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Post by tiddles on Apr 20, 2012 14:23:14 GMT 1
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 20, 2012 23:17:33 GMT 1
a lot of folks get put onto other places like working links who take over their benefit payments...by doing this they are able to massage the unemployment figures to suit as they are no longer on the dss files
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Post by samfregreenock on Apr 21, 2012 16:20:11 GMT 1
The thing is too, that there isn't a hope in hell of any large scale employer coming to inverclyde, indeed even, why should they?
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 21, 2012 21:49:03 GMT 1
exactly....it makes me laugh when they talk about jobs in inverclyde....REALLY!!! what planet are they on...there is nothing here now
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 22, 2012 14:07:55 GMT 1
where are those jobs.
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Post by tiddles on Apr 22, 2012 16:18:54 GMT 1
T-Mobile?  ? |
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 22, 2012 19:45:12 GMT 1
talking to a young man today and he said he applied to work on the buses and was told they dont train anyone anymore and so he applied for the jobcentre for traing and they told him to find the money for training..........................on what unemployement
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Post by tiddles on Apr 22, 2012 20:01:03 GMT 1
It would make you weep
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 22, 2012 20:09:06 GMT 1
a friend of ours went for training on the buses....i think they paid so much but he had to find the rest of the money....yea they want you to work but how can you afford it
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Post by samfregreenock on Apr 22, 2012 20:17:57 GMT 1
Anyone who thinks there will be enough jobs around to cater for the unemployed in inverclyde needs their heid looked.
Inverclyde is an economic basket case, you would need to be aff yer heid to locate yer business here.
The amount of folk locally who don't turn up for interviews, don't turn up to work on time or manage a full shift, never mind a full week s amazing.
People I know, who run a restaurant and pay above minimum wage, struggle to find quality folk. The amount of lazy basturts they get s unbelievable.
They even had somebody 'worked' a couple do days then went aff on the sick, eventually they bagged them, it went to a tribunal, only for the "employee" to get told she was in the wrang and tae fek aff.
Total waste of money all round
It's time the local lazy basturts were given a short sharp shock, tellt ae get on their bike and find themselves some work, no matter what.
HP are trying to employ initially around 500 folk up at Erskine, these are high skilled, high paid jobs, many at entry level too. Time we stopped pandering to the lowest common denominator and make it clear to some - no effort in looking for or keeping a job, then fek aff, nae dole for you a lazy fekker.
The HP jobs are there for the taking, nae Fukwits need apply, unfortunately that means a lot of the unemployed in inverclyde.
A lot only have themselves to blame, it's not our fault they are thick and stupid, didnae bother their arse at school and expect everything on a plate - fukem
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Post by tiddles on Apr 22, 2012 20:48:58 GMT 1
Not a lot in that to argue with
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Post by harpotheton on Apr 23, 2012 12:45:06 GMT 1
I say !!!!
Sam for Prime Minister !!
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Post by tiddles on Apr 23, 2012 12:50:06 GMT 1
Yes, I'll sign the nomination papers.
