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Struggling to get a job? Well, the government could not give a fuck about you.
Following on from my post about the government's new holiday plan for cunts, I've just had an email from one of those many useless graduate mailing lists about it.
The email I've had says the deadline for applications to this is August 14th for expeditions to take place in October. You must have your money by September 30th.
So, that would mean you would need to get that £2000 that you need before October?
If you started a 40 hour a week job next week at minimum wage you would get £916.80 in a month. Less some rent (£250 maximum I'd think) you'd be left with £666.80. You might spend as little as £40 a month on food. so you've got £626.80. What else do you pay? Utilities bills? OK, lets assume you live in a really economical shared property, and you don't have more than £40 for utilities. That's down to £586.80 now. Mobile phone? £15 £571.80. If you got a bus to and from work that was £1.50 each way, and you worked 5 days a week, that would be £60 a month in fares. So now, we're down to £511.80. That assumes of course, that your costs are that low. I'm not doing the maths on a car here. Presumably you aren't going to become a complete hermit during this time. You are probably going to want a drink at the weekend. So, if you were trying to save, maybe you'd only want to spend about £10 a week on alcohol, getting cheap drink from your local offy. So we're down to £501.80. Council Tax is another expense you'll have, since you aren't a student anymore. I'm not contemplating that figure. It's not nothing, though, and council hike up the costs constantly.
There are probably way more costs than this in a month. But i'm tired of working that out.
I just want to emphasise again that this ridiculous scheme provides only for pampered rich kids who are probably back home on their parents estate for the summer. This isn't an opportunity for anyone who wants to get a real opportunity. If you had to support yourself, you wouldn't be able to do this. Even if you had a minimum wage job, you wouldn't be able to apply because you wouldn't be able to save the money in time. There are only 500 awards here. 300,000 people graduated this year.
If you were to start work next week, you couldn't even realistically save £1,500 by October,.unless you lived the most frugal and predicatable life. I'm also assuming here that you don't have to work a month in hand first, which, if a job pays you monthly, as some do, you probably will. (And it's a fucking hell of a month.)
I despair, I really do. If I hear of anyone doing this, I will never speak to them again.
The email I've had says the deadline for applications to this is August 14th for expeditions to take place in October. You must have your money by September 30th.
So, that would mean you would need to get that £2000 that you need before October?
If you started a 40 hour a week job next week at minimum wage you would get £916.80 in a month. Less some rent (£250 maximum I'd think) you'd be left with £666.80. You might spend as little as £40 a month on food. so you've got £626.80. What else do you pay? Utilities bills? OK, lets assume you live in a really economical shared property, and you don't have more than £40 for utilities. That's down to £586.80 now. Mobile phone? £15 £571.80. If you got a bus to and from work that was £1.50 each way, and you worked 5 days a week, that would be £60 a month in fares. So now, we're down to £511.80. That assumes of course, that your costs are that low. I'm not doing the maths on a car here. Presumably you aren't going to become a complete hermit during this time. You are probably going to want a drink at the weekend. So, if you were trying to save, maybe you'd only want to spend about £10 a week on alcohol, getting cheap drink from your local offy. So we're down to £501.80. Council Tax is another expense you'll have, since you aren't a student anymore. I'm not contemplating that figure. It's not nothing, though, and council hike up the costs constantly.
There are probably way more costs than this in a month. But i'm tired of working that out.
I just want to emphasise again that this ridiculous scheme provides only for pampered rich kids who are probably back home on their parents estate for the summer. This isn't an opportunity for anyone who wants to get a real opportunity. If you had to support yourself, you wouldn't be able to do this. Even if you had a minimum wage job, you wouldn't be able to apply because you wouldn't be able to save the money in time. There are only 500 awards here. 300,000 people graduated this year.
If you were to start work next week, you couldn't even realistically save £1,500 by October,.unless you lived the most frugal and predicatable life. I'm also assuming here that you don't have to work a month in hand first, which, if a job pays you monthly, as some do, you probably will. (And it's a fucking hell of a month.)
I despair, I really do. If I hear of anyone doing this, I will never speak to them again.
