My Experience At The Job Centre #2

Welcome to my blog,

I recently did a blog on my first experience of going to the job centre so I thought I'd do my second experience of attending.

I had an appointment set up with my young persons advisor (the person you meet up with every now and again so they can see how you're doing on job searches and take a look at your cv). I had a man as my advisor and soon as I sat down with him I knew I wouldn't like him they are all quite moany in the job centre and he was definitely one of them. I didn't feel comfortable with him or even talking to him, I didn't want to be there and the time felt like it went by ridiculously slow.

I started telling him about my depression and anxiety explaining how I didn't want to go to a meeting that had been set up with him and  a few others that attended the job centre I spoke about it not helping me in anyway at all and I already didn't want to attend. 

He really didn't give a s**t about me and my feelings and I ended up breaking down telling him how I felt all because I didn't want to attend. He just came across so rude and didn't even offer me a tissue to wipe my eyes I had to ask for a tissue myself (because you know someone crying in front of you doesn't make you think of asking if that person would like a tissue?). 

He still was so persistent about the meeting and me to attend it, but that day came and I ended up emailing in saying I had been sick because of my anxiety and depression wasn't at all handling this situation well as you could guess. 

I ended up having another meeting with him and had to go through telling him all about my situation again and this time he said I'd probably be better off on ESA (for those who haven't heard of ESA its a different claim but you go through the doctors to get a medical sick note as proof of being to ill to work).

I preferred this if I'm honest there was no stupid meetings it was just between me and my doctor the only thing I was worried about was the fact that when I would end up having a meeting about my health that they would determine whether I am ill enough to be on ESA or whether I should be back on JSA (job seekers allowance) I really didn't want to be back on that again but luckily I never was on it long enough to have a meeting about my health.

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