21, only 5 gcse's to my name, live at home with mum. :( i just spent the last years fighting Carcinomas cancer but people just think i'm a lazy idiot, the cancer is gone but i still feel like shit.
I'm a qualified welder who was made redundant in 2009 just before September and quickly jumped into Higher Education, now finished and 7 months later working in a bar and now making less than the dole with how complicated they make it for part-time workers. Really want to emigrate but now have no money to do it.
pounds a week, not once have i mentioned buying food (which we need to live) or bus fares to get to work, cant even think about running a car, so to all the people who think doleys dont want a job, think again, they simply cant have a job on minimum wage, they'de be oweing money each month, its easy to watch the politicans saying its always better to work, the're on a six figure salary, expenses paid, it needs to change, sorry for the length of this but ive got mates in this dilema any comments?
heres the dilema, minimum wage is 6.12 pounds an hour, 40 hour week = 244 per week, minus 20% tax = 48 pounds, net income = 196 per week. average rent (2 bedroomed tererraced house) 90 pounds a week, lowest band council tax 19 pounds a week, water rates 5 pounds a week (more if no meter fitted) gas and electric combined 25 pounds a week, total of 139 pounds a week, 57 pounds a week left, if you have a child and you pay maintaince then 28 pounds are taken from wage before rent so that leaves 29
@10lx everyone I know receives a benefit and I mean everyone, most people who moan about scroungers forget that. Housing Benefit for example, will pay a landlords mortgage but not yours, you lose your house, the landlord receives benefits, so scrounger? Your cost of living goes sky high,with rent so you can't take a menial job as it doesn't pay. People lucky enough to not be in that situation often say take a menial job, it just means lower paid and do what, working tax, more benefits
and if you have a low qualified degree and you apply for a normal type of job you'll be told you are overqualified, the shitstem stinks and it all goes back to Camerons mentor Margaret Thatcher Bitch cunt fuckwit slag !!! she wrecked our manufacturing industry and our country and she deserves a long slow and painful death....
its true ! unemplyment has gotten so bad in this country, just like american and europe, looks like the only hope is starting up a business somehwere in the middle east.
Im a full time nursing student and a part time taxi driver in Hull. Im 24 left school in 2003 and the only full time "jobs" I had were so called apprenticeships that were little better than slave labour. The state of jobs for young folks is exactly the same as it was in 2003.
there are jobs sadly alot of people are selective on what job they'll do, me being an IT,Data input find it hard to find a job i can apply for with my qualifications, so i had to look into alternative employment i wouldnt dream of doing ie care work, labourer or even admin but you have to look at alternatives sadly even though now the JSA are making rules harder and stricter -.-
@kristifercolumnbus I agree and I'd go further: the British people who've been driven abroad to find work need a union too. We may not be contributing to the British economy, but we're not taking anything from it, despite the difficulty of living abroad, learning a new language etc. and for that, the government owes us at least a 'thank you' and some kind of voice in the country that we (I) would love to come back to someday.
it's the side effect of capitalism,if gov was serious about unemployment it would start building space ships and send unemployed to moon and rest of solar system,has im on my 4th year now on jsa id love a job on a different planet
@shandy7219 me too im on my 4th year. its absolutely ridiculous that we cant get a job. application after application and still no luck. ive only had 2 interviews this year its so frustrating. i suppose u have to keep trying till u succeed and hope for the better. hope u find a job that pays great salary soon!
You're too right, it's hard to lose sight of things when yer' on the broo. The stigma ye' face whilst on it is shocking. Sort of forces you to re-evaluate alot of things.
Hi! I really enjoyed your video. I've been unemployed for 1 year and 4 months now. I'm an Italian psychologist. Sorry to hear the situation is so bad in England too, especially cause I'm trying to apply in UK as well. :-)
@10lx I think its worse in the USA.Loads of people that used to have high paying jobs doing menial yet often physically demanding jobs,for minimum wage.No future for graduates,unless you are a medical professional.
i was brought up in london and never had any trouble getting a job and coverd varied areas while the pickings were rich. i left london 6 years ago and now live in derby. i have had 2 jobs covering 3 years and the rest unemployed. i do training, i do voluntary work to add to my cv and now i honestly feel about ready to give up trying as its depressing me. i figure i may as well enjoy all this free time and hopefully one of my applications will come through for me.
What is the relevance with AS LEVELS these days?! They should abolish this qualification in favour of more VOCATIONAL courses. Oh,last Friday I attended a direct-selling job with AC generations ALL the way in Colchester. Needless to say,I didnt make the second round
they wiped my ph.d off my records, changed my name from 'dr' to 'miss' without asking me, then put 'telesales' and 'cleaner' on my jsagreement. there are a damned sight more than 2 million unemployed. we have a guy with a degree in marine biology on the fish counter at asda bournemouth - and a university lecturer whois demonstrating chocolate products in M & S. 800 people applied for 80 jobs at Tesco in Bournemouth Town Centre. I'm sick of being called a 'scrounger'
@iBeep2009 The figures are skewed working tax etc. everyone I know receives a benefit and I mean everyone, most people who moan about scroungers forget that. Housing Benefit for example, will pay someone else's mortgage but not yours so you lose your house, the landlord receives benefits so scrounger. Your cost of living goes sky high,with rent so you can't take a menial job as it doesn't pay. People lucky enough to not be in that situation often call people scroungers they have no reality.
Can't say I even finished college in all honesty. I left after completing my AS level to search for work at age 17, & after a year of looking to no avail & living on family handouts I was forced to sign on to JSA. Seem bad? It only get's worse. In the past nearly 4 years I've worked a total of 6 months or so, from two forms of employment (bar staff & data keyer for Royal Mail that lasted a month). Am I alone in this, or just part of a minority? Either way I don't see much of a way out. TFRing.
Don't discount marxism for a dictatorship without reading it first; he never intended that; he wanted democratic worker control; not gov. dic. in russia; plus he was german. An eg. of the 4 and 10 yr economic pattern that marx predicted: 1979 recession: unemployment 12%, 83 recession caused by gov. cutting programs and high interest rates, 87 market crash, 88 recession: collapse of banks and junk bond collapse; 92 interest driven recession un. always at 12%; 97-2007: sub prime recession.
You should read das kapital by Karl Marx; you have plenty of time to. Capitalism causes unemployment and poverty. 90% of people live in poverty in England with low wages or unemployment. Only a minority of poor people become millionaires. This is a very old pattern starting in the 1800s if you read a list of recessions from wikipedia. Marx says there are three stages: Boom, Depression, Stagnation. You need to start thinking again and organise others against the rich.
I thought this was a great video so I responded. It was my first ever vlog so it isn't very good but thanks for inspiring me mate. Keep up the good work.
I'm in Minneapolis. I have 3 associate degrees, a bachelor's in computer science and a master's in education. I usually just list the 3 associate degrees on applications, but I still don't get interviews.
There are usually 300 applications for every teaching job! And 500 applications for office work jobs!
I'm checking into going to Taiwan to teach English. Most people don't even consider moving to another country! Our ancestors came to America for a better life. I can move too.
@AppleSouffle you just said it yourself then didn't you. If you only list the 3 associate degrees but not the masters (which immediately sounds intelligent) then no wonder you're not having much success.
CAMERON lies, we are NOT ALL IN THIS TOGETHER-his blitz talk will not wash. The fractures in the UK will open up as folks turn on each other-already we are near the edge re ISLAM-he seems to live in a world of inane simplicities-as if he focuses on the accounts long enough reality will fit accordingly. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
great stuff so the tories cut benefits,and expect people to chase jobs that dont exist,but havent considerd that many people will commit crime travelling to more affluent areas to do so,and its the rich that will suffer,the policing bill will go through the roof as will the crime rates,and the tories get voted out asap job done
I feel for you mate. I went trhough the same at the beginning of the year and now I am lucky enough to have found a great job but I work near the local job centre and hear people in the office slagging off the people waiting outside it. They have no idea how hard it is.
