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Anybody not on the dole?

  • 09-07-2010 09:54AM
    #1
    Gerry Asstrix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭Gerry Asstrix


    Is there anybody actually not on the dole nowadays, myself and nearly everyone I know is seems to be getting social welfare of some form and unemployed, people from all backgrounds, races, shades and inbetween.

    Anyone actually have a job?


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Comments

  • #2
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Not on the dole... yet


  • #3
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭Jarren


    boards.ie is daily job


  • #4
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Loads of people have jobs.


  • #5
    Krusader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,057 ✭✭✭Krusader


    myself
    my girlfriend
    her sister
    one of my brothers
    one brother on a 3 day week
    one of my friends
    a couple of acquaintences

    yeah I know alot who are on it


  • #6
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    Not on the dole. Never have been.


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  • #7
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Vast majority of people are still working
    And getting paid while posting on boards :cool:

    But good luck in the job hunt OP


  • #8
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    I have a job and I can see many people around me with a job right now.


  • #9
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    Thankfully not.


  • #10
    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    I'm not. I'm not entitled because I live in the same house as some dude who did well for himself during the boom. :rolleyes:


  • #11
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    not me..... yet.

    temporary contract can only last so long.


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  • #12
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    Another charitable thread for the peasants ey. Here, have a penny.

    *fixes monacle*


  • #13
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    GaNjaHaN wrote: »
    I'm not. I'm not entitled because I live in the same house as some dude who did well for himself during the boom. :rolleyes:

    Ah, jaysus, Mrs Fitzpatrick! How are things, hope all is well with the childers ...


  • #14
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    prinz wrote: »
    Not on the dole. Never have been.

    And you never will be with that attitude!


  • #15
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Still working away in the same auld job thankfully, here 8 years now.


  • #16
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭Elessar


    On the dole 12 months now. I'm 24, male. My future is bleak.


  • #17
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Not me, was on it all through college though, many years back, f'uck that part time job malarky:)


  • #18
    danbohan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭danbohan


    Elessar wrote: »
    On the dole 12 months now. I'm 24, male. My future is bleak.

    well it is if you stay on the dole , at 24 its big big world , go make a future !


  • #19
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭Elessar


    danbohan wrote: »
    well it is if you stay on the dole , at 24 its big big world , go make a future !

    Well if I could do that, I wouldn't be on the dole!!


  • #20
    Alvin Low Pail
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Alvin Low Pail


    Not on it don't know anyone who is


  • #21
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    Currently employed but earning less than anybody on the dole.


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  • #22
    yoshytoshy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭yoshytoshy


    I'm working away ,touch wood. It's a bit like a yoyo though ,the breadline is blowing in the wind.


  • #23
    VinnyTGM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 827 ✭✭✭VinnyTGM


    W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »
    Currently employed but earning less than anybody on the dole.

    Then why not quit and go on the dole :confused:


  • #24
    Piste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    I have a job, just for the Summer mind, I'm in college the rest of the year. Pretty happy about it :) I have a bunch of friends working too in basic retail jobs and also one or two have specific skills (one is a student nurse so is working in a nursing home and one is a lifeguard so works at a pool) so getting jobs was easier for them.


  • #25
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,540 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    Vast majority of people are still working
    And getting paid while posting on boards :cool:

    But good luck in the job hunt OP

    it's a tough job but someone has to do it :D


  • #26
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    Then why not quit and go on the dole


    Rather have something to do and something to have on a CV.


  • #27
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    I have a jerb.

    Here 2 years in Spetember, cant complain.


  • #28
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »
    Rather have something to do and something to have on a CV.

    Are you working part-time? You have to be as a week at minimum wage would clear more then the dole

    You know you can claim the dole for days you don't work, there are certain rules on it.


  • #29
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »
    Currently employed but earning less than anybody on the dole.

    Are you working minimum wage and part time hours?

    Nobody in a full time job (except maybe first year apprentices, no idea how much they make these days) is earning less than someone on the dole, unless they're illegally being paid less than minimum wage.

    The dole is only €10192 per year if you're on the full €196 a week.

    EDIT: Just signed off this week and start a new job on the 19th after a year and a half of unemployment. It feels good.


  • #30
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Are you working minimum wage and part time hours?

    Nobody in a full time job (except maybe first year apprentices, no idea how much they make these days) is earning less than someone on the dole, unless they're illegally being paid less than minimum wage.

    The dole is only €10192 per year if you're on the full €196 a week.

    EDIT: Just signed off this week and start a new job on the 19th after a year and a half of unemployment. It feels good.

    minimum wage at 8 hours a week ?

    €3321.60 a year


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  • #31
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    yeah currently part time and college. Should have mentioned :P


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