Worst are yet to come

[joebloggs]

I do believe that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.

yes its your boss with a torch bringing you more work

60hrs a week

estimates from the press say 1.2million will lose their jobs this year, 30 million are nearly working in the uk, so 1 in 25 are expected to lose their jobs, its not the end of the world yet, and many European workers are suppose to be returning home as the £ to euro has fallen, and now with the points based system coming in, it will be more difficult for non Europeans to work in the UK.

[pennybarry]

yes its your boss with a torch bringing you more work

60hrs a week

estimates from the press say 1.2million will lose their jobs this year, 30 million are nearly working in the uk, so 1 in 25 are expected to lose their jobs, its not the end of the world yet, and many European workers are suppose to be returning home as the £ to euro has fallen, and now with the points based system coming in, it will be more difficult for non Europeans to work in the UK.

Got good idea from you Joe, there are many workers here from other parts of Europe and they're gone home so there are more jobs here for the locals. But the problem is, Most factories here are seafood factories and British doesn't want this kind of job. They said bad smell
When I was still working in one of the seafood company here, I went straight to the shower room as hubby said I smells crabs and lobsters

[PeterB]

30 million are nearly working in the uk ...

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

[Ann07]

Hi Cheesewiz,

You are really working hard
You are right our economy is really bad , hope it will recover soon

Look after yourself

[cheesewiz]

Hi Cheesewiz,

You are really working hard
You are right our economy is really bad , hope it will recover soon

Look after yourself

salamat Ann I will, just been to my GP everything's look fine as far as my health is concern

[nigel]

Come on guys!

Let's not take too much notice of news reports! I don't even watch the news, I think it's absolute tripe!

The media gather "bad news" stories from all over the world! It's as if they've got the world under a blinking microscope and they are only interested in "bad" things! Ooooh they're on a dogged determined mission to convince us that the world is a terrible place! "Stay in your homes!" Then they get some guy with a "I'm deathly serious!" voice to report the story! They make it even more dramatic with that pom! Pom! Pom! music! It's like watching a scary movie!

They seem to be trying to keep our attention with shocking! Terrible stories! I really don't think it's an accurate portrayal of the world at all!

Global warming! Unemployment! and errr, Unemployment!

The world we live in is actually in good shape! REALLY it is!

[somebody]

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

That many

[joebloggs]

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

all my figures are pukka, from the office of statistics

oh well then, 24/25 lose their job, now that is the end of the world

[PeterB]

all my figures are pukka, from the office of statistics

oh well then, 24/25 lose their job, now that is the end of the world

Sorry Joe. I think you might have missed the point of my post .. it was the strange phraseology : '30M are nearly working' when I guess it should have been 'nearly 30M are working'.

[joebloggs]

Sorry Joe. I think you might have missed the point of my post .. it was the strange phraseology : '30M are nearly working' when I guess it should have been 'nearly 30M are working'.

sorry

i see what you mean

then there are those working who shouldn't be who are not in the stats.. so maybe 30m

yes i know many who have jobs, but don't work

[kermit123]

This sums up the British mentality! I wonder how many actually do work?

Reminds me of the old joke:

"How many people work in your office?"

"Oh, about half!"

hi peter b not all british have that mentality and that is his opion so im not to judge him ,ill gladly do 60 hours work,im from a working class family in birmingham and i do expect to have to work long hours to make a liveing i allways have and probly will, when i come back to uk this year. That isent a joke here in philippines have you seen road workers here 10 people 2 working so its same here in philippines not just uk , becouse labour is cheap in philippines you allway s i mean allways get 50% more people than is needed, only my opion gaz/maybs

[PeterB]

hi peter b not all british have that mentality

Sure, but in my 53 years in UK, I've seen quite a few like that. But you're right, it's not just peculiar to the Brits.[/QUOTE]

[cheesewiz]

yes its your boss with a torch bringing you more work

60hrs a week

well, joe, 60hrs/week is fine with me no complain sometimes im doing 8am to 2pm then back to 8pm to 8am. though i must admit that's really tough its good that our new matron is not allowing the staff doing that anymore. I am working 12hrs/day (8pm-8am) having 2 days off in a week is not bad at all specially if you live on your own. Our manager is very keen to us filipinos the way we are working...and yet not complaining.

[benb]

well, joe, 60hrs/week is fine with me no complain sometimes im doing 8am to 2pm then back to 8pm to 8am. though i must admit that's really tough its good that our new matron is not allowing the staff doing that anymore. I am working 12hrs/day (8pm-8am) having 2 days off in a week is not bad at all specially if you live on your own. Our manager is very keen to us filipinos the way we are working...and yet not complaining.

Is your manager forcing you to work such long hours? Or do you choose to do that many hours for extra money?

[cheesewiz]

Is your manager forcing you to work such long hours? Or do you choose to do that many hours for extra money?

nope of course not. when i arrived here in UK our contracted hours is 48 hours if we want to work morethan that we have to sign a paper that were happy doing morethan our contracted hours and were happy to do it...its not really long hours if you get use to it.

[kermit123]

yes its your boss with a torch bringing you more work

60hrs a week

estimates from the press say 1.2million will lose their jobs this year, 30 million are nearly working in the uk, so 1 in 25 are expected to lose their jobs, its not the end of the world yet, and many European workers are suppose to be returning home as the £ to euro has fallen, and now with the points based system coming in, it will be more difficult for non Europeans to work in the UK.

that might be good news for locals in uk when all these people leave uk leaves jobs for uk and our lovly pinoy wifes isent all bad lol more jobs for british people the better and of course our wifes s gaz/maybs