Lost my job and happy!

mickmouse

So lost my job where I was getting 23k a year. I was spending a lot of money on petrol and things and had feck all money left after rent and stuff. I hated getting up at 7AM for work. It was an absolute pain.

Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king. Get up whenever I want. No more taking orders. Its my first time on the dole since I graduated college and I love welfare! Managing to save 60 euro a week and have plenty of money for booze for the weekends. Isn't life great :pac: When I need extra money I might consider getting a job.

paulmclaughlin

You'll find it gets old real fast.

AnonoBoy

paulmclaughlin wrote: »

You'll find it gets old real fast.

Trolling?

Yeah, I'd say so.

TheBody

mickmouse wrote: »

So lost my job where I was getting 23k a year. I was spending a lot of money on petrol and things and had feck all money left after rent and stuff. I hated getting up at 7AM for work. It was an absolute pain.

Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king. Get up whenever I want. No more taking orders. Its my first time on the dole since I graduated college and I love welfare! Managing to save 60 euro a week and have plenty of money for booze for the weekends. Isn't life great :pac: When I need extra money I might consider getting a job.

Hang on everyone. I'll get the popcorn.

zom

Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years from Now?

kneemos

TheBody wrote: »

Hang on everyone. I'll get the popcorn.

It won't last that long.

sgb

OP you are living the dream

DEFTLEFTHAND

Your self esteem will suffer. If there's work available in your field go look for it.

tacofries

F8ck it lad, as long as your enjoying yourself! No point going through life hating your job!

AnonoBoy

mickmouse wrote: »

Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king.

What sort of kings do you know because I haven't ever heard of a king with such little ready cash.

rolliepoley

Stir crazy will soon set in.

mickmouse

zom wrote: »

Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years from Now?

Hopefully in a better paid job if I get another one. Might do a part time masters for two years and might go back to work then. Who knows. I'm not working for the wages I was getting because it was not worth it!

cml387

sgb wrote: »

OP you are living the dream

Sitting at home playing crysis surrounded by discarded Coke beer cans and empty pizza boxes living a sad shell of a life.

Or come to think of it

LostBoy101

Wow thats low..

Plastic Sheeting

I have to agree with the OP. I spent the last three years in college struggling to get by while studying for a Law degree. I was working three days a week on top of full time study. I finished last week, walked into the Community Welfare Office and they signed me a check for 188euro. No wonder the country is in the state its in, an absolute joke. If they spent half the welfare budget on investing in jobs the place would be nowhere as bad as it is.

hfallada

Wait till the economy recovers in a few years and welfare is slashed. We will be like the Brits on welfare which is beans on toast 7 days a week cause you cant afford jack **** because its so low

Dartz

Troll or not...

After grinding by on 23k a year, some people at least deserve a few weeks to destress and vent. Arguably, it's one of the best things to do on becoming unemployed. Relax for a few weeks, put your old work behind you... then when you've steadied yourself and gotten over it, go for it with a clear mind.

Although, the fact that welfare is a better option that working says a lot about the minimum wage and the cost of living in this country. In that case, '**** the system' is quite a natural and fair response.

Yakult

yeah it's great Nicknouse

Plastic Sheeting

hfallada wrote: »

Wait till the economy recovers in a few years and welfare is slashed. We will be like the Brits on welfare which is beans on toast 7 days a week cause you cant afford jack **** because its so low

If people can live off that in college then there's no reason why they can't do it on the dole

Banjo String

mickmouse wrote: »

Hopefully in a better paid job if I get another one. Might do a part time masters for two years and might go back to work then. Who knows. I'm not working for the wages I was getting because it was not worth it!

Plastic Sheeting wrote: »

I have to agree with the OP. I spent the last three years in college struggling to get by while studying for a Law degree. I was working three days a week on top of full time study. I finished last week, walked into the Community Welfare Office and they signed me a check for 188euro. No wonder the country is in the state its in, an absolute joke. If they spent half the welfare budget on investing in jobs the place would be nowhere as bad as it is.

Hmmmm.

