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Nearly died last June and ended up losing my job due to the extended hospital stays. Gonna be out of work for the next year or two while I recover, then I suppose I’ll be looking for entry-level jobs as a 43 year old bloke.
 
Five mile round trip for a twenty minute JC appointment. No direct buses. Lower back pain all the way. Felt extremely sorry for myself, and then I had to wait until they opened. Got to listen to a conversation about black mamba.

The appointment was okay, and luckily she put me down for phone appointments when possible. I last claimed in 2018 and thankfully things area bit easier.
 
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I got made redundant about 4 months ago - got a bit of a payoff so I've been "resting" ever since. Got to bite the bullet and start looking for something now..well soonish..I do love staying at home and getting high tho.
 
Ismene2 said:
I got made redundant about 4 months ago - got a bit of a payoff so I've been "resting" ever since. Got to bite the bullet and start looking for something now..well soonish..I do love staying at home and getting high tho.
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My last (brief) period of unemployment was redundancy, with 13 years pay (only statutory).

It coincided with a heatwave, so I didn't rush to sign on. Then I got a (soft) eviction because I got caught crashed out on the floor by a fucking tout. So I had to look for work and accommodation.

No wonder I went for the gear again.
 
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Ismene2 said:
I got made redundant about 4 months ago - got a bit of a payoff so I've been "resting" ever since. Got to bite the bullet and start looking for something now..well soonish..I do love staying at home and getting high tho.
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Some recruiters don't half judge you and hold it against you if you have any remotely lengthy gaps though. Especially if you answer honestly about any gaps as I tried in one instance, just saying that I'd been paid several months worth of redundancy, and hadn't been in a huge rush to get my next job at that time as I had plenty of money. She sounded horrified as if that made me totally unemployable, or morally reprehensible or something. Fuck it, it was just one more job I did not get, but it taught me not to answer like that again.

You always get some recruiters that want to be negative and focus on any gaps, rather than on the 35+ years of work experience I have. I became so utterly fed up of this fucking tiresome line of questioning, after this happened on a few other occasions, so that any uncheckable gaps on my CV, ie from longer than 5 years ago, have now all been filled in, with all jobs either starting sooner, or ending later than they actually did, thus removing all historical gaps from my CV. Employers lie in their job ads all the time, so why shouldn't I do the same on my CV, especially when they have no way of checking when a job from 35 years ago started and finished, for example. Why present them with something for them to nit pick when there is absolutely no reason or sense in being honest. Honesty absolutely does not pay. Maybe I've been especially naive to take so long to figure this out. But I've not done too bad overall, despite this. (I've not had a successful career by any means, but I've mostly been employed and held onto my jobs, which is an achievement in itself for someone with Autism, ADHD, and social anxiety. Something like 80% of diagnosed Autistic people are unemployed.)

So I think I only have 1 gap of a few weeks now, to account for on my CV, if any of these judgemental knobs want to let me know that they think I'm a terrible person for having such a gap.

One interview I attended was the worst ever. The guy kept me waiting for well over half an hour with no apology when he eventually met me. He made me have the interview in a noisy public area, and he got interrupted by a colleague several times, with no apologies what so ever, giving absolutely no respect to me or the interview. And the first thing he said to me was "Gaps." Not the 35 years of work experience I had. Fucking Bell End. I should have walked out and told him to shove his poxy job up his stinking fat arse, if that's how they treat people. He'd obviously decided before he even met me that I was not going to get that job.
 
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Bleaney said:
Some recruiters don't half judge you and hold it against you if you have any remotely lengthy gaps though. Especially if you answer honestly about any gaps as I tried in one instance, just saying that I'd been paid several months worth of redundancy, and hadn't been in a huge rush to get my next job at that time as I had plenty of money. She sounded horrified as if that made me totally unemployable, or morally reprehensible or something. Fuck it, it was just one more job I did not get, but it taught me not to answer like that again.

You always get some recruiters that want to be negative and focus on any gaps, rather than on the 35+ years of work experience I have. I became so utterly fed up of this fucking tiresome line of questioning, after this happened on a few other occasions, so that any uncheckable gaps on my CV, ie from longer than 5 years ago, have now all been filled in, with all jobs either starting sooner, or ending later than they actually did, thus removing all historical gaps from my CV. Employers lie in their job ads all the time, so why shouldn't I do the same on my CV, especially when they have no way of checking when a job from 35 years ago started and finished, for example. Why present them with something for them to nit pick when there is absolutely no reason or sense in being honest. Honesty absolutely does not pay. Maybe I've been especially naive to take so long to figure this out. But I've not done too bad overall, despite this.

So I think I only have 1 gap of a few weeks now, to account for on my CV, if any of these judgemental knobs want to let me know that they think I'm a terrible person for having such a gap.

One interview I attended was the worst ever. The guy kept me waiting for well over half an hour with no apology. Made me have the interview in a noisy public area, with the interviewer getting interrupted by a colleague several times, with no apologies, giving absolutely no respect to me or the interview. And the first thing he said to me was "Gaps." Not the 35 years of work experience I had. Fucking Bell End. I should have walked out and told him to shove his poxy job up his stinking fat arse, if that's how they treat people. He'd obviously decided before he even met me that I was not going to get that job.
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I had one where the guy said "C*****, I can assure you that if I employed you, I'd pay you as little as possible".
 
Bleaney said:
You always get some recruiters that want to be negative and focus on any gaps, rather than on the 35+ years of work experience I have. I became so utterly fed up of this fucking tiresome line of questioning, after this happened on a few other occasions, so that any uncheckable gaps on my CV, ie from longer than 5 years ago
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You just say you had to sign The Official Secrets Act & you can't talk about that part of your Life or you'll go to Jail.
End by looking them hard in the eye & smile.
 
It was totally unnecessary though. The guy wasn't going to employ me, so why not just skip that, shake hands and not get in touch?

The female interviewer visibly winced when he said it. Looking back, he might have been drunk.
 
Fucking hell. What a day. Had to re-do a task that UC had told me needed re-doing. But do they give you a way to do it? No, you have to message them to ask whether you could please, please, please do what they asked you to do in the first place. Then again. Five times until they allow you to do it. Then re-list all your job applications. Then your phone appointment. The guy got a fucking rocket,but I apologised.

Then visit the pharmacy to find out they no longer give free mental health prescriptions, so you have to ask a mate for some of the cash you paid back to him so you can simply stay well.

Nine hours jobseeking, so tomorrow they can fuck off. Oh, and bipolar medications get a charge, wigs don't. Yes, wigs.

You're mad? Fuck off.

You want a rug? Step right in.

I'm paying more money into the NHS than Wogan ever did.
 
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Oh sir, that'll be free of charge.

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