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Terminally unemployable folks - how do you survive?

Abbie

As in, literally, how do you get by? I just lost yet another job for the crime of being useless little me, and I'm sick to death of trying. I give up. There's no point in trying to get employment - not even just unpaid work at that! What can I say to the jobcentre to get them to register me as permanently unemployable due to disability/illness? And then after that, quite literally how do I survive in this world without an NT level income? Or can I just expect that one day my savings and/or benefits will be taken away and I'll just quietly starve while people mourn the potential I was always alleged to have?

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  • I know exactly how you feel.

    I lasted nine months in my latest job, I thought I was doing a good job, I was punctual, never took a sick day and got along with my online customers, by phone, email, internet, post.  But I never made friends with my colleagues in the actual office.  So when my temporary contract came to an end, I was the only team member whose contract was not extended.

    The job centre insists that I am fit, healthy and perfectly employable.  Employers disagree.

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  • I know exactly how you feel.

    I lasted nine months in my latest job, I thought I was doing a good job, I was punctual, never took a sick day and got along with my online customers, by phone, email, internet, post.  But I never made friends with my colleagues in the actual office.  So when my temporary contract came to an end, I was the only team member whose contract was not extended.

    The job centre insists that I am fit, healthy and perfectly employable.  Employers disagree.

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