tebop opened this issue on Dec 17, 2008 · 63 posts
mrsparky posted Wed, 17 December 2008 at 7:34 PM
With you here.
Got my degree this year, and apart from a few days here and there, nothing secure or even well paying.
Doesn't help one of the biggest employers in town - Woolworths has just got bust.
27,000 people across the UK all losing their jobs around xmas.
The other big employers Tesco and Sainsbury say they'll take a lot of ex Woolworths people on because they have shop experience - so not much chance for any one else. Can't even get a box packing job because the temp agencies prefer Poles and Lativans over the locals.
On the postive us brits do have free healthcare - it's not always perfect but it's there - as is a basic benefits system.