>> Are there really very many people in the UK who want a job but don't
>> have one?
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>> My experiencem judging from those that I have met or know, is that by far
>> the majority of the unemployed re perfectly happy with that situation.
>>
You're not kidding. In my last full time job I was sometimes (Reluctantly) begged to do recruiting and training in my area. How the hell Jobcentre staff don't commit murder or have a nervous breakdown beats me, I have nothing but respect for them. The number of able bodied bone idle useless waists of space they have to deal with every day is unbelievable judging by what they sent me. Many of them only work when it's a case of "Take the job or your benefits will stop", and they will last the minimum time they can get away with till they either leave or more often get told to do one.
I have great sympathy for people who are genuinely unemployed, but there is a considerable hard core of people who could work but chose not to. I've not only had to deal with them professionally, but I've come across many people over the years who fall into that category. If you live and move in circles where everybody is motivated to have a career and build a comfortable life for themselves it can be difficult to understand that there are people who just don't give a stuff and sponge off the state and everybody else for as long as they can, but there are plenty of them out there, and they know the system inside out and take full advantage of it.
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