of around £20-25 return out of £73 JSA allowance. I love it - I just effin love it. .
I really want to swear blue murder on here but I dont want to be banned - but what a crazy short sighted system. I feel like telling them to stick it if they cant support me in travelling to interviews.
Is it part of the big plan to control those right at the bottom of the food chain? It feels like it. They have right where they want you unless of course you sign-off and make the unemployment figures look better.
Might write to my local MP about this as its plain backwards thinking and idiotically short sighted.
Had they refunded me the £4.80 and then I got that job they would have got the money back in my first pay packet in taxes.
Been following your posts and genuinely feel your frustration.I really want to swear blue murder on here but I dont want to be banned - but what a crazy short sighted system. I feel like telling them to stick it if they cant support me in travelling to interviews.
Is it part of the big plan to control those right at the bottom of the food chain? It feels like it. They have right where they want you unless of course you sign-off and make the unemployment figures look better.
Might write to my local MP about this as its plain backwards thinking and idiotically short sighted.
Had they refunded me the £4.80 and then I got that job they would have got the money back in my first pay packet in taxes.
Please email me. Fishaq (one nine seven five ) at gmail dot com (remove brackets and use numbers ) I want to cover your travel costs until you find yourself a job. Genuine offer which I get the feeling you won’t abuse. Please do get in touch
Fas1975 said:
Been following your posts and genuinely feel your frustration.
Please email me. Fishaq (one nine seven five ) at gmail dot com (remove brackets and use numbers ) I want to cover your travel costs until you find yourself a job. Genuine offer which I get the feeling you won’t abuse. Please do get in touch
Gent.Please email me. Fishaq (one nine seven five ) at gmail dot com (remove brackets and use numbers ) I want to cover your travel costs until you find yourself a job. Genuine offer which I get the feeling you won’t abuse. Please do get in touch
Fas1975 said:
Been following your posts and genuinely feel your frustration.
Please email me. Fishaq (one nine seven five ) at gmail dot com (remove brackets and use numbers ) I want to cover your travel costs until you find yourself a job. Genuine offer which I get the feeling you won’t abuse. Please do get in touch
I'm genuinely blown away by your offer - how generous. Right now I can manage the costs as I still have some redundancy money left but its the fact that you get zippo help from the jobcentre that gets me and its how these decisions affect people who have no money at all that also concerns me more. Please email me. Fishaq (one nine seven five ) at gmail dot com (remove brackets and use numbers ) I want to cover your travel costs until you find yourself a job. Genuine offer which I get the feeling you won’t abuse. Please do get in touch
I've been following your thread for a little while what sort of work are you looking for? I've never been convinced that firing Cvs off on websites will get results. Have you tried approaching small companies locally? The sort of companies that agencies would be too small for? I appreciate the frustration but brexit aside the underlying economy is still pretty good and certainly in our area a quick walk around one of the many industrial areas would secure many opportunities. Companies round here are back to having signs outside displaying vacancies. We are in the North too so would assume the further south you get the easier it should be.
Try local business groups these ofen have keen expanding small business directors and getting an approach from someone being proactive who can string a sentence together might be refreshing.
Take this as tough love but sitting at home firing emails off isn't the same as getting out there banging on doors and you might be just feeding your frustrations even more by continuing with an approach that's clearly not working.
Nobody owes you a job you have to go take one!
Try local business groups these ofen have keen expanding small business directors and getting an approach from someone being proactive who can string a sentence together might be refreshing.
Take this as tough love but sitting at home firing emails off isn't the same as getting out there banging on doors and you might be just feeding your frustrations even more by continuing with an approach that's clearly not working.
Nobody owes you a job you have to go take one!
fridaypassion said:
Take this as tough love but sitting at home firing emails off isn't the same as getting out there banging on doors and you might be just feeding your frustrations even more by continuing with an approach that's clearly not working.
Nobody owes you a job you have to go take one!
That only work in retail and sales, how do I for example go about finding electronics manufacturing companies in my area? Google gives me only TV/Audio shops and unless you know someone who knows of a company, you've got no choice but to be searching job sites. Most companies don't sell to the public and have zero public presence, you just cannot find them.Nobody owes you a job you have to go take one!
For example you've searched and searched and searched, and then out of the blue an agency calls you and tells you of a place half a mile away that you didn't even know existed, at first you don't believe it, you think it's just another agency lying to get contacts from you, but you do some digging and eventually find it's been there over 10 years...........
It all depends on what you do and what sort of work your looking for.
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