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Work??? Feck that.

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  • 22-05-2009 2:24am
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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭


    I hired a member of staff two weeks ago on trial, she was on the dole for the last year and she turned out to be a very good professional worker. So last week i offered her a full-time job and she accepted it, no surprise there, seen there are very few new jobs in the area.
    Then today she came into me and said she cant take the job as she worked it out and she is better off on the dole than working a 40 hour week, earning a bit more than minimum wage. To say i was mad was an understatement, first its a disgrace that someone can earn more (or only a bit less, when taking all the other benefits that come with the dole) by laying on their ass all week at the tax payers expense and second that we are allowing this system to continue.

    I think i might phone social welfare tomorrow and tell them she has refused a job, i would hope her dole would be stopped, but i doubt they would do feck all.




    Just a rant and its not the first time someone has refused work as they wanted to stay on the dole.

    Mods feel free to lock thread, probably no need of more dole threads.
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    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    dibbs on her job?

    score, pm tho im serious


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    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Second in line for the job, pal. I'll clean toilets. Seriously.


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    irishvamp90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭irishvamp90


    hey look at my thread on cant apply for a job!!i'll take it please


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    pingu_girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 741 ✭✭✭pingu_girl


    3rd in line :D


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,757 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Yep something is very wrong with your system if you can make more money unemployed.

    The more of this I hear the more I think I might vote republican..


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    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    sdonn wrote: »
    Second in line for the job, pal. I'll clean toilets. Seriously.


    id clean sdonn while they **** on aformentioned toilet and clean that during and after


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    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Says something when 3 people jump in on this asking for jobs at 2.30am, doesn't it? Scary.

    I'm straight back off the list because it's not exactly centrally located for me, dont want to reveal OP's location but Im sure he'll decode that for ye if he wants to :D


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    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Phone Social Welfare, they are taking this kind of thing seriously now!!!


    Also, If the Job is in Cork I would be happy to take it. Or even Dublin, I would be willing to move!!!! PM Me if you want to give it!!:)


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Seriously, PM me, if i can help any boardise.
    The jobs in Letterkenny and there will be a few positions over time.


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    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Letterkenny, much too far out for me!!! Damn!!!


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    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    Senna wrote: »
    Seriously, PM me, if i can help any boardise.
    The jobs in Letterkenny and there will be a few positions over time.

    balls
    **** it is 2.40 - jaysus


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    Disease Ridden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 406 ✭✭Disease Ridden


    I'll do the job if everybody before me in the queue mystriously goes missing

    <.<.


    .>.>


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    irishvamp90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭irishvamp90


    hey id move to letterkenny for the summer for a full time job,be a change :)


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    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    I'd step short of calling the SW, you could leave someone on the breadline quite easily, may be kids involved etc. Let the air out of her tires or something instead, I'm sure she's driving an X5 the way she behaves so that'll make her extra upset.

    This thread has inspired me to alter my signiature too.


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    amacachi
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    Being honest I can't blame her, if she's better off on the dole then there are kids involved, so she's right to maximise her income. **** system.


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    minidazzler
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Being honest I can't blame her, if she's better off on the dole then there are kids involved, so she's right to maximise her income. **** system.

    Who said there's kids involved?


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    amacachi
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    minidazzler wrote: »
    Who said there's kids involved?

    I said if she's better off on the dole then there are kids involved, unless Senna is paying under minimum wage, which I doubt.


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Who said there's kids involved?

    As far as i know there are no kids involved, her husband is on the dole and if she starts work his money MIGHT be cut also. She said something like that anyway.
    I did tell her i hope dole is cut very soon and dont be expecting a job again.

    Yes the system is wrong, but people should have some sence of social responsibility.
    amacachi wrote: »
    I said if she's better off on the dole then there are kids involved, unless Senna is paying under minimum wage, which I doubt.

    9.50 ph

    I think she might be getting mortgage interest supplement.


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    banquo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    If it's for your kids, then you'd do what you can. Don't say you wouldn't.

    If you don't have kids then work.


