New Posts For Thread: Sweet factory paying £9 an hour, but not one person has applied for the job.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-jobscandalous - .http://imgur.com/Ji4uUXSGroan............. still had to smile at that though!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548535083#548535083Groan............. still had to smile at that though!Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:45:55 -0500Crisp77I don't think anyone in low paid work expects to be living on a Quality Street.Yes it can't be a bed of Roses.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548534657#548534657Crisp77I don't think anyone in low paid work expects to be living on a Quality Street.Yes it can't be a bed of Roses.Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:15:41 -0500housing is the one real serious issue imo , if you're on a low wage ,with a little invention you can maintain a half decent standard of living ,esp if you're canny with getting deals/discounts and are able to undertake your own tasks , but rent ishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548534009#548534009housing is the one real serious issue imo , if you're on a low wage ,with a little invention you can maintain a half decent standard of living ,esp if you're canny with getting deals/discounts and are able to undertake your own tasks , but rent isThu, 28 Apr 2016 11:20:37 -0500I don't think anyone in low paid work expects to be living on a Quality Street.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548533993#548533993I don't think anyone in low paid work expects to be living on a Quality Street.Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:17:19 -0500annie quite right .seems druggies are on a better deal than hard workers paying rent /mortgage etc.about time there were rent concessions for those willing to take low paid work - a bit like housing benefit .ridiculous system we havehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548533977#548533977annie quite right .seems druggies are on a better deal than hard workers paying rent /mortgage etc.about time there were rent concessions for those willing to take low paid work - a bit like housing benefit .ridiculous system we haveThu, 28 Apr 2016 11:15:14 -0500Although when you think how hard they worked, especially women, it really annoys me when there are all these billionaires. I am not a socialist because all the ones I meet or have read about do not live in the real world. But there should be fairerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548529629#548529629Although when you think how hard they worked, especially women, it really annoys me when there are all these billionaires. I am not a socialist because all the ones I meet or have read about do not live in the real world. But there should be fairerWed, 27 Apr 2016 21:01:05 -0500Similar story here annie. Never claimed. My dad went to work in the mill at 6am. Mum would get us ready for school, do the housework and have us fed for when dad would be walking up the road just before 5pm. She'd meet him halfway down the road to gohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548529615#548529615Similar story here annie. Never claimed. My dad went to work in the mill at 6am. Mum would get us ready for school, do the housework and have us fed for when dad would be walking up the road just before 5pm. She'd meet him halfway down the road to goWed, 27 Apr 2016 20:48:18 -0500My parents lived on a council estate and did not claim benefits. Both worked and my poor mother, after cooking breakfast for the family then went to a factory until 4pm then came home and cooked and cleaned until about 7pm , when hopefully she had ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548529599#548529599My parents lived on a council estate and did not claim benefits. Both worked and my poor mother, after cooking breakfast for the family then went to a factory until 4pm then came home and cooked and cleaned until about 7pm , when hopefully she had aWed, 27 Apr 2016 20:42:40 -0500The biggest issues are the cost of housing and the increasing numbers of people living in relatively few desired locations like London. Not that long ago a family could rely on one wage and live reasonably comfortably and apart from child benefit thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548529581#548529581The biggest issues are the cost of housing and the increasing numbers of people living in relatively few desired locations like London. Not that long ago a family could rely on one wage and live reasonably comfortably and apart from child benefit theWed, 27 Apr 2016 20:35:41 -0500The problem is that someone on social security with the house/flat rental prices as they are today would have to work 40 hours a week for nothing if they came off benefits. Who could really blame them? I totally disagree with most of the benefit sochttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30684259/sweet-factory-paying-9-an-hour-but-not-one-person-has-applied-for-the-job?post_id=548529569#548529569The problem is that someone on social security with the house/flat rental prices as they are today would have to work 40 hours a week for nothing if they came off benefits. Who could really blame them? I totally disagree with most of the benefit socWed, 27 Apr 2016 20:31:46 -0500