tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post1811224957452634471..comments2024-01-27T18:00:54.268+00:00Comments on This Is My Blog: Seeking gainful employmentMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-67475375077326128472007-10-29T20:55:00.000+00:002007-10-29T20:55:00.000+00:00You could always consider a bookies job and *lie* ...You could always consider a bookies job and *lie* to sister dearest (or better, just not mention it). <BR/><BR/>Good luck with whatever you try your hand at<BR/><BR/>(and now for a little bit of politics - feel free to skip)<BR/><BR/>Sadly the fuckwit ratio will get worse in DWP. Management has realised it takes less time to teach 5 people to do different parts of a job, than 5 people to do the whole job. Of course, you only get one fifth of the output (or less when you factor in all the possible problems this causes) but its quicker *in the short term*. Its called de-skilling.Pandora Caitiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912184784443896172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-85146846803723794532007-10-28T22:03:00.000+00:002007-10-28T22:03:00.000+00:00I'd say go for the bookies.Different area, differe...I'd say go for the bookies.<BR/><BR/>Different area, different job-market, and you *might* end up being better than her at it ;)<BR/><BR/>Plus it'll now be a no-smoking area, which should help no end...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-25251878562201845132007-10-28T11:55:00.000+00:002007-10-28T11:55:00.000+00:00Working in a bookies is out. Right out. That's wha...Working in a bookies is out. Right out. That's what Sister Dearest does (again, after her short stint in retail that made her realise how good she had it at the bookies) and there is no power on this earth that would stop her making direct comparisons to put me down.<BR/><BR/>If it wasn't for that, it would be a pretty good option - sitting down, indoors, not overly mentally taxing but also not mind-numbingly repetitive, and if Sister Dearest's experiences are anything to go by, regular customers who offer to go get you a portion of chips at lunchtime, which always seemed like a helluva perk to me. :)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-32186144864445243542007-10-28T10:25:00.000+00:002007-10-28T10:25:00.000+00:00Hmm, I think perhaps I came across as more patroni...Hmm, I think perhaps I came across as more patronising than I meant to (in fact, reading my previous comment I know I did - sorry!) But when I was in my first year at uni, my parents decreed that I May Not Have A Job; after much nagging they relented to You May Not Work More Than Four Hours A Week. After the first couple of times of being more or less laughed at, I gave up looking for a job. Add in to that having no practical form of transport (yet - hopefully the Dial-A-Ride thing will work out), and, I think I'd just throw my hands up in the air. <BR/><BR/>That said, I do now have a 9-10 hour a week job (cashiering in a bookmakers). Unfortunately I work all my hours on one day, so I guess it wouldn't suit you, though you might be able to get six hour shifts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-14149742785199404442007-10-27T18:05:00.000+01:002007-10-27T18:05:00.000+01:00Thanks all :)Jo - now I'm worried that I've given ...Thanks all :)<BR/><BR/>Jo - now I'm worried that I've given a skewed picture of my 'position' on this blog. I'm not in bed 24/7 or anything. I do have days when being vertical simply isn't on the cards... but then, I usually know *why*, it's because I've done some dumbass thing like moving house or whatnot.<BR/><BR/>How to explain... well, when I first got sick, I felt like I'd fallen down from the top of the wonderful mountain of being 23 with the world spread out before me... and I was lying at the bottom of the valley groaning and wondering if I would ever get back up the mountain even as far as base camp. These days, I've turned away from the mountain - I still see it, but it's not the major feature any more - and taken on board that the scenery here is quite nice, I'm safe for the time being, and there are much deeper valleys I could have hit. With pointy rocks and all sorts.<BR/><BR/>Pandora - the trouble is that with such a large organisation, the dedicated staff member to f**kwit proportion goes all skewey. So if a transaction needs five people to push it through, at least one of them will be a f**kwit and mess it up.<BR/><BR/>Goldfish - as far as I know the community transport schemes vary from place to place. In London I would be laughing, in Lowestoft I would get by, here..? I don't know yet. I'm hoping there is some sort of dial-a-ride thing and that being in receipt of Incap will make me "disabled enough" to use it. It's on the list to mention to the nurse at the GPs surgery next week.<BR/><BR/>The 10 hours over 3 or 4 days is based on my current ability to Do Useful Things in my own home environment. But the way things are at the moment, I think I would rather try and fail at paid employment than do volunteering and have it derided as a "pretend job" or similar. The earning part is important, although not for the money *spills issues all over the place*Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-52706149954926608492007-10-27T18:03:00.000+01:002007-10-27T18:03:00.000+01:00Best of luck gal, I'm sure you will find something...Best of luck gal, I'm sure you will find something that is suitable for you. It does take time in a new area to find your way around. <BR/><BR/>Catch you next week.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301111533651873708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-91064798732265929752007-10-27T17:37:00.000+01:002007-10-27T17:37:00.000+01:00Good luck Mary; excellent news that you're doing s...Good luck Mary; excellent news that you're doing so well.<BR/><BR/>One thing I would suggest is that, if you can afford it, I'd spend a month doing voluntary work in any case, just so you know <I>exactly</I> what you're up to doing. If you need to cut back, or indeed if you start doing 10 hours and think you've got energy to spare, then you can adjust it accordingly. This knowledge would be really useful when looking for paid work, whereas if you learn it literally on the job, it may be more awkward to shift things about. <BR/><BR/>Some towns have community bus thingimes especially for disabled and elderly people, where you book it up and it does the rounds pretty much door to door. Right now I can't think for the life of me what this arrangement might be called.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-55389961522625860542007-10-27T17:07:00.000+01:002007-10-27T17:07:00.000+01:00Good luck with it all. Seems like a plan is coming...Good luck with it all. Seems like a plan is coming together.<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation, dealing with the JC+ from *within* the DWP is just as much of an uphill struggle as it is being a "customer".Pandora Caitiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912184784443896172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-58122099019005546312007-10-26T21:50:00.000+01:002007-10-26T21:50:00.000+01:00Wow, good luck. I would be too daunted to even st...Wow, good luck. I would be too daunted to even start looking in your position (by which I really don't mean to discourage you). I'd love to have some kind of useful suggestion, but I know nothing at all about getting work with a disability. So I'll just leave it at good luck, and I hope you find something that you enjoy and that's worth the effort of fighting the jobcentres.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com