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@Ugochukwu96_ Some jobs are temporary & then if made permanent HR make managers advertise externally, but the person temping 9.99% of the time gets the job. I feel sorry for people coming to interviews - wasting their time.

Dear HRs, Stop holding interviews when you have already decided who is getting the job. Some of the unemployed borrow money for transport! Thank you.

@missm_teachess Well done - I went through that 7yrs ago - it was very stressful but you will reap the rewards- you can rest in peace. Good luck

Cheers to me for successfully buying out my ex and being the sole owner of now MY home 🏡 It’s been a long and stressful process but I’ve done it 🙌🏼

@james_xond Your car insurance before around 1998 used to go down each year with no claims - it just goes up now & you’re forced to shop around.

Should car insurance give money back at the end of the year if you haven’t had any accidents??

@Simon_Ingari You’ve just said exactly how I feel - it’s soul destroying- no wonder everyone has mental health issues

My biggest disappointment at work was realizing that it's not enough to do your job well, to love what you do, to want to be there. If you don't fit in, if you're not well-liked, or if you don't align with the ego of your leader, you'll lose out. Even if you're competent, even if you give your best effort, even if you have a sense of belonging, even if you fulfill all your obligations, it won't be enough.

@dailybritainonx Yes definitely

What do you think?

@KeruboSk Defo

Serious question: Do people actually exist who genuinely enjoy staying home all day, completely alone, without seeing anyone?

@HerbsandDirt Running - lethal for knees

What are people doing to their bodies that so many people need knee replacement surgery in their 50’s? If you were a professional skier, or in professional sports, I can understand. But I must know a dozen people who have gotten one or need one in the last year. Has it always been like this?

@JuliaCoombs8 @MartinSLewis 2/2 & if your partner/ husband decides he wants a younger version you are stuffed. A friends husband at 60 ran off with a woman half his age she’s had to downsize & can’t retire.

@MartinSLewis That the government can change your retirement age, with no consultation whatsoever. Women are seen as second class citizens. You have to provide for yourself despite unfair odds, as Waspi women did. Not even receiving equal pay for same job and some barred from pension schemes.

TELL US: What had no one warned you about when your retired, that you would now warn others about? Please post your replies here, and do like your faves, and podcast producer Simon will collate those to be read out.

@JuliaCoombs8 @MartinSLewis 1/2 So true - women are supposed to be seen as equals but the majority earn less then men, still are the main carers for children & elderly parents - but have same retirement age as men for state pension women have been scammed in the name of equality

@BBCNewsnight The other problem is the increase in state pension age, people are having to work longer & jobs aren’t being freed up for the younger generation.

“It’s really difficult...” Ella Higgens, who has unsuccessfully applied for more than 200 jobs, and Aundray Gow, who unsuccessfully applied for jobs for almost three years, discuss the challenges young people face getting jobs. #Newsnight

@ejames500 @wesstreeting Know some who’s just had surgery privately- had massive side effects - guess where they ended up in a NHS hospital under NHS care sorting it out. People don’t realise that the private sector don’t pick up any after surgery issues.

So to get the cancer treatment I need I would need to wait 12 to 18mths on the NHS yet if I was to pay privately I would only wait a couple of weeks have it carried out at an NHS hospital and pay the NHS! How is that not privatisation of the NHS @wesstreeting ?

@goodreads SAS Rogue Heroes — loved it!

What's a book you loved that was outside your usual genre?

@miles_commodore Watched it at Christmas- love this film

It was released over 60 years ago, do you remember this film?

@MbarkCherguia One of my favourite foods

Does anyone actually eat beets??

@Jenny_1884 Watched the first movie last year & thought I’d had a lobotomy by the end of it - dreadful.

Has anyone else never watched Wicked?

@cleanupbritain @thetimes It’s just awful - do litter fines exist anymore?

Report in @thetimes today about Britain having the lowest level of foreign investment of the G7 countries. No wonder. Imagine a potential investor getting off at Heathrow and being confronted with this squalid sight on the M25. Another example of the failing British state.

@Debss2500 It’s been happening for quite a few years. Capitalists greed

I was in Tescos earlier and they were putting Easter Eggs out. Its just awful, we're not even allowed to get through Christmas anymore. The greed of these chains is so offensive & grubby. This never used to happen, Easter Eggs would come out just before Easter, not during Xmas!

@_becca92 Yes I really don’t like New Year, whatever I’ve done I’ve never enjoyed myself, for last few years have stayed home where I’m content. It’s such a fake jollity - although I do like New Years Day - it feels calm with a flicker of hope for me.

Hate new year's eve with a passion, always have always will. Does it make anyone else feel sad?

@AliArthPainter I attended an EDI meeting at work. They said that employees in the organisation who fall into this category have complained of bullying- employers need to be made accountable for allowing this behaviour- as an employee with a disability I can attest to this. We can’t win

Unemployed disabled person 'Get a job, lazy scrounger!' Employed disabled person 'Useless DEI hire!' They want us unseen, unheard, and preferably nonexistent. #DisabilityRebellion

@Simon_Ingari Applied for an internal job, was told by hiring manager a day later, I didn’t get it . After a month got an email from HR saying I didn’t get it - what a joke 😂

Dear HR, Listen to me. 1. If I spend 2 hours searching for a job vacancy, 2. I apply after spending 15-30 minutes, 3. I wait patiently for 2-4 days to get a call, 4. After scheduling a call, I prepare for the interview for 3-6 days, 5. I give a 1-2 hour interview, 6. Then, can you at least take 10 minutes, the precious 10 minutes of your life, and tell me whether I was rejected or whether you put the hiring on hold, and if I was rejected, why? How difficult is this job? Please, stop ghosting candidates!