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    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Senna wrote: »
    As far as i know there are no kids involved, her husband is on the dole and if she starts work his money MIGHT be cut also. She said something like that anyway.
    I did tell her i hope dole is cut very soon and dont be expecting a job again.

    Yes the system is wrong, but people should have some sence of social responsibility.
    They're still only on about 300 a week between them. Though probably claiming another 100 or so on rent allowance so it works out around the same. Feckin daft system. If there's no kids then report her.

    Just noticed your ninja edit, forgot she could get some kind of mortgage-related supplement rather than rent allowance depending on the situation.


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    irishvamp90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭irishvamp90


    even if there is kids report her.the reason i was bought up right is because ive seen how hard my parents worked doing factory jobs.my dad did 9 to 5 and my mam evenings all while i was growing up it can be done.and they didnt piss away their money in the pub.new cars,2 holidays a year,planned their food shopping,planned out their cooking.they minded their money and did what they had too and still do


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    irishvamp90
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭irishvamp90


    social welfare/dole/child allowance should be made in a such a way that people can only spend it on the basics like food/rent/esb/heat a voucher system maybe.because there a child s allowance might be spent on some good food for the kid instead of fake tan or a bottle of vodka for maa


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    high horse
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    If she quits her job, isn't there a period of six months or so where she will not get the dole?


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    high horse wrote: »
    If she quits her job, isn't there a period of six months or so where she will not get the dole?

    She has not submitted her p45 etc, so she has not got paid. Her plan was to ask for the cash in hand and walk away. I told her to fcuk off, through the books or nothing.


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    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    It sickens me to hear about things like this.
    I get €204 each week for sitting on my arse. Yes I have been contributing towards that for the last ten years but I'd work a three, four or five day week for the same money.
    I'm not used to hanging around & I'm certainly not used to getting money for SFA.
    The fool you gave up your time to interview & offered a job to should get her payments stopped.
    But to be fair, she can only be held accountable for a portion of this lunacy. The government are also responsible for handing out money so freely.
    I'm delighted with my €204 as it means I can pay my bills, just. If I wasn't getting that amount then I'm nearly sure I'd have the baliffs at the door.
    But I wouldn't ever turn down a job because I might be better off on the dole for the sake of a few euro.
    There is a lot to be said for having pride. That woman obviously has none.


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,757 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    easyeason3 wrote: »
    It sickens me to hear about things like this.
    I get €204 each week for sitting on my arse. Yes I have been contributing towards that for the last ten years but I'd work a three, four or five day week for the same money.
    I'm not used to hanging around & I'm certainly not used to getting money for SFA.
    The fool you gave up your time to interview & offered a job to should get her payments stopped.
    But to be fair, she can only be held accountable for a portion of this lunacy. The government are also responsible for handing out money so freely.
    I'm delighted with my €204 as it means I can pay my bills, just. If I wasn't getting that amount then I'm nearly sure I'd have the baliffs at the door.
    But I wouldn't ever turn down a job because I might be better off on the dole for the sake of a few euro.
    There is a lot to be said for having pride. That woman obviously has none.
    and you can afford the internet...


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    frazzel
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    at least if someones working the possibility in the future of a wage increase is there. Not so likely on the dole anytime soon id imagine!!! :rolleyes:

    If there are kids involved then i can see why she might not want the job. childcare costs etc.. However if there are no kids involved then she has no excuse. She should be getting off her arse and working. In a country where so many people are crying out for work!! How dare she sponge off an already drained system coz she's too lazy to put in the work!! :mad:


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    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Overheal wrote: »
    and you can afford the internet...

    In fairness, the internet is a necessity these days when looking for Jobs.


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    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    Overheal wrote: »
    and you can afford the internet...

    I don't pay for it, I'm lucky enough to have a boyfriend who wants instant broadband when he is at home so he pays for it.

    It's kinda handy to apply for jobs too.


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    The Pontiac
    Registered Users Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    Pay her a decent wage then. I'd rather work any day than draw the dole. But when companies are jumping on the bandwagon and paying ****e wages, I'd say fcuk ye too!


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