I found that the jobs for which I was qualified were hard to come by and the unskilled ones tended to view me as overqualified and likely to leave as soon as something better came along.
Well I'm at college getting a business degree and still work part time in a bar as there r no full time jobs. Plus least I work when called and don't do this lazy Monday to Friday shit where u all Finish at 5. Plus I never get bank hols off.
@IgotMaddy28 Don't blame them.... I know many white women who aviod a job by getting pregnant... Bringing life into the world to take another 2 years out of work? That's just sick.
I'm 16 I've been trying to find a job for ages now but it's getting increasingly difficult as seen as college students now have to contend with uni students. But still I hate the fuckin dolers that just don't try!
You angered me now you bias prick I'll pay you to fuck off. Sorry for that it just annoys me so much when twats like him think there fucking god almighty, and tell us how it is when it isn't as bad as they make out!
I'm 16 and I found a job straight away, people just have to stop being fussy and take what ever and there's plenty out there! It isn't hard, or even sign up to an agency it may not be full time but it's better than taking other peoples money who have worked hard whilst you sit around saying you don't fancy that job just get on with it and grow a pair!
Some people just don't want to work, they are perfectly happy sitting on the dole, living with mom in a council house and spending my taxes on Stella, weed, computer games and tracksuits.
I live in widnes and it is just a dry for part time jobs here I am a student on a level 3 course in college and have worked very hard to get on this course yet employers won't even give me an interview
Well done. Chris here from Ireland and our employment situation is also dire. Good video and quite right about qualifications. Some not worth paper they are printed on.
@glasser12 , how can you be out of work as a chef? Do you make your own sandwitches on the way to the dole queue? If you're unemployed then you don't have a vocation, so you're not a chef, you might like to be one but you might have to work a shit minimum wage job to keep the wolf from the door, or you can stay on the dole, depends on how much self respect you have.
Shouldn't have done a fucking useless degree, there are warehouse packer jobs being advertised and the armed forces are still recruiting, stop dripping, there are plenty of jobs, you're just turning your nose up at the ones you see as beneath you.
@cod4oclock There are plenty of rich folk like Beckham and Blair to help out the charities. Lots of pensioners and single mums too if they need people to work in shops.
Countries like Australia New Zealand and Canada have got real jobs waiting for young well qualified people. And young qualified people need somewhere to grow- and earn enough to save for their future.
I'll give you a job. I'll pay you to help me keep my garden tidy, do a bit of lifting and shifting.
Okay, so I live too far from you, but I bet there are stacks of older folk who would pay you to do the things they can't do themselves any more. There's probably someone in your are who organises youngsters like you to do just those sorts of things. I'm not saying it's a job for life, but it will help and you'll get some experience too..
When I was only 20 do you know what I was told by a qualified Chef? "Over the course of my years helpin individuals as a motivational speaker I ve come across people in their mid- to late twenties who ve never held a job-now,they really are the no-hopers.". Advice to ALL the early-twenties out there who feel LOW and UNWORTHY
When I was only 20 do you know what I was told by a qualified Chef? "Over the course of my years helpin individuals as a motivational speaker I ve come across people in their mid- to late twenties who ve never held a job-now,they really are the no-hopers.". Advice to ALL the early-twenties out there who feel LOW and UNWORTHY
Downtheline. I'm not fushing at all. What the guy in the video needs to do is two things. 1) tell me what he is doing this week between 8am
And 5pm to look for a job and 2) go knocking every business door in the local area, ask to speaknto the MD of every business adk ASK for a job. Oh and 3, quut moaning andnquit scrounging, quit the xbox and get a job.
I have a job vacancy at £478 per week gross. I cannot find anyone willing to work 40hours + to fill the vacancy. Lazy British bastards. I would rather employ an Eastern European anyway, at least they work hard. And the kid in this video? I could find you a job within 25 miles of where you live within an hour of searching so get your act together.
@onlywhenpissed bollocks. I'm sorry but either you're based in Central London where £478 P/W might not stretch to cover rent or (most probably) you're fishing for a reaction.
It's not hard to see why so many people commenting on this video are complaining about being unemployed. Just look at some of the grammar and punctuation used, it's quite shocking. I know it sounds snobbish but it is good practice to write coherently and clearly, even on something as trivial as a YouTube video. Good luck to all in this situation.
@dnjp4life Hang on? Even on YouTube? Seriously, even on YouTube. You're arguing that people should use correct grammar and punctuation on a site designed largely to host videos. But what of people who are watching this on their mobile phones, would you argue that people should use correct grammar too?
...or, more likely, you're fishing for a reaction.
There's lots of jobs going where I work, people however think they're above working in certain places and won't get a job if they're think they're better than an establishment that is employing.
I work in a shop, plenty of full and part time jobs on offer, but people just don't want to work in retail.
So I hold the same opinion as you used to when you were a smart teenager and not a liberal twenty-something muppet.
@dave84843 Because we love them, simple as that, I mean for most of us. It's not always about fairness, it's also about how these young kids, that are now zero to eight years old are going to treat us when we need to rest from our labour. We need to show to these kids an example, the best one, on how to treat elders, otherwise what will become of us?
I'd just like to add, after rewatching. I do get a wee bit annoyed at your going on about degrees. Because they aren't actually worth as much as Labour would have you believe- unless you're using it as a ticket to go abroad.
When I was at school, about 400 years ago, we all understood that a degree did not guarantee you a job in that field and so many just took degrees in Geography or whatever was easiest- and made pals with all the right folk- that served them just as well.
@seanachaide Exactly what happened to me, thats why I left the country, the harder I worked the less I ended up with at the end of them month. Screw the UK
I'm sure it is grim up in Runcorn and Jobs are thin on the ground - but perhaps a video CV rather than a rant would see you in a better position, there are jobs, if you look around you some one needs something doing that they'll pay someone else to do, self employed video-ographer - has camera will travel, Best of luck Kidda.
@dave84843 Better to be a builder or surveyor or paramedic or farmer - with internet technology so many skilled jobs can be easily migrated to highly skilled people overseas now. If people want to do media studies "because it if fun or expresses their personality that is fine. BUT there if a finite demand for such skills.Young Asian people in London long to study these things but are pressurised by parents to become doctors, accountants or lawyers. It is partly snobbery within the family..
@dave84843 Agrred in part. A lot of us feel sick that conditions and wages for young people are falling behind what we knew. But there is more to oit. How many young people would refuse cheap goods produced overseas to help keep work in this country? To be successful in fighting the greed of the super rich with £500,000,000 yachts you need working class solidarity. But the working class like all humans are a mixed bunch. Some are just less successful rich people.. Some will stab colleagues back.
@dave84843 I oh,so do agree about the media . The entertainment and arts is one of the earners for this country. But we need a wider skill base. There are people who have been just perpetual students. Having to contribute towards fees should help make people think what they are doing with their life and not just drift on in education for no purpose. Lower fees for the first degree perhaps. They could be part refundable if the course was completed. !6-23 is a frightening time not at all easy.
@dave84843 Sorry but I do have direct experience of this. Highly capable IT students working for my internet provider were going to Australia for that very reason. University fees coupled with the cost of renting a place here made it nonsense to come here. So the UK loses the money they would bring here. My future partner would have had to pay far (3-4 times) higher fees as a Filipino Postgraduate student than as a UK resident. UK will soon gain a highly skilled hard working BSc Nurse.
I am now siging off on 13th sep as i am going back to college at 28 as i need qualifications as my experience does not seem to be enough for retail work i am in. Luckily i have a part time bar job back with whom i used to work with so will pay my way for college.
