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it's pretty shocking stuff. i personally know people, who are happy to sit on their lazy arses, living quite comfortably on benefits, instead of getting or even looking for a job. what makes it worse is that it's so easy for them to get away with it, while the rest of us pick up the tab.
don't these people have any pride?
BRITAIN'S worst unemployment blackspot has one in three people out of work —yet we found a job there in just TWO MINUTES.
Merthyr Tydfil—dubbed SHIRKER Tydfil—is one of dozens of towns across the country where thousands would sooner scrounge on the dole than get a job.
Yet the News of the World today proves there's PLENTY of work, after sending out a team of men and women to see how many jobs they could bag in one day.
And we found it very EASY to earn a crust—one of the first posts offered was as a sandwich maker.
That was in Southampton. But we also went looking for work in London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester—and we landed jobs in bars, restaurants, shops, offices, bookmakers and building sites with no problem at all.
Bosses eager to snap up our team said their vacancies only seemed to attract migrant workers—usually from Eastern Europe—or hard-up students. Brits on benefit weren't interested.
And no wonder. A week's hard graft on the minimum wage pays £180 after tax. But, as our political columnist Fraser Nelson pointed out last week, those out of work claiming a string of benefits, including housing and tax credits, can pull in around £220 a week.
In MERTHYR TYDFIL, a massive 30.2 per cent of people are unemployed—that is on benefit and not in full-time work.
Yet within two minutes of walking into Meridian Business Support, the biggest recruitment agency in the South Wales town, our reporter was offered a job at a local chocolate factory, earning £5.35 an hour, the national minimum wage. Meridian's branch manager Caroline Vereker, who has 200 vacancies, said: "There are too many people in Merthyr who are happy to sit back and enjoy life on benefits rather than go for the jobs that are available."
Eight hours after arriving in SOUTHAMPTON our man had found a staggering five jobs, being offered work as a sandwich maker, shop assistant, promotion worker, barman and tattoo artist's helper!
It may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but making sandwiches in Treats sandwich shop is full-time and pays the minimum hourly wage.
Shop owner Tony Zollo said: "There are loads of jobs going for people that can be bothered to go for them."
At the Millennium Tattoo Parlour, owner Clem Fagg said his "help wanted" sign had been in the window for weeks, but with very little interest. "People in this country don't get off their backsides," he moaned. It was a similar story in LONDON—where some areas have 20 per cent unemployed—with our man picking up THREE jobs in a few hours.
It shows why an incredible 235,000 migrant workers are now in the capital.
Within minutes of arriving in central London, our reporter found work at the Henry Holland pub in Marylebone, as a £5.50-an-hour kitchen hand.
Kitchen
Less than two hours later, at Notting Hill's Luna Rossa restaurant, manager Francisco Perez soon offered him a job as a bar steward and waiter.
Again the pay was £5.50 an hour—but this time plus tips. Francisco said: "It's hard work, and I think the British want an easy life."
Finally our reporter moved to upmarket Chelsea—and pedalled into a post as a minimum wage cycle shop assistant. In LIVERPOOL, where a whopping 26 per cent are out of work, our man soon landed a job in a bookies.
Chris Sunderland, the area manager hiring at BetFred, said the cashier's job paid £5.35 an hour initially, but then the sky was the limit.
He said: "I started out as a cashier, and the boss wants all the staff to know the business from grass-roots level."
Our reporter was offered a job in MANCHESTER, where a fifth of people are unempoyed, moments after walking into the Gentry Grooming Company.
Starting by washing hair on the minimum wage, she could have gone on to be a well-paid stylist in three to four years.
Next she was offered a cleaner's job. Cleaning firm boss Janice Hulme said: "We employ all nationalities, but it's the English who jack it in more often."
Our reporter also picked up a THIRD job shortly afterwards, earning £6 an hour in the trendy TV21 bar. Not bad for a city where a fifth of people are without full-time work.
It took just 20 minutes for our girl in GLASGOW to get a job as a £5.50-an-hour customer service assistant with sportswear chain JD Sports. Store manager Jules Terriaca said: "I've had the sign in the window for weeks."
In BIRMINGHAM, where there's a similar jobless figure, we were quickly offered two jobs, as an office clerk and as a labourer.
Delivery
And we managed to gain three offers of work within hours in LEEDS, as a delivery driver, shop assistant and in a pizza restaurant.
