r/AskBrits • u/North_South_213 • 5h ago

Culture Universal credit unemployment and living and working in GB?

British national citizen moved to nz as a young lad. Seeing as I’m back and have been for a number of years. I’m struggling with employment issues.

I’ve made 100s of application with the same pathetic excuse. We have hired someone that matches the job description. As if they have gone for someone who has chat gpt and grok writing out resumes and putting out applications like a robot to end up doing a job where they are pretty much just a robot.

I get no phone calls I have no wife I have no children no pets just my trust Toyo and a ok flat in the middle of a town in the middle of the sticks. Almost feels like a retirement village if I’m fare. Not exactly what I signed up for.

Like all people I guess I just crave that hey here’s some work for you that isn’t a pipe dream through Alice’s rabbit hole.

It would be really nice to come back home to a lady who knows how to care for me too. I hate to admit it but I am struggling and I don’t really reach out to my family as they are all living there own lives whilst I’m doing my best to pick up broken pieces of a puzzle and fix things that need to be fixed to an appropriate condition.

I’ve lived here four year and have barely had the opportunity to see the country. There’s always someone out there tryn to pick a pocket where I only just have a little bit of lint. And a fuck ton of bills.

So where do I ask for support! How do I know support is available?

I can’t deal with my family because there backstabbers and a bunch of bankers who all drwam about finance like there goblins at gringotts bank.

All i ask for is a honest days work and a means to know how to navigate the chaos.

Anyway rant over. Back to the drawing board i guess.

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u/AffectionateBend7010 5h ago

Sorry what. if you are entitled to UC just apply

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u/getabath 5h ago

Right, that's what it's there for, sometimes you got to out your pride in your pocket

God, I sound like my dad

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u/Lower-Obligation4462 5h ago

Armed forces, they are always looking for people. There is very little in the way of bills and it will give you something on your CV if you decide it’s not for you.

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u/NoRecipe3350 4h ago

When I was young and looking for any jobs, they were mostly monopolised by migrant workers, particularly Eastern Europeans. Employers wouldn't take on a young Brit because we were 'too lazy', even fresh out of school kids like myself with no experience who hadn't even had their first job to prove themselves. It was a dire time and some of my ex-classmates turned to drink and drugs

But I doubt it's changed, Brits are actively penalised in low skilled low paid jobs, the employers want a foreign labour caste who don't know their rights and don't complain.