Job centre rage

[galadriel1010]

So because I've got 19 hours in my signing session next week, I have to sign off. But I can get Working Tax Credit.

Then the following week I can sign back on, and sign off WTC...

This is why people don't bother getting work experience through temping, because it's such a fucking stupid system. When I rule the world there will be one benefit for people who do casual work, and what they get will depend on how many hours they work, and all they'll have to do is fill in the form with their hours.

Funny thing, though. I'll get more from them as WTC than I do as Jobseeker's Allowance when I get a few hours. Just need to find out what it means for Council Tax benefits.

Right now I am annoyed, so I am going to buy food and have cake and then apply for many jobs.

Comments

[beesandbrews.livejournal.com]

That sounds utterly baffling.

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

Turns out it's less baffling than I thought, because I can't actually get Working Tax Credits, being under 25 and working under 30 hours a week. Basically, if you're under 25 then you should be at home with mummy and daddy, and not really doing part time work because you might get too many hours which would mean losing the few benefits they do give you.

I don't mind losing my JSA, because it gets cut down if I work and goes back up if I don't, so if I'm working it's fine. The only problem is that if I'm not on JSA, we have to pay the full council tax, which is considerably more than I'm gaining in my three extra hours.

Oh, and my agency have me on the wrong tax code.