Signing-on for the holidays

Charlie · #1 (**permalink**) 03-08-2010, 12:29 PM

I'm sure that I am not alone but I hate signing-on for the hoildays as it is so degrading! A small crowd of jobless (mainly men) hang around outside the Jobcentre smo
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and putting the world to rights (if you were an employer and one of them turned up you'd never give them a job in a month of Sundays) and when you get inside you have to wait for ages just to be seen by a condescending child who thiks you should grovel and be grateful for the pittance of an allowance that you have contributed for and are entitled to!....Bring on the new academic year and be quick about it.

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clarabelle · #2 (**permalink**) 03-08-2010, 03:18 PM

I can relate although I have only signed on once in the 7 years I've been teaching/doing supply. It's such a pain and by the time you get any money back, it's time to get back to work anyway!!!!

Rachwins · #3 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 06:05 AM

Is it worth signing on in September? This is my first time in supply, and I got paid up till yesterday from my old job. I odn't know when the supply work is likely to
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t coming in!

Charlie · #4 (**permalink**) 01-09-2010, 08:31 AM

This is only my second full year as a supply teacher (just about to
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t my third) so I am probably not the best to ask but...if you can tolerate all the procrastination that accompanies signing on and you beleive that £65 is better than a smack in the face then go for it, after all it is your entitlement after having paid towards it.

Charlie · #5 (**permalink**) 05-09-2010, 10:24 AM

Well it's almost the
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t of another new year and, personally, I can't wait. At least I will be able to earn some money again and sign off (for those of you who read my original post you will realise how much I am goimg to miss visiting the jobcentre-NOT!).
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