As a university student about to go into his 3rd year I personally find this video to be very enlightening, not everybody knows this stuff and it's nice to hear from someone in a situation I might well find myself in, in a few years time. It'll serve as an extra way to push myself to work harder, so thank you.
You think i'ts bad now ya little 'Get'. You should have tried leavin' school in the late 70's, especially in Liverpool. Talk about no hope. Still sub consciously inculcated with the punk influence. Then smak hit us like a tsumami. I fell asleep when I was 21 and didn't wake up until a couple of years ago looking into the mirror only to see a fifty year old looking back at me.
So think yourself lucky yer little bastard (Runcorn is 'not quite' Liverpool).
@dave84843 We all believe that when we are young and have nothing. Once you have had tom work hard for a few years and struggle a bit and deal with the stress you will nopt be quite so sure. We get places in life by getting off our backsides.and some people never do. Yes help people when you are making good money ... bit you will find you get more selective. It can be sickening when political people of all parties hand out money to people who you know are fiddlers. or lazy.
@capacitor2427 I don't think he's capable of understanding your comment's meaning. This type of racist are usually thicker than shit and uglier by far.
well Ive come out of higher education (HND in Graphic Design) because if the recession, i couldnt afford the bus fair aswell as paying for graphics equipment. its taken me 6 months to get on JSA not only that but Im disabled aswell, for people like me its particularly hard to find a job. With Graphic design being such a competitive industry, its definitely not in my favour but Im still actively looking for jobs. It definitely isnt easy so Im with you on this. Im in the worst place
I know how ya feel man, I got a 2.1 in History two years ago and I've had long periods of unemployment... Granted I was living in Staffordshire near Stoke on Trent (one of the WORST shit holes in the UK to live in), and there weren't many jobs there. But for the last year I've been living in London, and although I'm still part-time I'm glad I'm at least doing something.
You're right, something needs to be done about unemployment in this country. But being hopeful is the only thing you can do...
At what age are you on the scrap heap now? I lost my job last year, at 43, so now 44 and not in the best of health, and have no qualifications to use. as a taxi driver my skills are knowing the shortcuts around the city and arguing with customers who dont want to pay a 5 quid fare, of which i got around half! - so for those of you who say there is work out there, I agree with you, but work for who.......
Liberty. If you are seeing the same people week in week out then evidently they are not finding work...people don't spend time and monet training or studying to sweep the streets. Think you are missing the point.
Not everyone on benefits is a layabout. i am a carer and I care for my mum and my daughter. And yet I still get labelled lazy. Runcorn is where I live too!- and you are right mate the place is DEAD!!! i hate it!! there is nothing here No jobs no business nothing the people are not even friendly lol!
They say that if Poles and whoever can work cheaper then so should we ,hmmm! British people need a proper livable wage because we don't cohabitate with 18 other people in a 2 bedroom house.We pay council tax , road tax , insurance and all other types of stealing( I mean stealth taxes ) that aren't applicable to foreign work forces . As for boosting the economy a large chunk of what they earn is sent back home , so it's not getting spent in the UK . It's nothing but cheap labour !
Its not about the Poles, its about the banks so don't be so chicken-shit, its because we as brits are too shit scared to take on the moneyed classes that we're in the position we're in today, it's friggin easy to pick on the Poles but they weren't the ones we had to bail out in '08 -
@LucasSumtimes . What has the banks got to do with employers using cheap labour ? When i left school i got a YTS job in a Textile mill and on the first day i didn't even start in the job i had applied for , some days i'd even be cutting the bosses lawn whilst supposedly learning a trade . Surprise,surprise ! After doing my time, doing what i hadn't even applied for , i was paid off ! So don't call me a chickenshit ! It's all about the government allowing the use of cheap labour !
What do you think is going on in Poland, their govt has flooded the labour market over there with cheap labour from India and China, forcing the Poles to look for work elsewhere, very shortly Brits will become the Poles in someone else's country, and who do you think makes the profit? The banks - namely the IMF, in cahoots with national governments - all they care about is profit, blaming the poor or immigrants is an easy way to defer the blame, who let the immigrants in?
@LucasSumtimes . And that explains the slave trade called YTS how ? Anyway the Chinese,Indians and such can't just wander into a country at will and take indigenous peoples jobs over, because they're not an EU member with free travel under European law . As for Brits becoming poles in someone else's country , i doubt it . Well not in the mass migration that's happened to the UK . It's all about getting work done for the minimum amount of money !
I apologise for calling you chicken-shit - that wasn't really called for, i just feel that if more people took on the banks instead of immigrants we wouldn't have to watch young men like this waste their lives. Soon the only place that will be left recruiting will be the army which suits our war mongering govt just fine.
The banking collapse came about because the most of the Western world wanted to live high on the hog & they were prepared to facilitate, until someone realised that it was never going to get paid back.
"No jobs are about because:
a.) The unions destroyed any manufacturing we had in the UK.
b.) China & the East does it better & cheaper.
c.) Labour encouraged & paid people to lay on the settee all day.
Even if the Western world "wanted to live high off the hog", someone had to extend them cheap credit which exagerated their income and allowed the housing markets to balloon, now the credit bubble has collapsed we're still left with credit-inflated prices, including exorbitant interest rates, that we have to pay back to the very banks who caused the crisis in the first place. On top of that we've had to bail the banks out from the public kitty, and now, surprise-surprise, no money!
You pay 3% on a mortgage that's already been boosted some 500% since the eighties, all down to inflated projections based not on the actual economy, but on the credit freely available. I seem to recall commercials in the 90s targeting kids straight out of school, offering them credit cards and low interest loans - no, no one had a gun against their head but then no one holds a gun to the head of a crack smoker so why do we still arrest the supplier?
I'm worried, I bought my place for £75K 12 years ago, it's now worth £250K. It is called "market forces" my friend.
I can't believe anyone sits down & looks at future market projections as you seem to suggest., A lot of working class people have done very well from buying their properties in the 80's under Thatcher so everyone whet their beaks.
I don't earn a lot, but I also don't owe any money - It is called "personal restraint" & is very unfasionable.
You're referring to your own personal gain, does the kid in the video look like he's going to do well out of Thatcher's legacy? Thatcher and Reagan legitimized greed and whereas a few will gain initially (yuppies, anyone?) the long term consequences are dire when the bubble inevitably bursts - that's called "Market Collapse", friend. People's homes are going into negative equity but there's no problem because you happen to be doing ok - very Thatcherite.
What "Thatcher's legacy?" Labour were in power for 13 years & had ample time & resources to get us all to this social Nivana of which you speak.
What Thatcher was about was about getting out there & grabing oppertunities & chances. A lot of my working class mates did & made a lot of money as well as employing many people into the bargin.
The dynamic & stable economy she created put £billions into the system . The rich may have got richer they had to spend that money!
Please get over yout idea of a dichotomy, it's preventing you from seeing the big picture, Labour and the Tories are both owned by the banks, as indeed are all major political parties - what you think off as politics has all the legitamcy of a Punch & Judy Show. When dealing with the world at large I suggest you follow the money in future, not the media.
Practically ALL the former cabinet were dyed in the wool, card carrying Socialists in the past & well into their political careers.
Quite why it would be in the banks interest to have millions sitting at home watching Sky or taking Staffordshire Terriers for walks is also beyond me.