If I was a suspicious bastard I'd say you two newly registered users might be on a tag-team trolling mission anyway.

I'm not a suspicious bastard, but I actually do think your a tag team on a trolling mission anyway.

So long now.

mickmouse

SamHall wrote: »

Hmmmm.

If I was a suspicious bastard I'd say you two newly registered users might be on a tag-team trolling mission anyway.

I'm not a suspicious bastard, but I actually do think your a tag team on a trolling mission anyway.

So long now.

I think your suspicions will be thrown out the window.:cool:

Smidge

Trolls just ain't what the used to be
It's like........they're not even making an effort anymore.
It's a sad day when a whole section of society just lets themselves "go":rolleyes:

wretcheddomain

SamHall wrote: »

Hmmmm.

If I was a suspicious bastard I'd say you two newly registered users might be on a tag-team trolling mission anyway.

That's an insult to real hard-working trolls.

Wanderer2010

Why the stigma in admitting you are happy not being a job? Isnt it much better to be happy and healthy and planning to do something different in your life, upskilling and trying to better yourself. The OP wasnt happy or earning much money in the job so they decided to change the situation for the better, fair play to him or her.

Ireland still suffers from Keeping up with the Jones's where its better to stay miserable. stressed and exhausted in a job so you can tell people who dont even care about you "Oh yes im so lucky to have a job, im grateful", what a stupid and destructive attitude. :rolleyes:

WumBuster

In a way i dont blame you. The thing i hate about authority is that its always abused by those who hold it. In work enviroments its just people climbing over each others backs to get to the top...I get sick of dealing with the same assholes every day and wonder if there is any point and just retire on 180 or whatever it is a week.

ShadowHearth

AnonoBoy wrote: »

What sort of kings do you know because I haven't ever heard of a king with such little ready cash.

King or not, he ends up with more money I'm his pocket after everything is played and all he does is sleeps, ****s, eats, drinks and has not a single thing to worry about.

NuckingFacker

WumBuster wrote: »

In a way i dont blame you. The thing i hate about authority is that its always abused by those who hold it. In work enviroments its just people climbing over each others backs to get to the top...I get sick of dealing with the same assholes every day and wonder if there is any point and just retire on 180 or whatever it is a week.

Change job.

I havn't met a single asshole in a work situation in years. Everyone else says they meet one all the time. They must be unlucky...hold on...

WumBuster

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Change job.

I havn't met a single asshole in a work situation in years. Everyone else says they meet one all the time. They must be unlucky...hold on...

If you cant spot the asshole in the room you probably are the asshole..;)

NuckingFacker

WumBuster wrote: »

If you cant spot the asshole in the room you probably are the asshole..;)

get your own jokes:P

languagenerd

So you can afford to save €60 a week and still go drinking when you're only getting €188, but when you were getting €442 a week (23k divided by 52), you had "feck all money"? What were you renting back then, a palace?

If I got €442 a week, I'd still have way more than €60 left after rent, basic food shopping and transport. (Not including bills or anything, but you didn't mention those so...)

Something doesn't quite add up here...

EDIT: As pointed out below, I stupidly forgot about tax. However, the OP still has the same utility bills (maybe more cause he's now home during the day) and the same costs for food shopping, so I don't understand how he could possibly be so much better off earning half as much as before (even with rent removed).

April O Neill

mickmouse wrote: »

So lost my job where I was getting 23k a year. I was spending a lot of money on petrol and things and had feck all money left after rent and stuff. I hated getting up at 7AM for work. It was an absolute pain.

Now I'm getting rent allowance and 188 euros a week off the government and now I live a king. Get up whenever I want. No more taking orders. Its my first time on the dole since I graduated college and I love welfare! Managing to save 60 euro a week and have plenty of money for booze for the weekends. Isn't life great :pac: When I need extra money I might consider getting a job.

I hope nothing unforeseen happens in your near future!

ahnowbrowncow

languagenerd wrote: »

So you can afford to save €60 a week and still go drinking when you're only getting €188, but when you were getting €442 a week (23k divided by 52), you had "feck all money"? What were you renting back then, a palace?

