Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
and sadly you do, on and on and on
UK employers struggle with worst labour shortage since 1997
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friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
there's a lot to go on about.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
And yet I can't secure employment. I've applied for skilled jobs that I'm arguably over-qualified for, because I tend not to get interviews for jobs at the level I've done before because I lack recent experience. (Having tried to change career, to a sector that's going down the toilet and lacks funding and job security.)
Employers could get me and my experience at a bargain price, but they don't want me.
I've applied for general office work, temping, shop jobs, carer, anything to pay the rent, but haven't had any joy. So I've spent the past few months rinsing through my now depleted savings to pay rent.
I'm very literate and numerate with IT literacy skills, which are apparently skills in short supply if you believe what you read.
I feel like I'm on life's scrapheap. How can it be so hard to find a job at a time when there's a skills and labour shortage? Albeit I don't have a driving licence so can't be an HGV driver (although I'm a short-arse and probably wouldn't be able to reach the pedals anyway), and I wouldn't be able to work in a cold store/chilled factory as I have a fucked up wrist that aches in the cold.
Employers could get me and my experience at a bargain price, but they don't want me.
I've applied for general office work, temping, shop jobs, carer, anything to pay the rent, but haven't had any joy. So I've spent the past few months rinsing through my now depleted savings to pay rent.
I'm very literate and numerate with IT literacy skills, which are apparently skills in short supply if you believe what you read.
I feel like I'm on life's scrapheap. How can it be so hard to find a job at a time when there's a skills and labour shortage? Albeit I don't have a driving licence so can't be an HGV driver (although I'm a short-arse and probably wouldn't be able to reach the pedals anyway), and I wouldn't be able to work in a cold store/chilled factory as I have a fucked up wrist that aches in the cold.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
And all those photographers following her around must have emptied the pool somewhat.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Tony Blair became PM. Working class people simply gave up.
Serene
Slightly disgruntled
Well. without looking into it and researching I can only speculate. However I could have a few pretty good guesses.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Considering recruitment has somehow become an industry in itself we're proper shit at it in this country. So many talented people kicking cans down the street while dullards and aresholes keep on climbing the ladder.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Go on then…
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
No, you couldn't.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Imagine how shit it would be if people who actually knew what they were doing ran the country. The current administration's bumbling incompetence is the only thing stopping us descending faster into an authoritarian hellhole
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
This. I think it was butchersapron who once asked ‘ why does every wanna be Mussolini like fascist want to be Home Secretary but never Minister for Transport…”
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
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ruffneck23
front left
I'm going through exactly the same thing, I've even being going for lower graded stuff but being told I'm over qualified, yet not enough experience for stuff I've been doing for years.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
BB1 has just got a job in a pizza place, she's 17. The rate is £4.62 an hour. Fucking pisstake, a five hour shit, 6pm to 11pm gets her £23.10. She must pay NI out of that too.
Doh!
- five hour SHIFT!
Doh!
- five hour SHIFT!
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Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
On company time. Its the only way.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
The union's have been slowly having their teeth pulled by government for some time.
It's going to get worse. I predict strikes eventually being banned altogether at some stage.
RMT used to support the Labour Party but hasn't for a long time. Why? Well it went all Tory and stopped being a party that listened to Unions but instead courted the middle classes.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
It's worth timing the occasional one so you can place a monetary value on them.
When's she 18?, the rise is about 40% and it should happen automatically (but do remind her to check)
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Yeah but isn't the main income of pizza delivery drivers weed sales?BB1 has just got a job in a pizza place, she's 17. The rate is £4.62 an hour. Fucking pisstake, a five hour shit, 6pm to 11pm gets her £23.10. She must pay NI out of that too.
Doh!
They ask for extra herbs and then you sell them pot at the door.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
December and yeah, goes up by around £2 an hour then to something a bit more respectable. Also at 18 a whole load of other jobs open up for her as she could handle/sell booze then.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Cooking or waiting tables?
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
In my raving days my Monday mornings from 8am to 10:30am were spent asleep on the throne at work, and a workmate would wake me at brew time. It was usually the first sleep I'd had since leaving work the previous Friday. Eventually the gaffer just told me not to bother coming in until midday on Mondays, as I was taking up a shitter that others might need, and my snoring was disturbing those in traps 1 and 3
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
It's thoughtful bosses like that who can make the difference between a bad workplace and a good one.In my raving days my Monday mornings from 8am to 10:30am were spent asleep on the throne at work, and a workmate would wake me at brew time. It was usually the first sleep I'd had since leaving work the previous Friday. Eventually the gaffer just told me not to bother coming in until midday on Mondays, as I was taking up a shitter that others might need, and my snoring was disturbing those in traps 1 and 3
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
It's a takeaway/delivery place, so cooking and also serving at the counter.
There does seem to be a real paradox regarding jobs out there at the moment. On the one hand the press is full of stories about staff shortages and anecdotally I have seen quite a few signs in the windows of shops, pubs, restaurants etc. Yet, I have also heard quite a few similar stories about the experience of people with decent experience that want work but can barely get the courtesy of a reply to an application let alone an interview.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
Here in Spain, and according to friends who live in Portugal, France, Poland, there's been a lot of issues due to covid. In none of these countries there are no shortages of food in shops, nor problems in supply lines, etc which are being experienced in the UK. What is the biggest difference? Brexit.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
This has always been the case. Many recruiters don't reply at all, some very late, few recognise experience while expecting it. I've even had to train people who are earning more than me, and who have neither my qualifications nor experience. I won't do this anymore.
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