On 17/09/2012 07:14 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:

>> Essentially it seems that in order to claim JSA, you have to be working
>> 5 hours per day trying to get hired. So if you work it out, 5 hours per


>> essentially, I am now in full-time employment by the UK government, for
>> about half the legal minimum wage. Isn't that fantastic? :-/
>
> Just for giggles, how much would a job bagging groceries or delivering
> pizzas, or selling nails at the harwdware store pay for 5hrs/day,
> 5days/week?



> If it's more than what the govt is offering you, you can opt out of this
> JSA thingie and get a little more money by having a real job that should
> help you pay for food and leave more than enough time everyday to hunt
> for a more rewarding (monetarily and mentally) job.

I doubt that's going to work. You apply for some menial job like that 
with a diploma and an honours degree, it doesn't take a genius to figure 
out that you won't be staying very long... Most employers probably 
wouldn't like that.

But hey, I mean, we'll see how it goes...

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