We can get too hung up on conspiratorial theories, but at the end of the day most of the misery governments inflict upon us is simply down to ideological dogma & incompetence!
i agree with everything you say england is in a bad way if your on the dole and want to go learn a new trade you cant the goverment stopped it in the cuts theres many reasons why some are on the dole i went on the dole once after working at gsk they sacked 75 temp in one day just because of european laws here then had to train 75 more to relace us this country needs a kik up the ass why blame uk people on the dole when they pay for immigrants to live in 2 million pound houses
@butchd2009 EXACTLY- the government needs to sort its priorities out & stop trying to please the EU & everyone else but the people who actually live here. Some British people do screw the system over (not saying they're all perfect) but it seems to be made so much easier for immigrants to get a job & less easy or less preferable for British people to get to work. We need to prioritise our own & make British people WANT to take pride in themselves & work to earn a living like they used to
I left 6th form after passing my A-levels hoping to find work, a year of searching and I've ended up going to uni hoping for something better, thanks to the new government cap on students on courses i may not be going back this year, I hope I can cos being unemployed and on the dole sucks
@THEJAMIEO The point he is raising is about a degree in general terms, he is actually saying unemployment is so severe at the moment that even someone with a degree finds it hard to get a job.
And i`ll tell you another thing it takes guts to stand up on youtube and say your view, so he takes my vote for having the guts to post what he says and thats more than can be said for some of the main stream media who seem a bit inept on their reporting this topic at the moment.
......he is actually saying unemployment is so severe at the moment that even someone with a degree finds it hard to get a job.
Yeah, a degree in "Media" duhhhh.........
If people had been encouraged to obtain REAL qualifications like mathamatics & engineering there would be more jobs about. The "Get famous in 5 secs" mentality of the young has got a lot to answer for as have Labour who were instrumental in all this!
First of all you can't get a job because your scouse and thanks for telling me unemployment exists as I've only just came from underneath the rock where I've been living for the past year and a half.
I'm 15 and I have 3 part time jobs plus a family to look after plus school work. If yu really wanted a job yu cld get one. But a job for yu would have to be 9-5 In
Have you still not got a job? Get down the the High Street-NOW! Your £land or Tescos NEEDS YOU!
streetmuggedbypolice 4 days ago
21, only 5 gcse's to my name, live at home with mum. :( i just spent the last years fighting Carcinomas cancer but people just think i'm a lazy idiot, the cancer is gone but i still feel like shit.
AlizeCiz 1 month ago
@AlizeCiz Dont BEAT yourself up about it. At least you ve got a PLAUSIBLE reason for your current status
RacyReggie 1 month ago
@AlizeCiz Cancer is a hard and difficult disease to get over with dont listen to what other fuckheads think.
spark122ful 3 weeks ago
I'm a qualified welder who was made redundant in 2009 just before September and quickly jumped into Higher Education, now finished and 7 months later working in a bar and now making less than the dole with how complicated they make it for part-time workers. Really want to emigrate but now have no money to do it.
ninjaturtledude999 1 month ago
pounds a week, not once have i mentioned buying food (which we need to live) or bus fares to get to work, cant even think about running a car, so to all the people who think doleys dont want a job, think again, they simply cant have a job on minimum wage, they'de be oweing money each month, its easy to watch the politicans saying its always better to work, the're on a six figure salary, expenses paid, it needs to change, sorry for the length of this but ive got mates in this dilema any comments?
engnca 2 months ago
heres the dilema, minimum wage is 6.12 pounds an hour, 40 hour week = 244 per week, minus 20% tax = 48 pounds, net income = 196 per week. average rent (2 bedroomed tererraced house) 90 pounds a week, lowest band council tax 19 pounds a week, water rates 5 pounds a week (more if no meter fitted) gas and electric combined 25 pounds a week, total of 139 pounds a week, 57 pounds a week left, if you have a child and you pay maintaince then 28 pounds are taken from wage before rent so that leaves 29
engnca 2 months ago
for my next interview I'm pretending to be a foreigner as they seem to be getting all the jobs I apply for! lol
mist8k 3 months ago
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@10lx everyone I know receives a benefit and I mean everyone, most people who moan about scroungers forget that. Housing Benefit for example, will pay a landlords mortgage but not yours, you lose your house, the landlord receives benefits, so scrounger? Your cost of living goes sky high,with rent so you can't take a menial job as it doesn't pay. People lucky enough to not be in that situation often say take a menial job, it just means lower paid and do what, working tax, more benefits
bigfatcahoonas 3 months ago
and if you have a low qualified degree and you apply for a normal type of job you'll be told you are overqualified, the shitstem stinks and it all goes back to Camerons mentor Margaret Thatcher Bitch cunt fuckwit slag !!! she wrecked our manufacturing industry and our country and she deserves a long slow and painful death....
newworldodour 4 months ago
its true ! unemplyment has gotten so bad in this country, just like american and europe, looks like the only hope is starting up a business somehwere in the middle east.
ThinkingAgent12 4 months ago
Im a full time nursing student and a part time taxi driver in Hull. Im 24 left school in 2003 and the only full time "jobs" I had were so called apprenticeships that were little better than slave labour. The state of jobs for young folks is exactly the same as it was in 2003.
grimblebrumble17889 5 months ago
there are jobs sadly alot of people are selective on what job they'll do, me being an IT,Data input find it hard to find a job i can apply for with my qualifications, so i had to look into alternative employment i wouldnt dream of doing ie care work, labourer or even admin but you have to look at alternatives sadly even though now the JSA are making rules harder and stricter -.-
jr2nd 5 months ago
The unemployed need a union.We are the unrepresented masses.
kristifercolumnbus 5 months ago
@kristifercolumnbus I agree and I'd go further: the British people who've been driven abroad to find work need a union too. We may not be contributing to the British economy, but we're not taking anything from it, despite the difficulty of living abroad, learning a new language etc. and for that, the government owes us at least a 'thank you' and some kind of voice in the country that we (I) would love to come back to someday.
Cathsocpresident0607 3 months ago
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RacyReggie 8 months ago
After landin 3-month probationary as a CONTRACT SALES CONSULTANT for a cleaning service firm I am now officially employed as from May 22nd 2011.
RacyReggie 8 months ago
it's the side effect of capitalism,if gov was serious about unemployment it would start building space ships and send unemployed to moon and rest of solar system,has im on my 4th year now on jsa id love a job on a different planet
shandy7219 8 months ago
@shandy7219 me too im on my 4th year. its absolutely ridiculous that we cant get a job. application after application and still no luck. ive only had 2 interviews this year its so frustrating. i suppose u have to keep trying till u succeed and hope for the better. hope u find a job that pays great salary soon!
zareh77 5 months ago
@zareh77 I hope you do too!
Cathsocpresident0607 3 months ago
It's because they give up looking it's so hard it drives them to drink and drugs that's where the money is for some.
WakkieRob1 9 months ago
You're too right, it's hard to lose sight of things when yer' on the broo. The stigma ye' face whilst on it is shocking. Sort of forces you to re-evaluate alot of things.
And it also forces ye' to bench dance..
tumtillio 9 months ago
its your countries fault cause all the radical islam muslims are taking all your jobs
capnhands 10 months ago
Hi! I really enjoyed your video. I've been unemployed for 1 year and 4 months now. I'm an Italian psychologist. Sorry to hear the situation is so bad in England too, especially cause I'm trying to apply in UK as well. :-)
Hope you've sorted your problem now.
neuroviola 10 months ago
@10lx I think its worse in the USA.Loads of people that used to have high paying jobs doing menial yet often physically demanding jobs,for minimum wage.No future for graduates,unless you are a medical professional.
justcallmeassinine 10 months ago
i was brought up in london and never had any trouble getting a job and coverd varied areas while the pickings were rich. i left london 6 years ago and now live in derby. i have had 2 jobs covering 3 years and the rest unemployed. i do training, i do voluntary work to add to my cv and now i honestly feel about ready to give up trying as its depressing me. i figure i may as well enjoy all this free time and hopefully one of my applications will come through for me.
good luck fellow bums
cheesyarse 11 months ago
I just do not accept any excuses. There is always work in pimping bitches and moving shit. Crack pays!
