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I would gladly like to sit on my ass for £18 an hour doing any job that sort of money equates to £37,440 a yea... the most i have ever earnt is £24,100 a year ....i am now expected to live in a wage of £12,600 a year do HARD work .....if people were paid on energy expended i think all "suites" would find out what work is as the whole employment wage system would be reversed .....

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[QUOTE=Aerolor;192442]Perhaps your wife should have applied for the job regardless UKmartian and then she probably would have not lost her JSA. It is hard these days for the genuine person who wants to work and I hope your situation doesn't go on for too long.

My wife DID what she was told and contacted the company ..it was a "care" position and it was a short Telephone interview so there where no records ....my wife has experience as a home carer for elderly .....this job was for a carer for mentally handicapped adolescence's ...my wife is 5ft tall 8 stone ...can you see her handling a 12 stone adolescent if things go wrong ...they also requested that the applicants should have previous experience in that environment....my wife did not have the experience required or the physical attributes ...thus the company would not give her a application form And kept no records of her 'application' so she was guilty as she couldn't prove her innocence

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Always put any applications in writing UKmartian (and keep a copy) - a simple letter expressing interest, enclosing a CV and asking for an application form is enough evidence I would think.

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She was given a telephone number and a name and a job description of CARER....it was organised through the job centre when she phoned up she had a short telephone interview she was even asked WHY she was applying as she didnt have the relevent experience ..that is as far as it went ..there was no written app form and the company didn't even record the call as probably taken by a agent with a script ....but the Job centre were adamant she didn't apply....It is just a way to sanction people

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I'm sure there are many people in the real world who would gladly accept £18 an hour rather than nothing at all.

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Yet another provocative post from Willow How much more do we have to put up with

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To me, £18 per hour is a fortune! I don't blame you for being angry Steve. I've been down the Jobseekers route myself when I left work ill and my sick-pay ran out. Goodness, big burly security men on the door, frisked for knives when you go in, I felt ashamed. It can be a very daunting and frightening experience going in there when you are our age.

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i would love to earn that sort of money....but I don't think i am the only one with a conscience, they are always asking for debt collectors on the job boards ...i would not do that out of principal....

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18 pounds is a lot my daughters who are nurses do not make that mutch
25 bucks a hour 15 pounds over here
tie we emagrated back to the uk

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I would apply for that job if I was in your position .. principles don't fetch the bacon home.

I think Willow's post shows a person with no empathy to others.