Starting new job

Sin City

If someone was offered a job that pays monthly how do you survive untill you get paid . Can the socail welfare help out untill you get paid or do you go without food , rent heat etc

Munstermissy

Sin City wrote: »

If someone was offered a job that pays monthly how do you survive untill you get paid . Can the socail welfare help out untill you get paid or do you go without food , rent heat etc

That was me last month. I borrowed a couple of hundred euro from the bank. You will get nothing from social welfare.

Sin City

Munstermissy wrote: »

That was me last month. I borrowed a couple of hundred euro from the bank. You will get nothing from social welfare.

but if you can't borrow then what do you
Plus its a months trial not a definate job offer

blindside88

Happened my brother last month, social will give you nothing at all, as far as I've heard from people in the same boat they tend to chance it

T-K-O

I was in that boat 12 months. I borrowed from my family however I believe you can get assistance from the community welfare officer.

In saying that I would imagine they drag the process out leaving you in the lurch.

Dr Sunshine

Can community welfare officer give any assistance? Do you have a credit card you could use until you get paid? If not, you may have to ask family or friends for a small loan if banks or credit union not an option for you.

Jovetic

Jobseekers pays you while you are unemployed. If you are working then you are not unemployed. Can you borrow from someone in the meantime?

T-K-O

WittyKitty1 wrote: »

I was in the same boat.. but the job I had at the time had very irregular hours so some months I got over a grand and other months below 700.. Had to leave it in the end.. wasn't aware of any help from social welfare.

My boyfriend was paid monthly before and he handled it very well- he budgeted everything so he knew what he needed for different things.

You don't get long term assistances... just a one off payment whilst you work a back week.
Like I said, I cannot confirm this. Second hand info

Please Kill Me

Happened to me last year too, but I just claimed for the first 3 weeks of the job, then signed off. Bottom line, I had to pay for petrol to get in and out of work, and put food on the table until I got paid. The alternative was to NOT take the job.

*waits for finger wagging and holier-than-thou attitude.

Sin City

Jovetic wrote: »

Jobseekers pays you while you are unemployed. If you are working then you are not unemployed. Can you borrow from someone in the meantime?

Its a months trial, not a definite job offer

ABajaninCork

I don't blame you at all. I did something similar when I was in the UK and was starting my first full time job. I just drew Supp Ben until I got paid, then returned the book. How else are you to survive?

Neither the Welfare nor the DWP at home make returning to the workforce easy. You would've thought they'd do more to help especially as they won't be paying you welfare. But no! Even if they gave you a short-term loan until you got paid, would help.

Jovetic

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Even if they gave you a short-term loan until you got paid, would help.

Which I'm sure people would pay back :rolleyes:

T-K-O

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Happened to me last year too, but I just claimed for the first 3 weeks of the job, then signed off. Bottom line, I had to pay for petrol to get in and out of work, and put food on the table until I got paid. The alternative was to NOT take the job.

*waits for finger wagging and holier-than-thou attitude.

i was considering that but for some reason my payment just stopped at the exact time I started the new job.

cee_jay

Advocating Social Welfare fraud is not permitted on this forum as per forum charter.