If I got €442 a week, I'd still have nearly €200 left after rent, basic food shopping and transport. (Not including bills or anything, but you didn't mention those so...)

Something doesn't quite add up here...

Never heard of tax? It works out at a net of €382 a week.

Then minus rent of €100 = €282

Minus travelling to work expenses of at least €50 leaves €232.

That works out at €44, at the very best, better off each week for working 40 hours.

languagenerd

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Never heard of tax? It works out at a net of €382 a week.

Then minus rent of €100 = €282

Minus travelling to work expenses of at least €50 leaves €232.

That works out at €44, at the very best, better off each week for working 40 hours.

Sorry, wasn't thinking and took the 23k as net instead of tax.
Where are you getting the €44 from, though?

PizzamanIRL

Fair play OP. Living the Irish Dream.

COYW

hfallada wrote: »

Wait till the economy recovers in a few years and welfare is slashed. We will be like the Brits on welfare which is beans on toast 7 days a week cause you cant afford jack **** because its so low

Just like it was slashed during the last boom????

OP, it is a shame those days are gone. You would be getting a Christmas bonus on top of your €188.

mickmouse

I get 382 euro a week. Rent is 125 euro per week which leaves 272 euro. Travel costs me 60 euro per week which leaves me with 212 euro. And then I'd spend more on lunches and stuff. It was like I was working for a euro an hour. I'm going to better myself and hopefully get a higher paid job.

The christmas bonus I got in my previous job was a 50 euro voucher. I didn't quit the job by the way. I got let go after two years at the end of my contract because the work was drying up and a lot of people in the company were been left go. I'm going to apply for higher paid jobs but not working for that money again! If I can't get one its back to do a masters.

Zillah

Good for you OP. I'd much rather hear your story than a story where a young person wasted their best years dredging through shoite work for sad money, and realised too late that their life was a shell of what they had hoped.

Relax, enjoy, learn some new things, remember why life is worth living. Eventually you'll come around and find something worth doing. I'm only getting paid slightly more than you were, but my rent is cheap and I cycle instead of drive, and my job is at least related to what I'm interested in. I'm happy for you to have my taxes for a while (and indeed, your own taxes back!).

Life isn't work. You are not your job. Far too many people have swallowed, hook line and sinker, this modern idea that refusing to be miserable is a sign of poor character.

ahnowbrowncow

languagenerd wrote: »

Sorry, wasn't thinking and took the 23k as net instead of tax.
Where are you getting the €44 from, though?

232 (left after expenses) - 188 (dole) = €44 better off from working (at best)

mickmouse wrote: »

I get 382 euro a week. Rent is 125 euro per week which leaves 272 euro.

Maybe this is why you were let go :pac:

Femme_Fatale

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Why the stigma in admitting you are happy not being a job? Isnt it much better to be happy and healthy and planning to do something different in your life, upskilling and trying to better yourself. The OP wasnt happy or earning much money in the job so they decided to change the situation for the better, fair play to him or her.

Ireland still suffers from Keeping up with the Jones's where its better to stay miserable. stressed and exhausted in a job so you can tell people who dont even care about you "Oh yes im so lucky to have a job, im grateful", what a stupid and destructive attitude. :rolleyes:

I don't think they said the job was all that bad, just that they are happy not having to get up early and commute and answer to a boss - isn't that the case for lots of people though, it's not exactly a nightmare existence. I don't see any issue at all with people being on the dole when they are looking for work - and for however long it takes, including doing e.g. a Fás course to upskill, but just being on the dole and not bothering to look for work is something I don't agree with. What's "keeping up with the Jones" about that? Isn't "keeping up the Jones" trying to "match" or "better" people in terms of material possessions, lifestyle etc?

I agree nobody should feel "grateful" to have a job if they're treated badly though - in which case, keep looking for other work, or if exceptionally miserable, to the point of depression/stress, and with no dependents/large outgoings, leave.

This person didn't even leave - they were let go, so it's not like they packed it in as a two-fingers to "the man".

Grayson

Dartz wrote: »

Troll or not...

