Bad attitude; LETTERS to the EDITOR.I HAVE recently started a job after months of unemployment. So I am aware of how many people are out of work through no fault of their own. I also know from bitter experience how difficult it is to live on Job Seekers Allowance. I now work for the JobCentre Jobcentre or job centre Noun (in Britain) a government office where advertisements of available jobs are displayed Noun 1. . I have a safe, secure job. However, what really annoys me is the attitude of my colleagues. I get really angry when they treat the unemployed as second-class citizens; however, my anger sometimes boils Boils Definition Boils and carbuncles are bacterial infections of hair follicles and surrounding skin that form pustules (small blister-like swellings containing pus) around the follicle. Boils are sometimes called furuncles. over into rage when the unemployment figures are released. Some of my colleagues clap and cheer, whenever the unemployment rate increases. I have heard remarks such as: "Two million people on the dole, that means that my job is safe." "Unemployment is up again, that means there will be more opportunities for promotion." Remarks like this make me so angry. Surely, if unemployment is rising at its fastest rate for over 25 years, and there are still 400,000 vacancies on the JobCentre website, does that not mean that the JobCentre staff are not doing their job properly. Instead of being promoted, should they not be sacked for incompetence in·com·pe·tence or in·com·pe·ten·cy n. 1. The quality of being incompetent or incapable of performing a function, as the failure of the cardiac valves to close properly. 2. ? Name and address supplied |
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