0090andrew 11 months ago
What is the relevance with AS LEVELS these days?! They should abolish this qualification in favour of more VOCATIONAL courses. Oh,last Friday I attended a direct-selling job with AC generations ALL the way in Colchester. Needless to say,I didnt make the second round
RacyReggie 11 months ago
they wiped my ph.d off my records, changed my name from 'dr' to 'miss' without asking me, then put 'telesales' and 'cleaner' on my jsagreement. there are a damned sight more than 2 million unemployed. we have a guy with a degree in marine biology on the fish counter at asda bournemouth - and a university lecturer whois demonstrating chocolate products in M & S. 800 people applied for 80 jobs at Tesco in Bournemouth Town Centre. I'm sick of being called a 'scrounger'
iBeep2009 1 year ago
@iBeep2009 The figures are skewed working tax etc. everyone I know receives a benefit and I mean everyone, most people who moan about scroungers forget that. Housing Benefit for example, will pay someone else's mortgage but not yours so you lose your house, the landlord receives benefits so scrounger. Your cost of living goes sky high,with rent so you can't take a menial job as it doesn't pay. People lucky enough to not be in that situation often call people scroungers they have no reality.
bigfatcahoonas 3 months ago
join Unite for £12.50 a year - free legal advice adn representation - there are no jobs, we had 800 people applying for 80 jobs at a Tesco store!!!
iBeep2009 1 year ago
Can't say I even finished college in all honesty. I left after completing my AS level to search for work at age 17, & after a year of looking to no avail & living on family handouts I was forced to sign on to JSA. Seem bad? It only get's worse. In the past nearly 4 years I've worked a total of 6 months or so, from two forms of employment (bar staff & data keyer for Royal Mail that lasted a month). Am I alone in this, or just part of a minority? Either way I don't see much of a way out. TFRing.
fuckoffwithaname 1 year ago
AHRITE AHRITE CAAM DOHWN CAAM DOHWN
Dupe16118 1 year ago
Don't discount marxism for a dictatorship without reading it first; he never intended that; he wanted democratic worker control; not gov. dic. in russia; plus he was german. An eg. of the 4 and 10 yr economic pattern that marx predicted: 1979 recession: unemployment 12%, 83 recession caused by gov. cutting programs and high interest rates, 87 market crash, 88 recession: collapse of banks and junk bond collapse; 92 interest driven recession un. always at 12%; 97-2007: sub prime recession.
wilddog9651 1 year ago
You should read das kapital by Karl Marx; you have plenty of time to. Capitalism causes unemployment and poverty. 90% of people live in poverty in England with low wages or unemployment. Only a minority of poor people become millionaires. This is a very old pattern starting in the 1800s if you read a list of recessions from wikipedia. Marx says there are three stages: Boom, Depression, Stagnation. You need to start thinking again and organise others against the rich.
wilddog9651 1 year ago
Glad you got a job mate. What kind of work did you go into?
aclowes1 1 year ago
I thought this was a great video so I responded. It was my first ever vlog so it isn't very good but thanks for inspiring me mate. Keep up the good work.
aclowes1 1 year ago
lmao calling me a moron!!! look at you fucking Brit fag, GET A JOB!
chittychad18 1 year ago
get a job yet? its about time you did.
pierrelarouge 1 year ago
Thank you.
I'm in Minneapolis. I have 3 associate degrees, a bachelor's in computer science and a master's in education. I usually just list the 3 associate degrees on applications, but I still don't get interviews.
There are usually 300 applications for every teaching job! And 500 applications for office work jobs!
I'm checking into going to Taiwan to teach English. Most people don't even consider moving to another country! Our ancestors came to America for a better life. I can move too.
AppleSouffle 1 year ago
@AppleSouffle you just said it yourself then didn't you. If you only list the 3 associate degrees but not the masters (which immediately sounds intelligent) then no wonder you're not having much success.
Push the masters degree as much as possible
Dupe16118 1 year ago
Watching this video makes me want to punch your face
musicfosho 1 year ago
Musicfosho, if you can only be rude, don't even reply.
Some people just don't have the social skills to be part of polite, adult society.
AppleSouffle 1 year ago
Have you found anything yet?
bubliberi 1 year ago
I went to an interview for the role of CUSTOMER ADVISOR for VODAFONE. I didnt get it-but at least Im tryin
RacyReggie 1 year ago
CAMERON lies, we are NOT ALL IN THIS TOGETHER-his blitz talk will not wash. The fractures in the UK will open up as folks turn on each other-already we are near the edge re ISLAM-he seems to live in a world of inane simplicities-as if he focuses on the accounts long enough reality will fit accordingly. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
MrChrisHermes 1 year ago
great stuff so the tories cut benefits,and expect people to chase jobs that dont exist,but havent considerd that many people will commit crime travelling to more affluent areas to do so,and its the rich that will suffer,the policing bill will go through the roof as will the crime rates,and the tories get voted out asap job done
3rk4u 1 year ago
unemployment? join the army. they feed you, train you, get drivers licence( in the case of my dad) and you get paid
MattyIsCool96 1 year ago
@MattyIsCool96
Also, the risk of death, Fighting in a war that has no real reason..
Oh and they're cutting the armed forces budget...
MyMrMikeyS 1 year ago
@MyMrMikeyS how about the navy?, sitting on a boat doing nothing, with all the benefits of the military
oscar9876543 1 year ago
@oscar9876543
Navy was the first to get cuts...
MyMrMikeyS 1 year ago
@MyMrMikeyS DAMN!!!! never mind!!!! fuck the military then, im just going to be a hobo:)
oscar9876543 1 year ago
@oscar9876543
We'll share a kirb underneath a bridge one day <3
MyMrMikeyS 1 year ago
I feel for you mate. I went trhough the same at the beginning of the year and now I am lucky enough to have found a great job but I work near the local job centre and hear people in the office slagging off the people waiting outside it. They have no idea how hard it is.
I found that the jobs for which I was qualified were hard to come by and the unskilled ones tended to view me as overqualified and likely to leave as soon as something better came along.
Good luck with the job hunt.
TimLake 1 year ago
yeah go for it. you would be good at stand up comedy, or making sketch stuff.go for it
butoror 1 year ago
Alright mate. I spoke to you a couple months back and was wondering if you had any luck on the jobs front?
hydroxychalcone 1 year ago
Also it is the individual not their race that says whether they are good workers or not. Stop being racist against Asians and others.
winclouduk 1 year ago
Well I'm at college getting a business degree and still work part time in a bar as there r no full time jobs. Plus least I work when called and don't do this lazy Monday to Friday shit where u all Finish at 5. Plus I never get bank hols off.
winclouduk 1 year ago
Only thing asians are good for are spreading diseases and claiming benefits. And any way shut ur fuckin mouth u pussy cunt
IgotMaddy28 1 year ago
@IgotMaddy28 Don't blame them.... I know many white women who aviod a job by getting pregnant... Bringing life into the world to take another 2 years out of work? That's just sick.
cssadiction 1 year ago
MADDY-SAY THAT TO AN ASIAN'S FACE AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHETHER YOU RE STILL STANDING
RacyReggie 1 year ago
Asians pakis and Indians can die
IgotMaddy28 1 year ago
@moryczm asains only employ there own people fact
salps3 1 year ago
I'm 16 I've been trying to find a job for ages now but it's getting increasingly difficult as seen as college students now have to contend with uni students. But still I hate the fuckin dolers that just don't try!
cliforo 1 year ago
Loadsa jobs just loads of lazy fuckin dossers
IgotMaddy28 1 year ago
You angered me now you bias prick I'll pay you to fuck off. Sorry for that it just annoys me so much when twats like him think there fucking god almighty, and tell us how it is when it isn't as bad as they make out!
