A free-for-all thread

[Matty_the_Emo_Slayer]

I'm at this weird crossroads where I'm not finished University (excluding repeat exams) and now I have to figure out what to do next. Where to move, who to live with, sorting the dole out, finding a decent paying job. If this is being a grown-up, I don't like it.

Your first reaction is to go on the dole? Dude...

Notice the second thing on the list is finding a job. Go on jobseekers, seek job, get job. That's kinda the right order to do things in.

[Jobdone]

Ai, if you're gonna be looking for a job anyway, you might as well be getting a bit of dollar for it.

[Fjar]

What Matty said. Clue's in the name.

[Gandalf the Red]

I don't know the system in Ireland. But always make sure you get your stamps. I know plenty of people who never bothered for various reasons and when it comes to retirement they haven't got enough to get a full pension.

[keera_envenomed]

I don't know the system in Ireland. But always make sure you get your stamps. I know plenty of people who never bothered for various reasons and when it comes to retirement they haven't got enough to get a full pension.

By the time we retire we'll be 78 and the state pension will be 45p a week.

[thehairyone]

Also, your local MP will come around once a week to staple a badger to your pants.

[houston4044]

I don't know the system in Ireland. But always make sure you get your stamps. I know plenty of people who never bothered for various reasons and when it comes to retirement they haven't got enough to get a full pension.

By the time we retire we'll be 78 and the state pension will be 45p a week.

and Tool will have released about two more albums by then

[Jobdone]

I don't know the system in Ireland. But always make sure you get your stamps. I know plenty of people who never bothered for various reasons and when it comes to retirement they haven't got enough to get a full pension.

Wait, what are stamps, how do I get them, why do I need them, how do they affect my pension.

[Jim]

I don't know the system in Ireland. But always make sure you get your stamps. I know plenty of people who never bothered for various reasons and when it comes to retirement they haven't got enough to get a full pension.

Wait, what are stamps, how do I get them, why do I need them, how do they affect my pension.

Stamps were abolished in 1975. If every payslip you have has an NI deduction alongside your Income Tax deduction, and you have claimed jobseekers when you weren't earning then you're golden.

If you go for months without having a job or being on jobseekers, the tax system sees a deficit in your NI contributions, and you'll usually get a letter about it.

[Jobdone]

Oh okay. That makes sense. Cheers.

[Gandalf the Red]

People still call them stamps though.

I don't know the system in Ireland. But always make sure you get your stamps. I know plenty of people who never bothered for various reasons and when it comes to retirement they haven't got enough to get a full pension.

By the time we retire we'll be 78 and the state pension will be 45p a week.

It's alright I'm fine. I was just in the threshold before they raise it to 67. Whether I live that long is debatable though.

[Potato-Jim]

I'm at this weird crossroads where I'm not finished University (excluding repeat exams) and now I have to figure out what to do next. Where to move, who to live with, sorting the dole out, finding a decent paying job. If this is being a grown-up, I don't like it.

Your first reaction is to go on the dole? Dude...

So I should live on nothing until I do find a job? Great idea!

[Womble]

I'm at this weird crossroads where I'm not finished University (excluding repeat exams) and now I have to figure out what to do next. Where to move, who to live with, sorting the dole out, finding a decent paying job. If this is being a grown-up, I don't like it.

Your first reaction is to go on the dole? Dude...

So I should live on nothing until I do find a job? Great idea!

Or get any job rather than leeching the state until you find an 'appropriate' one?

[Potato-Jim]

Any paying job is a decent paying job, hence the need to acquire jobseekers until I do get any job.

[Jobdone]

I leeched off the state for like 6 months because I didn't wanna touch retail.

Now I'm in a job I enjoy, learning new stuff, getting a decent wage.

No regrets.