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 23, 2012 16:56:04 GMT 1
I personally think it is time that the young either go back to education or are put to painting etc to clean up the town and put a wee bit of pride into them and give them a choice, basic money or a bit bit more and learn how to work as a team and socialise, I am sure that a lot of young given a chance will go for it, afterall the years pass by quickly and before they know it they are 20,30, and 40 and on the scrape heap
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Post by tiddles on Apr 23, 2012 17:47:18 GMT 1
I am not really a supporter of the kind of slavery we read of lately. There are loads of decent kids who like MOST people in Scotland cannot get a job. I don't think having them work for nothing at Arnold (Honest as the days is long) Clark is much help and there is no way in hell any of my sons would have been permitted to do that. I agree about further education being a good step forward but we must also note that there are thousands of kids with top degrees from real universities who cannot find work. We also need to take a very close look at James Watt College and places like it. Endless and totally useless courses in, 'Travel and Tourism', Health and Beauty' and 'Music and Drama'. These courses and the many like them are a waste of resources and a waste of time. If you are good enough to study, Music and Drama, haul yourself up to The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RSAMD) and audition. If you show promise, you'll get in, if not, try Burger King. Why should I pay to have a bunch of weans have jam sessions? ? Now, there are of course MANY little shit bags who will never work. They wander the towns and the schemes in their ned-gear ready to stab anyone in their path. I have NO qualms whatsoever about making them work for nothing. I get so pissed off with all those bloody wheelie bins and strange collection days doled out to us in the name of recycling, it's a load of nonsense because most of it ends in landfill anyway. So, why not get these low-life entities out to the dump and make them sort all the stuff? We'll give them protective clothing and nice pink gloves, shovelling shit is all they're good for. Now whilst Ian McKenzie was giving the T-Mobile directors a supra-lingual rectal exam the other week, why didn't he ask, mid lick, why they didn't have any apprenticeships? I don't mean for answering the phones, I mean technical support and accounts management and anything else that requires a bit of special training and qualification. What of CIGNA? We are always hearing how good they are but if they really gave a shit about this community they'd consider offering scholarships for nursing, physio and other health professions. And Texas Instruments/Nat Semi, how many apprentices did they take on this year? Riverside Inverclyde, how many trainees did they take on that would lead to recognised qualifications? And what about those incompetent arseholes at RCH, how many people are they training toward membership of the Institute of Housing Management? ?? In fact, is there anyone at RCH who is a member of that prestigious organisation? No, I bloody doubt that. And what of the Bristow Empire, is he giving courses on how to create an unaccountable, unelected nepotistic fiefdom? Ah it would put years on you, what a pisshole we live in. Sammy, get your name down, I'll volunteer to be your Minister of Health |
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Post by samfregreenock on Apr 23, 2012 18:15:05 GMT 1
Update - I now have to work in Edinburgh, started today. Will mostly only be home at weekends, as the travelling is a pain in the neck to and fro' to the city centre.
If I can put up with it, anyone can, better than doing fek all.
Over the years I've upskilled, change skills etc - if you stand still or cannae be ersed, hell slap it intae you
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Post by tiddles on Apr 23, 2012 18:25:53 GMT 1
Sorry to hear that Sammy, I bet Mrs Sammy will be most displeased. Edinburgh is a nice city but it is quite an expensive place to be. Driving back and forth is hardly an option even if you could be arsed after a long day. The fuel costs would be over the top. Still, you shown that it can be done, I only hope you'll still be commenting regularly with perhaps a wee bit of a Jean Brodie slant! have laptop will travel............................  I worked in Embra for 2 years 2005-2007, drove every day then, as I was based at Embra Park on the outskirts left at 0530 to get there for 0700 then left again about 1530 Now am in the city centre, it takes as long to get in/out city centre as it does to get from Embra Park to Glesga - soonly driving daily if and when something needs sorted at hame - or on 3rd May fur ra election. Coulsdn't miss that. Missionary work to the denizens of Embra can be quite exhausting  |
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Post by myfindhorn on Apr 23, 2012 19:25:18 GMT 1
I still think that we need to get rid of a whole load of red tape for young ones to get a apprentiship, remember once mind you of a young guy who got his apprenticship because his dad was a dare I say it " freemason " and he was as thick as 2 planks.
I know what you are saying tidds, and yes I know lots and lots of young decent people who need a chance and there are a lot more who need to get a life.
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Post by linda wallace on Apr 24, 2012 20:34:06 GMT 1
yea horn there is too much red tape...this generation and the next wont know what its like to work and earn a wage....the job centre doesnt help nor does those places like working links....i remember the day you could walk into a place and ask for a job and most of the time you would get it...those days are long gone now
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Post by samfregreenock on Apr 24, 2012 21:26:45 GMT 1
A message frae Embra.....
You'll have had your tea
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Post by tiddles on Apr 24, 2012 21:55:55 GMT 1
Oh beautiful city of Edinburgh is most beautiful to be seen
Especially in the summer when you are visited by the Queen
W T MacGonagall, Poet, Tragedian and wit
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Post by samfregreenock on Apr 25, 2012 18:08:05 GMT 1
Oh beautiful city of Edinburgh is most beautiful to be seen Especially in the summer when you are visited by the Queen W T MacGonagall, Poet, Tragedian and wit I must say I preferred his Dundee/river tay ode as told by matt mcginn the tay, the tay, the silvery tay the sweetest river on earth. it goes past the shipyards every day and up and doon tae perth. it is a very rich river for which we must give thanks its never ever short of a bed and its always in touch with the banks |
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