“Non voglio vivere per benefici, voglio lavorare”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9mm333p2o
di honesto_pinion
“Non voglio vivere per benefici, voglio lavorare”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9mm333p2o
di honesto_pinion
23 commenti
> she has so far applied for more than 40 jobs without success.
While it’s unfortunate, this is not unusual or newsworthy.
Yet another scintillating journalistic piece from the BBC, crammed full of information rather than vague platitudes and ambivalent dialogue. Oh no, wait, the other way around, NOT an etc, etc. Is the public really this bleeding heart stupid for this to be a BBC article these days? 19 year old has applied for 40 jobs, okay, since fucking _when_? 40 jobs in a year is barely any if you’re unemployed! What kind of jobs, what expectation is there here? What are her qualifications? Another nothing article from the BBC, whose quality of journalism has gone down the pan to, frankly, Fox News levels…
I have a friend in the same boat. He wants to work but his disabilities mean nowhere will hire him (though they won’t say it explicitly). He’s now resorted to doing self-employed stuff like craft fairs, clothes alterations, and art commissions but it’s not enough to get by on without benefits.
This is precisely what’s caused the uproar. There’s countless people on disability “benefits” that would love to work, but they can’t find anything! And it’s all very well the government saying shit like “we’re doing this to support people to get into the workplace”, but that doesn’t mean prospective employers have to take them on. Sure there’s discrimination laws in place, but they can give any reason they want to avoid employing someone. I genuinely thought, the popularity of wfh during the last few years would give the perfect opportunity for more people to find employment, but they pulled that rug out from under us as soon as they were able to.
And before anyone jumps on me, no, I’m not disabled, and yes I am employed
Unfortunately there aren’t enough jobs for people. Especially unskilled one’s. And most employers are going to see disabled people as an extra hassle to employ. It’s really sad. My autistic daughter is in college and has just started volunteering. This may be a good route to go to contribute, keep yourself busy. Although if it’s to get a bigger income etc then it’s not. The only thing you can do then is to study and get a career where you can potentially work from home or get needed skills where employers will employ you regardless.
Not really news worthy. I mean, what’s her CV like?
I’m not sure what Kailee’s line of work is but remote work is very much a thing these days so her wheelchair would be a total non-issue.
You have a higher chance of securing an interview for a role if you are qualified for it. I know far too many who apply for everything and treat jobhunting like a fishing trip.
No one in that situation should be on any benefits because that’s just normal life for everyone.
One thing I don’t understand about our welfare strategy, is why directly pay people who are out of work instead of using that same money to create public sector jobs for those who are unemployed or disabled? Even just adding more people to staff the HMRC phone line would be a great start. It gives people out of work more dignity, fills a gap on the CV, and provides a service to the public.
Surely this is why they should be going back to WFH jobs?
I don’t mean to be rude or anything but with the best will in the world she isn’t doing manual labour. She will be in a desk based job.
If she could work from home then she will be able to work under the same conditions as anyone else. She doesn’t need to travel with accessibility issues. The employer doesn’t need to have ramps or facilities to accommodate her.
I sympathise. I’m in a similar position (more disabled than her though), but with lots of qualifications and not on UC. I’ve tried relentlessly for the last 10 years to get any kind of work, and I’ve only been sporadically successful. Mostly expected to volunteer, which sometimes I do, but it would be nice to be valued for my skills and experience like anyone else.
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A lot of normal people would scream bloody-murder if they faced the discrimination that disabled people face when inside the recruitment process. They say we shouldn’t feel entitled to a job, and I understand that. But many non-disabled people do expect a job. That looks like entitlement to me.
Nothing will change though. These private companies can and will discriminate against disabled people and will continue to do so while making it look meritocratic on paper.
I wonder why we don’t require employers to provide evidence they’re actively hiring?
If you go to the job center you have to prove you’re actively applying, perhaps the same rule should apply to employers with adverts?
When I left education I applied for well over 200 jobs before I got my first job. All the replies I got back (from those that did) stated I had no experience. Well no shit, that’s why I’m applying for your basic job that requires no education.
It seems that this is still the case and that people like her will find it even more difficult with her circumstances.
I’ve applied to about 500 jobs in the last 6 months…
Why do we insist on pretending disability doesn’t make us sick? More power to Kailee but this is a generalisation that will harm hundreds of thousands of disabled people who are actually disabled by their bodies. Some of us cannot work because of our disabilities and it’s not fair to pretend we could work if society changed its mindset.
40 jobs is nothing, she should be looking for that many jobs every other day. That’s the problem, they wait for a job to come to them.
If the BBC is meant to be impartial, where is the piece interviewing the family getting benefits while working cash in hand?
40 jobs is rookie numbers. How many of those jobs were those standardised indeed one click methods.
Im I have a first-class degree all I can get is 15 hours a week in a betting shop
I’ve applied (in total) to about 200 jobs this year alone. I heard back from maybe 20 of them. And I have legs too. It’s like this for everyone.
These reforms should absolutely not be about people such as Kailee who undoubtedly requires support although I note PIP payments on top are not mentioned
They should be about people claiming substantial extra benefits when they arguably do not need extra funds. Why does someone with agoraphobia, anxiety, ADHD or Long Covid amongst many others need an extra grand a month plus a carer claiming additional benefits? Their often self diagnosed ailments attract no extra costs, it’s enough that they are excused work searches by the state
Why are UK people gaslighting disabled people into work?
What’s next? Demand people on hospital beds to search for jobs?? Shove people out of their graves for zombie menial jobs??