The Retirement Thread
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Mar 2023
7:55pm, 29 Mar 2023
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Hanneke
Oh, Jobcentre yesterday morning at 8 am: Oh, you pick up the phone? Me, yes, I just propped myself up on the sofa from the bed. Jobcentre: what are you doing next Tuesday? You need to come in to be assessed fit for work. Me: I will be hooked up to a chemo infusion from 9 am to 5 pm. Job centre: oh, well, our next appointment is not for 6 weeks then. Me: you haven't even asked me if I am actually physically able to come in for an assessment. Job centre: I see you are a gardener and a yoga instructor, why don't you go and work in a garden centre... Me: I cannot stand up long enough to have a shower... And so forth! It is exhausting! They have my sicknote and diagnosis!!! 😱 |
Mar 2023
7:58pm, 29 Mar 2023
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Ness
It's so wrong. Sorry you have to deal with that. The system stinks. 
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Mar 2023
8:00pm, 29 Mar 2023
101,380 posts
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Hanneke
And all that is for a measily £77/week... As I really really really cannot work, I have no choice! 😠|
Mar 2023
8:09pm, 29 Mar 2023
41,834 posts
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EvilPixie
Another case of the few (the crocks) wrecking things for the many (those who actually need it) If people didn’t play the system or make fraudulent claims then the system wouldn’t be so shit Sorry hann |
Mar 2023
8:10pm, 29 Mar 2023
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Garfield
Holy crap, that's insane Hann.
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Mar 2023
8:14pm, 29 Mar 2023
101,383 posts
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Hanneke
Oh yes, it is! In the end she said she recommended me for the handout and put me in the category to be left alone i.e. no re-training or assignments of inappropriate jobs 🙄 I need to keep asking for sick notes though, until I could work again. I told them that I'd give anything to be able to go dig someones garden in the freezing rain. And that I am dying to progress my fledgling yoga business I started with my friend last September... |
Mar 2023
9:50pm, 29 Mar 2023
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Hills of Death (HOD)
Crappy system Hann they have to learn to treat people as human beings
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Mar 2023
10:36pm, 29 Mar 2023
101,386 posts
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Hanneke
Totally! One yoga class earns me more than their £77/week. How on earth people manage to live on benefits??? |
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Mar 2023
10:57pm, 29 Mar 2023
36,651 posts
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Hills of Death (HOD)
How’s the treatment coming along Han is it working x
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Mar 2023
9:11am, 30 Mar 2023
1,641 posts
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Daz Love
Looks like no change to State Pension age (was talk of moving to 68) bbc.co.uk |
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