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Everything posted by cbathpc
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It's becase they're up everywhere, under Truss it was just us.
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I'm not sure changing the fall guy will do much good at this point. Problem is none of them want to stand up and say we're ******ed
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I’ve got a £50k deposit but can’t afford a house!
cbathpc replied to Armus's topic in House prices and the economy
Website testing isn't necessarily low paid, it can be a fairly lucrative job, especially if you're a woman (or present as one as this person appears to be doing). Testers can earn 90% of what engineers can.. I always though it was a great little role, a lot less stress and responsibility, near identical pay. Just a lower ceiling, very hard to progress past senior. -
Head over to the remote working thread, and everyone is far more efficient working from home 🤔 In all seriousness, why would you work. The benefit system is that ******ed up, working full time at minimum or a low wage seems hardly worth the effort.. better getting an illness and putting your feet up
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Another White Elephant (green one in fact)
cbathpc replied to Maghull Mike's topic in House prices and the economy
But it makes no difference to the user. They don't have a choice now. If the change was made and they were never told, they would never know beyond the colour of the flame being a bit different -
Another White Elephant (green one in fact)
cbathpc replied to Maghull Mike's topic in House prices and the economy
I watched a slot on the news about this last night, and not one resident had a remotely sensible argument. It was all the usual tripe "it'll confuse old people", "People with disabilities won't like it" I didn't hear one sane reason. We have a country full of whiners with nothing else to do. -
Alternatives to jacking up the base rate
cbathpc replied to PeanutButter's topic in House prices and the economy
I just can't see hiking income tax as being politically viable. On top of income tax you have pension, and in a lot of cases student loans - workers will be saying enough if enough. Tories are ******ed -
Council ‘workers’ told to stop skiving on Fridays
cbathpc replied to Pmax2020's topic in House prices and the economy
Read the article. They aren't doing compressed hours, they're literally doing 4 days instead of 5 but are more 'efficient' so there is no loss in services. Of course no one at the council wants to look at the elephant in the room there -
Nightmare for the British establishment
cbathpc replied to Maghull Mike's topic in House prices and the economy
Receiving unemployment benefit in Poland is not easy. To qualify, you have to have been employed in the country for at least 365 days over the 18 months prior to signing on. -- Under Polish rules, if you were working for less than five years beforehand, you only get 80% of the benefit. The measly amount is not topped up with housing benefit, because that does not exist. --- Thats not the case here is it? It would be impossible to suggest anything like that here -
Nightmare for the British establishment
cbathpc replied to Maghull Mike's topic in House prices and the economy
This is a great article. It's so strange that we have a benefits for life culture, and that its seen as cruel to not allow someone to simply not work for their whole adult life. I wonder with our current financial situation if we'll end up like Poland -
Nightmare for the British establishment
cbathpc replied to Maghull Mike's topic in House prices and the economy
How do benefits and the like work in Australia? Do they not have the same problem as us with many not working, things like housing benefit? How does the rest of the western world do it? -
Why I see homeownership as a burden
cbathpc replied to Up the spout's topic in House prices and the economy
Problem with renting is, you can be kicked out at reasonably short notice, you're then stuck arguing the toss over deposits, etc while trying to find a new place. A lot of this isn't a problem if you're a free wheeling bachelor, however if you're a family with kids in school etc, having to move around at someone elses whim is a disaster -
Water Companies - Taking the P*ss?
cbathpc replied to btd1981's topic in House prices and the economy
They even have a page on EDI https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-edi/ How much are british government agencies spending on this stuff? Everyone needs water, it is inclusive by its very nature. As you say, stop with this ********, and do your goddamn job -
£500k per year to totally fail at your job. Absolute scam