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Leave my Job! Social Welfare!

  • 04-10-2016 3:48pm
    #1
    BikerDude86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hello I am currently 24 and Ive being in the same job for the last 3 years and 6 months. Im highly stressed and my social anxiety is getting worse. I want to leave my job to be able to go back to collage next year. If I leave now I will just have enough time to be able to receive back to education allowance. Is there anyway of getting out of having to wait 9 weeks beforee you recieve your first payment?

    My wage is about 340 a week, which isnt enough to have any savings. Could anyone help me out with this?

    Also do people think its a good idea for me to leave my job which leads no where, to go to collage and finally get a degree?


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  • #2
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,289 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    If you're stressed and your health is getting worse, you need to visit your GP.

    It's highly likely that they will sign you off work, and therefore you won't have a 9-week benefit standdown which you'd face otherwise.

    In general, yes it is good to get a qualification rather than being stuck in a minimum wage job. But I will warn you that at least initially higher level jobs can be as stressful. At least in minimum wage jobs, you clock out at the end of the day and go home. Higher level jobs usually aren't like that.


  • #3
    Skyfarm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Skyfarm


    hi biker

    i totally get and understand where you're coming from,but it can be easily looked at as trying to "play" the system,that could disbar you from welfare if you make yourself unemployed

    Can you sit down with a trusted person and write down what you need to do? it might be the case where you could ask the doctor for his opinion
    ie,maybe he could sign you off from work due to health reasons

    have you heard of the national learning network?
    can you approach the job and tell them you're difficulties and work on a plan with them?

    maybe ye could come to a position that allows you to resign and claim welfare?
    hope this helps


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