While in NEWCASTLE we bucked the trend of 18 per cent unemployment to bag two jobs— as a retail assistant, and another as a waiter.
Which all goes to show there are plenty of jobs out there...if you want to work.
Merthyr Tydfil—dubbed SHIRKER Tydfil—is one of dozens of towns across the country where thousands would sooner scrounge on the dole than get a job.
Yet the News of the World today proves there's PLENTY of work, after sending out a team of men and women to see how many jobs they could bag in one day.
And we found it very EASY to earn a crust—one of the first posts offered was as a sandwich maker.
That was in Southampton. But we also went looking for work in London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester—and we landed jobs in bars, restaurants, shops, offices, bookmakers and building sites with no problem at all.
Bosses eager to snap up our team said their vacancies only seemed to attract migrant workers—usually from Eastern Europe—or hard-up students. Brits on benefit weren't interested.
And no wonder. A week's hard graft on the minimum wage pays £180 after tax. But, as our political columnist Fraser Nelson pointed out last week, those out of work claiming a string of benefits, including housing and tax credits, can pull in around £220 a week.
In MERTHYR TYDFIL, a massive 30.2 per cent of people are unemployed—that is on benefit and not in full-time work.
Yet within two minutes of walking into Meridian Business Support, the biggest recruitment agency in the South Wales town, our reporter was offered a job at a local chocolate factory, earning £5.35 an hour, the national minimum wage. Meridian's branch manager Caroline Vereker, who has 200 vacancies, said: "There are too many people in Merthyr who are happy to sit back and enjoy life on benefits rather than go for the jobs that are available."
Eight hours after arriving in SOUTHAMPTON our man had found a staggering five jobs, being offered work as a sandwich maker, shop assistant, promotion worker, barman and tattoo artist's helper!
It may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but making sandwiches in Treats sandwich shop is full-time and pays the minimum hourly wage.
Shop owner Tony Zollo said: "There are loads of jobs going for people that can be bothered to go for them."
At the Millennium Tattoo Parlour, owner Clem Fagg said his "help wanted" sign had been in the window for weeks, but with very little interest. "People in this country don't get off their backsides," he moaned. It was a similar story in LONDON—where some areas have 20 per cent unemployed—with our man picking up THREE jobs in a few hours.
It shows why an incredible 235,000 migrant workers are now in the capital.
Within minutes of arriving in central London, our reporter found work at the Henry Holland pub in Marylebone, as a £5.50-an-hour kitchen hand.
Kitchen
Less than two hours later, at Notting Hill's Luna Rossa restaurant, manager Francisco Perez soon offered him a job as a bar steward and waiter.
Again the pay was £5.50 an hour—but this time plus tips. Francisco said: "It's hard work, and I think the British want an easy life."
Finally our reporter moved to upmarket Chelsea—and pedalled into a post as a minimum wage cycle shop assistant. In LIVERPOOL, where a whopping 26 per cent are out of work, our man soon landed a job in a bookies.
Chris Sunderland, the area manager hiring at BetFred, said the cashier's job paid £5.35 an hour initially, but then the sky was the limit.
He said: "I started out as a cashier, and the boss wants all the staff to know the business from grass-roots level."
Our reporter was offered a job in MANCHESTER, where a fifth of people are unempoyed, moments after walking into the Gentry Grooming Company.
Starting by washing hair on the minimum wage, she could have gone on to be a well-paid stylist in three to four years.
Next she was offered a cleaner's job. Cleaning firm boss Janice Hulme said: "We employ all nationalities, but it's the English who jack it in more often."
Our reporter also picked up a THIRD job shortly afterwards, earning £6 an hour in the trendy TV21 bar. Not bad for a city where a fifth of people are without full-time work.
It took just 20 minutes for our girl in GLASGOW to get a job as a £5.50-an-hour customer service assistant with sportswear chain JD Sports. Store manager Jules Terriaca said: "I've had the sign in the window for weeks."
In BIRMINGHAM, where there's a similar jobless figure, we were quickly offered two jobs, as an office clerk and as a labourer.
Delivery
And we managed to gain three offers of work within hours in LEEDS, as a delivery driver, shop assistant and in a pizza restaurant.
While in NEWCASTLE we bucked the trend of 18 per cent unemployment to bag two jobs— as a retail assistant, and another as a waiter.
Which all goes to show there are plenty of jobs out there...if you want to work.
don't these people have any pride?
ACK!
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