unemployment
Πότε Είναι ΟΚ να Παρατήσω τη Δουλειά που Σιχαίνομαι;
Το να παρατήσεις τη δουλειά σου όταν η οικονομία είναι χάλια δεν είναι και η πιο ασφαλής επιλογή – αλλά υπάρχουν κι άλλα πράγματα που πρέπει να λάβεις υπόψη.
My Search Engine Results Are Wrecking My Life
Thanks to an article about my arrest for drugs in 2004, when employers google my real name they think I'm some kinda kingpin and don't hire me, which is making it much, much harder to join the world as a legitimate citizen.
I Tried To Deport Bums To An Abandoned Amusement Park But It Didn’t Work
As the government is tackling homelessness the socialist way (and just for the record, the results are looking good) I figured I’d do it old school and deport some bums. More importantly though, I’d answer something I’ve wondered since childhood. That...
Hanging Out with the Desperate People at Watford Jobs Fair Was Really Depressing
In front of me swarmed a sea of desperate people from various walks of life, all united by their lack of gainful employment. The sad truth these people ignored is that there simply aren't enough jobs to go around in the UK, despite all of the...
The Sliding Aussie Dollar Still Holds Promise for Broke Backpackers
When I was travelling I met many Australians and every time I mentioned that I’d always been interested in coming over they took it as an opportunity to brag about how well they’d made it through the Global Financial Crisis
Artur Conka Photographs the Roma Poor He Left Behind
Artur Conka is one of the few Roma who has documented his community from behind the lens. Originally from Lunik IX, one of the largest and poorest Roma communities in Slovakia, his family traveled across Europe before finally settling in Britain. Years...
The Trials of Job
After my sweet release from prison last year, I struggled for about a year looking for a decent job. I badly wanted to work, but I quickly became discouraged when my first ten applications were shot down, probably thanks to my status as a felon. Those...
The Gimp from 'Pulp Fiction' Applies for a Literary Internship
For the last several years, I have been employed as a gimp in a box in the basement of Zed's Pawn Shop in Canoga Park, Los Angeles. I am tethered. I sleep in a four by two foot storage locker. In all my years in this position (and I do hope you’ll...
Hunger Strike Against the Welfare State
The very phrase Hartz IV has come to have a certain social stigma attached; in German vernacular it is almost synonymous with “loser” or “bum.” “Hartz IV kids” is the equivalent German derogatory euphemism to USA’s “welfare moms.”
Filibustin' with Willie D - Romney and Obama Need to Read My Jobs Plan
I came up with my own version of the American Jobs Act, code name: Bitch, You Better Not Send One More Job Overseas.