0mac8 1 year ago
I'm 16 and I found a job straight away, people just have to stop being fussy and take what ever and there's plenty out there! It isn't hard, or even sign up to an agency it may not be full time but it's better than taking other peoples money who have worked hard whilst you sit around saying you don't fancy that job just get on with it and grow a pair!
0mac8 1 year ago
You're hot. You look like Ewan McGregor
Phonicsey 1 year ago
@Phonicsey well I'll take that as a compliment haha thanks!
McEvoy2006 1 year ago
@McEvoy2006 I have published are report on the nature of uk unemployment benefits and put it online.
issuu.com
janus777
Tell me what you think.
Invesigator 4 months ago
Some people just don't want to work, they are perfectly happy sitting on the dole, living with mom in a council house and spending my taxes on Stella, weed, computer games and tracksuits.
No excuse GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!!
scarfunk1 1 year ago
I live in widnes and it is just a dry for part time jobs here I am a student on a level 3 course in college and have worked very hard to get on this course yet employers won't even give me an interview
leeme1234 1 year ago
@cod4oclock that's where the money is -_-
ClinicallyObeseMule 1 year ago
media studies -_-
ClinicallyObeseMule 1 year ago
Well said.
adzbrads 1 year ago
Maybe you just have a crap interview technique.
mpdswan 1 year ago
very reasonable presentation, thanks
Kelpy 1 year ago
Well done. Chris here from Ireland and our employment situation is also dire. Good video and quite right about qualifications. Some not worth paper they are printed on.
dibble2005 1 year ago
@glasser12 , how can you be out of work as a chef? Do you make your own sandwitches on the way to the dole queue? If you're unemployed then you don't have a vocation, so you're not a chef, you might like to be one but you might have to work a shit minimum wage job to keep the wolf from the door, or you can stay on the dole, depends on how much self respect you have.
MrFooknuts 1 year ago
Shouldn't have done a fucking useless degree, there are warehouse packer jobs being advertised and the armed forces are still recruiting, stop dripping, there are plenty of jobs, you're just turning your nose up at the ones you see as beneath you.
MrFooknuts 1 year ago
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bristolcorleone 1 year ago
I would like to work but i am lazy and would rather stay at home
mortonchas 1 year ago
Shave?
jamiemayall 1 year ago
@dave84843 Spot on
KelDG1 1 year ago
I have lost my job due to this evil recession, I have been out of work for 6 months as a comi chef I hate this! it's driving me crazy!.
we are all in the same boat
glasser12 1 year ago
Leave him alone Matty - he is cute :o)
ftr1964 1 year ago
Get ya job ya scruffy fucka lol :)
MattyzMUFC 1 year ago
Try volunteering for a charity then you won't ever have to fight for a place. Charities need all the help they can get.
cod4oclock 1 year ago
@cod4oclock There are plenty of rich folk like Beckham and Blair to help out the charities. Lots of pensioners and single mums too if they need people to work in shops.
Countries like Australia New Zealand and Canada have got real jobs waiting for young well qualified people. And young qualified people need somewhere to grow- and earn enough to save for their future.
seanachaide 1 year ago
Damn I wish I had that accent, I'm stuck with the welsh like voice off Gavin and Stacey - I LOVE the scousers voice!
iniamhy 1 year ago
I'll give you a job. I'll pay you to help me keep my garden tidy, do a bit of lifting and shifting.
Okay, so I live too far from you, but I bet there are stacks of older folk who would pay you to do the things they can't do themselves any more. There's probably someone in your are who organises youngsters like you to do just those sorts of things. I'm not saying it's a job for life, but it will help and you'll get some experience too..
woodlist 1 year ago
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When I was only 20 do you know what I was told by a qualified Chef? "Over the course of my years helpin individuals as a motivational speaker I ve come across people in their mid- to late twenties who ve never held a job-now,they really are the no-hopers.". Advice to ALL the early-twenties out there who feel LOW and UNWORTHY
RacyReggie 1 year ago
When I was only 20 do you know what I was told by a qualified Chef? "Over the course of my years helpin individuals as a motivational speaker I ve come across people in their mid- to late twenties who ve never held a job-now,they really are the no-hopers.". Advice to ALL the early-twenties out there who feel LOW and UNWORTHY
RacyReggie 1 year ago
Downtheline. I'm not fushing at all. What the guy in the video needs to do is two things. 1) tell me what he is doing this week between 8am
And 5pm to look for a job and 2) go knocking every business door in the local area, ask to speaknto the MD of every business adk ASK for a job. Oh and 3, quut moaning andnquit scrounging, quit the xbox and get a job.
onlywhenpissed 1 year ago
I have a job vacancy at £478 per week gross. I cannot find anyone willing to work 40hours + to fill the vacancy. Lazy British bastards. I would rather employ an Eastern European anyway, at least they work hard. And the kid in this video? I could find you a job within 25 miles of where you live within an hour of searching so get your act together.
onlywhenpissed 1 year ago
@onlywhenpissed bollocks. I'm sorry but either you're based in Central London where £478 P/W might not stretch to cover rent or (most probably) you're fishing for a reaction.
DowntheLine1981 1 year ago
I don't have a problem with people being on the dole whilst looking for work, because that's what it's for.
I have a problem with lazy chavs down my road who are on the dole NOT looking for work, who are just lazy parasites...
PinkDiamondBeth 1 year ago
I went through runcorn for a
Wedding in liverpool remember thinking this place was fucked
Unit06JAW 1 year ago
It's not hard to see why so many people commenting on this video are complaining about being unemployed. Just look at some of the grammar and punctuation used, it's quite shocking. I know it sounds snobbish but it is good practice to write coherently and clearly, even on something as trivial as a YouTube video. Good luck to all in this situation.
dnjp4life 1 year ago
@dnjp4life Hang on? Even on YouTube? Seriously, even on YouTube. You're arguing that people should use correct grammar and punctuation on a site designed largely to host videos. But what of people who are watching this on their mobile phones, would you argue that people should use correct grammar too?
...or, more likely, you're fishing for a reaction.
DowntheLine1981 1 year ago
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So shut the fuck up doley.
Richyhello 1 year ago
There's lots of jobs going where I work, people however think they're above working in certain places and won't get a job if they're think they're better than an establishment that is employing.
I work in a shop, plenty of full and part time jobs on offer, but people just don't want to work in retail.
So I hold the same opinion as you used to when you were a smart teenager and not a liberal twenty-something muppet.
There are jobs, you just don't want to do them.
Richyhello 1 year ago
@dave84843 Because we love them, simple as that, I mean for most of us. It's not always about fairness, it's also about how these young kids, that are now zero to eight years old are going to treat us when we need to rest from our labour. We need to show to these kids an example, the best one, on how to treat elders, otherwise what will become of us?
Tavernum 1 year ago
I'd just like to add, after rewatching. I do get a wee bit annoyed at your going on about degrees. Because they aren't actually worth as much as Labour would have you believe- unless you're using it as a ticket to go abroad.
When I was at school, about 400 years ago, we all understood that a degree did not guarantee you a job in that field and so many just took degrees in Geography or whatever was easiest- and made pals with all the right folk- that served them just as well.
seanachaide 1 year ago
I started working for myself doing anything I could when I was in your position.
And, the best piece of advice I received when I started out on my own was- get on a plane and get out of here.
I didn't take that advice and am now old enough to know that hard work brings better rewards in many other countries.
A degree, your age, nationality and grasp of English are enough to get you into quite a few decent countries.
Now go and wash some cars or mow some lawns until you get that airfare.
seanachaide 1 year ago
@seanachaide same stuff my mom been saying
poweroftheatom 1 year ago
@poweroftheatom take a look at the bbc's own graduate stories.
