Question for Dole bashers

Ride her like horse

I know unemployable dole lifes get a lot of stick here but what is your opinion on people who have been working 2/3 days a week for years and get dole for the days they don't work so are also classed as long-term unemployed

Church on Tuesday

Don't encourage them...

Wanderer78

We ve moved onto breakfast threads, please keep up

oceanman

fair play to them...

turdball

Love to be able to work three days but I'd rather pay my way thank you very much.

Agent Coulson

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Andrew00

Who cares if some people claim dole along with having a job

I’d gladly do it if I could

Agent Coulson

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Annasopra

Ride her like horse wrote: »

I know unemployable dole lifes get a lot of stick here but what is your opinion on people who have been working 2/3 days a week for years and get dole for the days they don't work so are also classed as long-term unemployed

Fine by me. No problem whatsoever with that.

malinheader

If you're working for the minimum wage then alot of the time you are much better off only working 2 or 3 days and claiming benefits for days not working. It's the way the system is and i don't think to many would rather work 5 days for less if it was the case.

Your Face

I wonder who the OP was in a previous life.

Ride her like horse

malinheader wrote: »

If you're working for the minimum wage then alot of the time you are much better off only working 2 or 3 days and claiming benefits for days not working. It's the way the system is and i don't think to many would rather work 5 days for less if it was the case.

Yes and a lot of employers encourage it but people who are doing this for years are surprised when the dole office refer them to tus nua because they didn't consider themselves long-term unemployed.

Ride her like horse

Ride her like horse wrote: »

I know unemployable dole lifes get a lot of stick here but what is your opinion on people who have been working 2/3 days a week for years and get dole for the days they don't work so are also classed as long-term unemployed

Ride me sideways was another one.

Dakotabigone

Ride her like horse wrote: »

I know unemployable dole lifes get a lot of stick here but what is your opinion on people who have been working 2/3 days a week for years and get dole for the days they don't work so are also classed as long-term unemployed

Quote the op was another one

Effects

Ride her like horse wrote: »

what is your opinion on people who have been working 2/3 days a week for years and get dole for the days they don't work

I thought once you worked 3 days you lost your whole weeks entitlement?
And for two days you lose something like 160 euro, so not much left after that.

dxhound2005

Effects wrote: »

I thought once you worked 3 days you lost your whole weeks entitlement?
And for two days you lose something like 160 euro, so not much left after that.

I think you might be wrong.

Gimme A Pound

Personally find it significantly preferable to just not working at all. There could be good reasons for not working full time.

malinheader

Effects wrote: »

I thought once you worked 3 days you lost your whole weeks entitlement?
And for two days you lose something like 160 euro, so not much left after that.

Think you can work up to 3 days ok. It's a percentage of what you make over the days worked is deducted from your benefits.

SEPT 23 1989

People around these parts get very animated about people on the dole and council houses etc

But would they live for one week under those conditions only a couple of hundred a week in your pocket living in some ****hole

I doubt it

Omackeral

Great, another settled people dumping their rubbish on Traveller sites thread.

Gimme A Pound

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

People around these parts get very animated about people on the dole and council houses etc

But would they live for one week under those conditions only a couple of hundred a week in your pocket living in some ****hole

I doubt it

Don't think anyone is saying it's a great life - just that those who think they are entitled to endless handouts instead of working have a disgusting attitude, particularly with how things are now, when those who work hard and pay their taxes and health insurance and put off having children and commute huge distances get **** all.

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Omackeral wrote: »

Great, another settled people dumping their rubbish on Traveller sites thread.

That is the case down in Cork apparently.

Omackeral

Roy Better Beam wrote: »

That is the case down in Cork apparently.

No, that's Amish Maoris.

SEPT 23 1989

Merrick Ancient Blood wrote: »

Don't think anyone is saying it's a great life - just that those who think they are entitled to endless handouts instead of working have a disgusting attitude, particularly with how things are now, when those who work hard and pay their taxes and health insurance and put off having children and commute huge distances get **** all.

It is a disgusting attitude but they will get nowhere forever

Now the ones who can't work due to disability mental issues etc they are the ones who have my sympathy

Gimme A Pound

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

It is a disgusting attitude but they will get nowhere forever

Now the ones who can't work due to disability mental issues etc they are the ones who have my sympathy

Oh no question about that. It's only the freeloaders that people are complaining about.

Purple Mountain

Is the horse well endowed?

SEPT 23 1989

Merrick Ancient Blood wrote: »

Oh no question about that. It's only the freeloaders that people are complaining about.

Yeah but even them

That's no life I pity them

I will go to work in the morning and clear a couple of grand by 5 and then enjoy it

Not stumbling around to make ends meet

Harry Palmr

I'd be thrilled to work 3 and get 3 handed to me (does it even work that way?)

freshpopcorn

I get people can have various issues with employment and end up on social welfare.
My main rule is you don't keep on having kids when you know your not working.

Ride her like horse

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I'd be thrilled to work 3 and get 3 handed to me (does it even work that way?)

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/means_test_for_social_welfare_payments/work_and_jobseekers_allowance.html