I'm getting fucked off with this lockdown (UK). I'm all for it but not when half the nation doesn't give a fuck. Everytime I take my daughter for a walk around the block to get her to sleep I see groups of pensioners stood face to face chatting away, when we go shopping older people again ignoring one way systems, coughing all over the place, and generally ignoring all the guidance in place to protect them. I keep seeming news articles about young people ignoring the lockdown advice, yet the elderly are the ones most at risk and they're the worse ones for it!
Secondly, Ive paid into our tax system for almost 15 years. I've always worked and only claimed incapacity benefits once for 2 months since the age of 18, I'm now 32. I was made redundant a month back because of the virus. I immediately applied for universal credit hoping all those years of contributions would be worth it. Nope! They asked me how much my rent was and gave me £300 less that I needed, they left us with under fifty quid a week to support myself, partner and child... They don't care if we can afford food, or bills, or to keep a roof over our heads. They take and take, only to offer a shitty deal when we need their help. Some how £500 billion was found during the banking crisis to bail the banks out of their own stupid decisions, but we're only worth 2/3s of that.
Finally, I'm sick of employers claiming the require staff urgently and then taking 2 weeks to get back to you! I'd start tomorrow, if someone just got on with it and hired me without the weeks of bullshit before hand. I've spend over £50,000 and years of my life in education studying pharmaceutical science. I've had a few Lab roles from basic lab tech stuff to more senior positions. And the pay is terrible, I've never been on more than £20k a year, even after climbing the ladder, the responsibility would increase but the wage wouldn't follow. I earned more working as a screen printer than I have as a scientist. There is money in it, but it takes a decade or more to get to the position where you're earning over £30,000. Wish I'd just learned a trade, plumber/electrician/builder/carpenter, thats where the real money is. Science is over saturated with degree educated people, the demand for workers is there but theres no need for companies to compete over salary offers. And they all offer marginally above minimum wage. My most recent role of Assistant lab supervisor only paid £18,900, after tax that's ~£1300-1400 a month...
Done.