Wages are between 20 to 25 grand. After tax, you'll be left with what a family on the dole gets
I know people who have emigrated to australia, new zealand, spain, america and canada. none will be coming back
wages are not always that much higher, but cost of living is often way lower, services better- and you will get to actually enjoy life.
of course, all this depends on willingness to work once you're abroad
seanachaide 1 year ago
@seanachaide Exactly what happened to me, thats why I left the country, the harder I worked the less I ended up with at the end of them month. Screw the UK
KelDG1 1 year ago
and david cameron is really anti working class he wants to get rid of working tax.
saralouise2776 1 year ago
well said mate.
4evainter 1 year ago
Lol @ parkerbestdad,
I'm sure it is grim up in Runcorn and Jobs are thin on the ground - but perhaps a video CV rather than a rant would see you in a better position, there are jobs, if you look around you some one needs something doing that they'll pay someone else to do, self employed video-ographer - has camera will travel, Best of luck Kidda.
jamesHoughton1978 1 year ago
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Oh Shut up and get a job you scouse doley!!!
parkerbestdad 1 year ago
@dave84843 Better to be a builder or surveyor or paramedic or farmer - with internet technology so many skilled jobs can be easily migrated to highly skilled people overseas now. If people want to do media studies "because it if fun or expresses their personality that is fine. BUT there if a finite demand for such skills.Young Asian people in London long to study these things but are pressurised by parents to become doctors, accountants or lawyers. It is partly snobbery within the family..
capacitor2427 1 year ago
@dave84843 Agrred in part. A lot of us feel sick that conditions and wages for young people are falling behind what we knew. But there is more to oit. How many young people would refuse cheap goods produced overseas to help keep work in this country? To be successful in fighting the greed of the super rich with £500,000,000 yachts you need working class solidarity. But the working class like all humans are a mixed bunch. Some are just less successful rich people.. Some will stab colleagues back.
capacitor2427 1 year ago
@dave84843 I oh,so do agree about the media . The entertainment and arts is one of the earners for this country. But we need a wider skill base. There are people who have been just perpetual students. Having to contribute towards fees should help make people think what they are doing with their life and not just drift on in education for no purpose. Lower fees for the first degree perhaps. They could be part refundable if the course was completed. !6-23 is a frightening time not at all easy.
capacitor2427 1 year ago
@dave84843 Sorry but I do have direct experience of this. Highly capable IT students working for my internet provider were going to Australia for that very reason. University fees coupled with the cost of renting a place here made it nonsense to come here. So the UK loses the money they would bring here. My future partner would have had to pay far (3-4 times) higher fees as a Filipino Postgraduate student than as a UK resident. UK will soon gain a highly skilled hard working BSc Nurse.
capacitor2427 1 year ago
I am now siging off on 13th sep as i am going back to college at 28 as i need qualifications as my experience does not seem to be enough for retail work i am in. Luckily i have a part time bar job back with whom i used to work with so will pay my way for college.
winclouduk 1 year ago
As a university student about to go into his 3rd year I personally find this video to be very enlightening, not everybody knows this stuff and it's nice to hear from someone in a situation I might well find myself in, in a few years time. It'll serve as an extra way to push myself to work harder, so thank you.
Revaris 1 year ago
this guys got every1 thinkin there a politician! CHILL THE FUK OUT b4 ye all have an heart attack
fcukablejimbo 1 year ago
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fcukablejimbo 1 year ago
It isn't hard to get a job, but to get a job you want to do is far harder.
stuffiswrong 1 year ago
You think i'ts bad now ya little 'Get'. You should have tried leavin' school in the late 70's, especially in Liverpool. Talk about no hope. Still sub consciously inculcated with the punk influence. Then smak hit us like a tsumami. I fell asleep when I was 21 and didn't wake up until a couple of years ago looking into the mirror only to see a fifty year old looking back at me.
So think yourself lucky yer little bastard (Runcorn is 'not quite' Liverpool).
abuBakr97 1 year ago
@dave84843 We all believe that when we are young and have nothing. Once you have had tom work hard for a few years and struggle a bit and deal with the stress you will nopt be quite so sure. We get places in life by getting off our backsides.and some people never do. Yes help people when you are making good money ... bit you will find you get more selective. It can be sickening when political people of all parties hand out money to people who you know are fiddlers. or lazy.
capacitor2427 1 year ago
@capacitor2427 I don't think he's capable of understanding your comment's meaning. This type of racist are usually thicker than shit and uglier by far.
2JAMMY 1 year ago
well Ive come out of higher education (HND in Graphic Design) because if the recession, i couldnt afford the bus fair aswell as paying for graphics equipment. its taken me 6 months to get on JSA not only that but Im disabled aswell, for people like me its particularly hard to find a job. With Graphic design being such a competitive industry, its definitely not in my favour but Im still actively looking for jobs. It definitely isnt easy so Im with you on this. Im in the worst place
FletchRDG 1 year ago
I know how ya feel man, I got a 2.1 in History two years ago and I've had long periods of unemployment... Granted I was living in Staffordshire near Stoke on Trent (one of the WORST shit holes in the UK to live in), and there weren't many jobs there. But for the last year I've been living in London, and although I'm still part-time I'm glad I'm at least doing something.
You're right, something needs to be done about unemployment in this country. But being hopeful is the only thing you can do...
jamesgravil 1 year ago
You're right dude. It's hard for us right now.
dnjp4life 1 year ago
At what age are you on the scrap heap now? I lost my job last year, at 43, so now 44 and not in the best of health, and have no qualifications to use. as a taxi driver my skills are knowing the shortcuts around the city and arguing with customers who dont want to pay a 5 quid fare, of which i got around half! - so for those of you who say there is work out there, I agree with you, but work for who.......
lezbriddon 1 year ago
Liberty. If you are seeing the same people week in week out then evidently they are not finding work...people don't spend time and monet training or studying to sweep the streets. Think you are missing the point.
RIKKISTELLA 1 year ago
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LibertyCity1979 1 year ago
Quoth Dara Ó Briain.
*The new guy stroles into the Office
"I..... Have a First Class Honours Degree... In Enginnnnnneeringg"
"Good for you. Now make some fecking tea"
dienkonig33 1 year ago 5
THEY TOOK UR JOB!
immykronz1 1 year ago
THEY TOOK YOUR JOB!
immykronz1 1 year ago
ouh dude ur accentt lollllllll
danielsystem036 1 year ago
Hah brother and sister nob.
eddw95 1 year ago
Wise words, hope good luck jobwise comes your way soon.
alflavor 1 year ago
He's thick, he's scouse, he'll probly rob your house McEvoy, McEvoyyyyy.
Get a job bums.
Richyhello 1 year ago
Not everyone on benefits is a layabout. i am a carer and I care for my mum and my daughter. And yet I still get labelled lazy. Runcorn is where I live too!- and you are right mate the place is DEAD!!! i hate it!! there is nothing here No jobs no business nothing the people are not even friendly lol!
MiggleMuggle 1 year ago
scouse cunt
MrBullhounds 1 year ago
They say that if Poles and whoever can work cheaper then so should we ,hmmm! British people need a proper livable wage because we don't cohabitate with 18 other people in a 2 bedroom house.We pay council tax , road tax , insurance and all other types of stealing( I mean stealth taxes ) that aren't applicable to foreign work forces . As for boosting the economy a large chunk of what they earn is sent back home , so it's not getting spent in the UK . It's nothing but cheap labour !
MrNodzilla 1 year ago
@MrNodzilla
Its not about the Poles, its about the banks so don't be so chicken-shit, its because we as brits are too shit scared to take on the moneyed classes that we're in the position we're in today, it's friggin easy to pick on the Poles but they weren't the ones we had to bail out in '08 -
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes . What has the banks got to do with employers using cheap labour ? When i left school i got a YTS job in a Textile mill and on the first day i didn't even start in the job i had applied for , some days i'd even be cutting the bosses lawn whilst supposedly learning a trade . Surprise,surprise ! After doing my time, doing what i hadn't even applied for , i was paid off ! So don't call me a chickenshit ! It's all about the government allowing the use of cheap labour !
