Spare a thought for Paddy

[ei.sdraob]

yes the title of this thread is in contrast to this bad joke of thread here


why dont we spare a thought for all the 13,300 people who lost a job last month (how many of them were from public sector again btw?)

A HUGE surge in unemployment and redundancies are outlined in startling new figures published today.

They show 13,300 more joined the dole queues last month -- pushing the total to 436,900. And redundancies soared, according to the latest report, with 6,699 losing their jobs in January.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-2045119.html


the papers dont print the stories of the thousands of people above, instead we get trash like this


so please spare a taught for Paddy, or Pat or whatever the names of these people are who are still loosing jobs

people who can not hold the country ransom in order to continue in their safe and overpaid employment

people who get "demoralized" by a p45 handed to them, not by a frigging pension levy

[mickeyk]

Originally Posted by ei.sdraob

yes the title of this thread is in contrast to this bad joke of thread here


why dont we spare a taught for all the 13,300 people who lost a job last month (how many of them were from public sector again btw?)


http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-2045119.html


the papers dont print the stories of the thousands of people above, instead we get trash like this


so please spare a taught for Paddy, or Pat or whatever the names of these people are who are still loosing jobs

people who can not hold the country ransom in order to continue in their safe and overpaid employment

people who get "demoralized" by a p45 handed to them, not by a frigging pension levy

It does rather put Barrys problem into perspective doesn't it, quality of life destroyed my a**e.

[gurramok]

My other half is one of those 436,900 on 10k a year so forgive me if my sympathies are more towards Paddy rather than Barry.

Originally Posted by Barry

It is unfair, unjust and irresponsible to destroy my quality of life in two fell swoops of pay reductions in 10 months.
This Government targeting of public sector pay has not only turned my quality of life on its head,.

Yeh try it on the dole Barry. Thank your lucky stars you have a guaranteed job earning 53k a year and a nice pension in the first place.

[ardmacha]

Thank your lucky stars you have a guaranteed job earning 53k a year and a nice pension in the first place.

Barry studied to acquire the appropriate skills and applied for the job, nothing lucky about it.

[ei.sdraob]

Originally Posted by ardmacha

Barry studied to acquire the appropriate skills and applied for the job, nothing lucky about it.

can Barry be replaced by any of the 436,900 unemployed people with more skills and education

no? thought so

[mickeyk]

Originally Posted by ardmacha

Barry studied to acquire the appropriate skills and applied for the job, nothing lucky about it.

I wonder how many of the 400k+ on the dole studied at third level, that'd be an interesting statistic. He is not going to get much sympathy writing into the papers complaining about his quality of life on a wage like that, if other posters calculations can be trusted he is on 50k plus. His employer can't sack him I consider that to be pretty lucky, as be in no doubt the Government would lay off scores of PS if they thought for a second that they could get away with it.

[Lawros Tache]

How about i offer you a job?

Free accomodation plus free healthcare included.

Stay at home as many hours as you like, you can even take care of your own children and still come out with take home pay of over €200 per week...

Apply at your local Social Welfare office...

[ei.sdraob]

Originally Posted by Lawros Tache

Apply at your local Social Welfare office...

and of course the welfare "job" Paddy gets would not come close to the 50K a year job that Barry is moaning about

[Lawros Tache]

Originally Posted by ei.sdraob

and of course the welfare "job" Paddy gets would not come close to the 50K a year job that Barry is moaning about

hours are much better though...

[ei.sdraob]

Originally Posted by Lawros Tache

hours are much better though...

maybe Barry should move to this new job and be replaced by any of the 430K "Paddie's" who would prefer to be in his position

[gurramok]

Originally Posted by ardmacha

Barry studied to acquire the appropriate skills and applied for the job, nothing lucky about it.

Lucky stars in that he has a protected job with a protected pension, him moaning about struggling on a high wage is rubbing salt into the wounds of Paddy.

[Lawros Tache]

Maybe they should have applied years ago just like Barry, he knew it wasn't as lucrative as his private sector counterparts at the time but settled for that in favour of long term job security.

[ei.sdraob]

Originally Posted by Lawros Tache

Maybe they should have applied years ago just like Barry, he knew it wasn't as lucrative as his private sector counterparts at the time but settled for that in favour of long term job security.

maybe we can all work in the public sector (worked out great in USSR)

tho where will the money to pay the PS an welfare come from then?

[Stark]

Originally Posted by ei.sdraob

the papers dont print the stories of the thousands of people above, instead we get trash like this

Whinge whinge whinge. He should get a job elsewhere if he's not happy with what the one he has.

[Lawros Tache]

Originally Posted by ei.sdraob

maybe we can all work in the public sector (worked out great in USSR)

tho where will the money to pay the PS an welfare come from then?

Still trotting out the old favourites I see...

unfortunately we cant all work in the Public service, but you're welcome to apply just like the rest of us are when the positions are advertised. For all the vilification of the Public sector i'd be willing to bet €206 per week that the applications will be way up.

The money will come from the same place that "Paddy's" new wage will come from.