After grinding by on 23k a year, some people at least deserve a few weeks to destress and vent. Arguably, it's one of the best things to do on becoming unemployed. Relax for a few weeks, put your old work behind you... then when you've steadied yourself and gotten over it, go for it with a clear mind.

Although, the fact that welfare is a better option that working says a lot about the minimum wage and the cost of living in this country. In that case, '**** the system' is quite a natural and fair response.

I agree. It's not something you can do long term, but it's great for a few months. Last time I was unemployed, after 3 months I was going insane. You do need a job eventually. Maybe the OP can find something closer with less of a commute and maybe even more rewarding.

I know most people if they have families etc can't afford to drop out of the rat race, but for people in the OP's position, it's an added benefit and he should take advantage of it.

especially if this turns out to be a nice summer.

yore

mickmouse wrote: »

I get 382 euro a week. Rent is 125 euro per week which leaves 272 euro. Travel costs me 60 euro per week which leaves me with 212 euro. And then I'd spend more on lunches and stuff. It was like I was working for a euro an hour. I'm going to better myself and hopefully get a higher paid job.

The christmas bonus I got in my previous job was a 50 euro voucher. I didn't quit the job by the way. I got let go after two years at the end of my contract because the work was drying up and a lot of people in the company were been left go. I'm going to apply for higher paid jobs but not working for that money again! If I can't get one its back to do a masters.

You go girl!

Unless your idea of bettering yourself means spending half the day lying around in your own filth and playing with your knob.

Because nothing screams ambition and work-ethic to a potential future employer more than a self-imposed stint on the dole!

Have you never heard people say how it's always much easier to get a job when you already have one?


(You may be serious about "bettering" yourself, but I find a lot of people who spout stuff like that have had ample opportunities in their past to better themselves but never took them!)

JD DABA

yore wrote: »

Because nothing screams ambition and work-ethic to a potential future employer more than a self-imposed stint on the dole!

Fck the future employer, formless ephemeral mystery entity that he is.

Its like the boogie man at this stage...if you dont get your double masters he'll come and git ye.

Call Me Jimmy

JD DABA wrote: »

Fck the future employer, formless ephemeral mystery entity that he is.

Its like the boogie man at this stage...if you dont get your double masters he'll come and git ye.

Hah brilliant! and what I would have said if I could have articulated it!

Lenin Skynard

yore wrote: »

Because nothing screams ambition and work-ethic to a potential future employer more than a self-imposed stint on the dole!

Oh the wonders of being a human being as opposed to a labour machine. I hope you discover them some day.

jaffamuncher

I lost my job in 08, and at the time had the same attitude as the op, I had no major outgoings bar rent, and no dependants. So I thought I'd enjoy the summer and weigh up my options. It got old pretty fast, I could basically survive , but as they say no mon, no fun. Its not great for the self confidence having to sign on once a month watching your savings dwindle,
Eventually went back to college for two years, and got a job in a factory in 2011, where I have been since, I had been out of work so long it felt like winning the lotto at the time, and i'm so grateful for the 460 euro I take home a week now, after trying to live on 188 euro for 3 years wondering if I would ever work again, while my self confidence plumetted. I know some people say money or your job isn't everything, and they're right to a certain extent, but it sure as hell goes a long way

AlekSmart

April O Neill wrote: »

I hope nothing unforeseen happens in your near future!

Such as,being offered a Job...:eek: :eek: :eek: !!

the culture of deference

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Never heard of tax? It works out at a net of €382 a week.

Then minus rent of €100 = €282

Minus travelling to work expenses of at least €50 leaves €232.

That works out at €44, at the very best, better off each week for working 40 hours.

Think of the really poor people like the fat C U N T brian cowen, sacked due to total incompetence, a total **** wit, that poor guy has to live on €2,700 a week, and what about his old boss, the crooked PRICK bertie on nearly 3,000 euro a week.

Until C U N T S like this are sorted out I have no issues with people who have worked getting their dole.

handlemaster

stock up on hand cream

dr.bollocko

Troll OP sitebanned > thread closed.