MrNodzilla 1 year ago
@MrNodzilla
What do you think is going on in Poland, their govt has flooded the labour market over there with cheap labour from India and China, forcing the Poles to look for work elsewhere, very shortly Brits will become the Poles in someone else's country, and who do you think makes the profit? The banks - namely the IMF, in cahoots with national governments - all they care about is profit, blaming the poor or immigrants is an easy way to defer the blame, who let the immigrants in?
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes . And that explains the slave trade called YTS how ? Anyway the Chinese,Indians and such can't just wander into a country at will and take indigenous peoples jobs over, because they're not an EU member with free travel under European law . As for Brits becoming poles in someone else's country , i doubt it . Well not in the mass migration that's happened to the UK . It's all about getting work done for the minimum amount of money !
MrNodzilla 1 year ago
@MrNodzilla
I apologise for calling you chicken-shit - that wasn't really called for, i just feel that if more people took on the banks instead of immigrants we wouldn't have to watch young men like this waste their lives. Soon the only place that will be left recruiting will be the army which suits our war mongering govt just fine.
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes The Army does not take people who look upon the Army as the last resort.
dienkonig33 1 year ago
@dienkonig33
Wait till the war with Iran starts, the army will be happy to take whoever they can. Expect the draft in 2011.
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes We are already at war.
dienkonig33 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes
"It's all about teh banks & the toffs"
Oh Mate get real!
The banking collapse came about because the most of the Western world wanted to live high on the hog & they were prepared to facilitate, until someone realised that it was never going to get paid back.
"No jobs are about because:
a.) The unions destroyed any manufacturing we had in the UK.
b.) China & the East does it better & cheaper.
c.) Labour encouraged & paid people to lay on the settee all day.
98pup100 1 year ago
@98pup100
Even if the Western world "wanted to live high off the hog", someone had to extend them cheap credit which exagerated their income and allowed the housing markets to balloon, now the credit bubble has collapsed we're still left with credit-inflated prices, including exorbitant interest rates, that we have to pay back to the very banks who caused the crisis in the first place. On top of that we've had to bail the banks out from the public kitty, and now, surprise-surprise, no money!
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes
"Even if the Western world "wanted to live high off the hog", someone had to extend them cheap credit......"
Oh so the banks are responsible for personal fiscal responsibility now are they?
They offered a service & people, stupidly, availed themselves of it. No one had a gun against their head when they bought the 42" widescreen.
I'm no lover of the banks, but to put all the blame on them is wrong.
Re interest, I pay just over 3% on my mortgage ?
98pup100 1 year ago
@98pup100
You pay 3% on a mortgage that's already been boosted some 500% since the eighties, all down to inflated projections based not on the actual economy, but on the credit freely available. I seem to recall commercials in the 90s targeting kids straight out of school, offering them credit cards and low interest loans - no, no one had a gun against their head but then no one holds a gun to the head of a crack smoker so why do we still arrest the supplier?
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes
"Mortgages"
I'm worried, I bought my place for £75K 12 years ago, it's now worth £250K. It is called "market forces" my friend.
I can't believe anyone sits down & looks at future market projections as you seem to suggest., A lot of working class people have done very well from buying their properties in the 80's under Thatcher so everyone whet their beaks.
I don't earn a lot, but I also don't owe any money - It is called "personal restraint" & is very unfasionable.
98pup100 1 year ago
@98pup100
You're referring to your own personal gain, does the kid in the video look like he's going to do well out of Thatcher's legacy? Thatcher and Reagan legitimized greed and whereas a few will gain initially (yuppies, anyone?) the long term consequences are dire when the bubble inevitably bursts - that's called "Market Collapse", friend. People's homes are going into negative equity but there's no problem because you happen to be doing ok - very Thatcherite.
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@LucasSumtimes
What "Thatcher's legacy?" Labour were in power for 13 years & had ample time & resources to get us all to this social Nivana of which you speak.
What Thatcher was about was about getting out there & grabing oppertunities & chances. A lot of my working class mates did & made a lot of money as well as employing many people into the bargin.
The dynamic & stable economy she created put £billions into the system . The rich may have got richer they had to spend that money!
98pup100 1 year ago
@98pup100
Please get over yout idea of a dichotomy, it's preventing you from seeing the big picture, Labour and the Tories are both owned by the banks, as indeed are all major political parties - what you think off as politics has all the legitamcy of a Punch & Judy Show. When dealing with the world at large I suggest you follow the money in future, not the media.
Best Wishes,
LucasSumtimes 1 year ago
@98pup100
Practically ALL the former cabinet were dyed in the wool, card carrying Socialists in the past & well into their political careers.
Quite why it would be in the banks interest to have millions sitting at home watching Sky or taking Staffordshire Terriers for walks is also beyond me.
We can get too hung up on conspiratorial theories, but at the end of the day most of the misery governments inflict upon us is simply down to ideological dogma & incompetence!
Kind regards.
98pup100 1 year ago
i agree with everything you say england is in a bad way if your on the dole and want to go learn a new trade you cant the goverment stopped it in the cuts theres many reasons why some are on the dole i went on the dole once after working at gsk they sacked 75 temp in one day just because of european laws here then had to train 75 more to relace us this country needs a kik up the ass why blame uk people on the dole when they pay for immigrants to live in 2 million pound houses
butchd2009 1 year ago
@butchd2009 EXACTLY- the government needs to sort its priorities out & stop trying to please the EU & everyone else but the people who actually live here. Some British people do screw the system over (not saying they're all perfect) but it seems to be made so much easier for immigrants to get a job & less easy or less preferable for British people to get to work. We need to prioritise our own & make British people WANT to take pride in themselves & work to earn a living like they used to
Rachiejane1 1 year ago
@98pup100 Funny i remember some people said my friend was doing the wrong degree...that he wouldn`t get a job, that was 7 years ago.
And what happened, he came back home and has a sucessful AV hire business which has been up and running since 2006.
So all those people who said the same kind of things as you have were wrong.
PinkThinkingCat 1 year ago
Crumpled up paper doesn't come with 10k debt ;-)
road2china 1 year ago
I left 6th form after passing my A-levels hoping to find work, a year of searching and I've ended up going to uni hoping for something better, thanks to the new government cap on students on courses i may not be going back this year, I hope I can cos being unemployed and on the dole sucks
Sp4nkT4nk 1 year ago
@THEJAMIEO The point he is raising is about a degree in general terms, he is actually saying unemployment is so severe at the moment that even someone with a degree finds it hard to get a job.
And i`ll tell you another thing it takes guts to stand up on youtube and say your view, so he takes my vote for having the guts to post what he says and thats more than can be said for some of the main stream media who seem a bit inept on their reporting this topic at the moment.
Well said McEvoy2006
PinkThinkingCat 1 year ago
@PinkThinkingCat
......he is actually saying unemployment is so severe at the moment that even someone with a degree finds it hard to get a job.
Yeah, a degree in "Media" duhhhh.........
If people had been encouraged to obtain REAL qualifications like mathamatics & engineering there would be more jobs about. The "Get famous in 5 secs" mentality of the young has got a lot to answer for as have Labour who were instrumental in all this!
98pup100 1 year ago
First of all you can't get a job because your scouse and thanks for telling me unemployment exists as I've only just came from underneath the rock where I've been living for the past year and a half.
Definatlynottoday 1 year ago
This idiot below me does no way speak for scottish people and i doubt is even scottish.
Whitelord100 1 year ago
I'm 15 and I have 3 part time jobs plus a family to look after plus school work. If yu really wanted a job yu cld get one. But a job for yu would have to be 9-5 In