Post by banezz on May 8, 2013 11:58:49 GMT 7
Well as the subject says, I'm Michael.
So my back story. (Warning I will be ranting) - Also to anyone wishing to post 'O so and so in the government..., Do not Post your comment. Those people have nothing to do with this or any of my problems'
Some years ago I was told by a friend something was wrong with me and to see a psychologist, at the time also a few people made it clear to me that to get the help, I need I would have to get on the disability support pension and I could be placed/get more funding with an employment agency and also help with the stress and depression which would help me with finding a job.
With the psychologist, I spent six weeks in sessions and after two other psychologist reviewed my results, I was given a few pages and told to take this to Centrelink, After an appointment with a Centrelink counselor, a week later I was placed on the disability support pension, I then switched employment agency's and tried to get the ball rolling.
(The psychologist who I was seeing, he said he was suprized that I could live by myself, my mother did raise me to take care of myself, so when I moved out of home, I had a good what um 15/16 years worth of training. No she didn't do anything wrong, I was given jobs to do around the house, one of which when I was what 7 was to make our own lunch, because my sister and I didn't like what we where given )
Now I look back at all that and wow, yes there are improvements, but not where I want.
What really got me wanting to go down this path, was the marketers, i.e. those people who would go to a work place and sell you to an employer; great idea, yes?
Well only when the person hired as a marketer, really takes to there job. So that was four years wasted...
Also an employment agency that has the will or interest in going next door to get someone like me a job would be nice. A computer shop next door, no really like, apart of the same building, my agent at the time would smoke only a few feet from their doorway and pass by their doorway to get her lunch daily.
So yes moving heaven and earth here.
One day I see a sign on the door of this computer shop, and they are asking for people. So I think great, I was going into my employment agency for an appointment and best to wait until after to see what I should do.
During the sit down, when I bring this up, my employment agent; looks directly at me and told me.
"Michael, do not apply for this, we will take care of it for you"
So I am thinking alright, problem solved.
No, sadly it turns out that they failed to do anything and once all positions had been filled, my employment agency had failed to even lift a finger.
Its pretty much down hill from their.
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So now we get to where I am today, now that left lot out a whole lot of stuff, even the part where I left my old employment agency.
So lets kick off to my new one, I was still pretty upset, over being ordered to had over my birth certificate for a job application, for macdonald job (I did a one day job for a IT company, where I got to run around a centrelink call center, I had no applications for a police check, back ground check or anything like that. All I did was sign a basic contract and show up at a building after the weekend. The building its self I signed a one page security paper, where I would not do this or do that, nothing related to centrelink. So I was left by myself run around do my thing, sit down and fix a few computers that where acting up or not playing ball, fixed a woman's Blackberry smartphone with a non related issue. So yeah, I can be given free access to a call center ran by centrelink, with no checks or anything, but get slammed by my employment agency for refusing to had over my birth certificate, and I will make this clean, one of the two where where running the macdonald, they agreed to wait and if they take me on then I would be willing to had it over and not before, it was my employment agency who took some real issues with that. Also the macdonald application never said why and when I was asked I was told because it is required)
So this new employment agency, I tell them that I am not willing to hand over my birth certificate, they can see it, but I will not allow anyone to take it or freely hand out copies.
I told them that this was upsetting to me and they still kept asking why and when I would, it just drive me nuts. then I am told 'Your next appointment you will be seeing the marketer' the next appointment comes and I am told no, you won't be seeing the marketer today. They just wanted to talk about my birth certificate.
During this whole thing I tell my so call employment agent that I am upset and ask why she is still goin on with this, now this really confused me, her answer basically was,' they like to see who their clients react to now I can't recall which words where used, but it was along like lines of upset or stress.
After that I stormed off home and and tried to find the complaints phone number, strange they didn't have one, so I just called there normal phone number and ask to speck to the boss. Now while on the phone I do recall ranting, and this is probably what set them off, I asked, do they like to see how all there clients respond to to being harassed, because I know people where if you where to upset them like 'I don't want to use her name' did with me, they would jump over the table and beat the shit out of you' so yea, I'm so sure they took that as me threatening them.
Once the complaint was moved off to centrelink, centrelink put me somewhere I really don't want to be and that is suspended from an employment agency. How nice, when I asked before that and I am sure I said I wanted to be placed with another employment agency, a community house recommended this new mob.
Now because I am suspended I am unable to switch employment agency and do something I need to do and that is show up at one once a week, look for work and then apply for anything I know I am able or willing to do.
(I did try working as a kiction hand, but I am sure they didn't call me back because of the toilet break and that I took a moment to hack up some stuff, I do that because of hay fever. Now while I did this out of ear shot and view of people eating, and I wasted my hands before getting back to work. yeah)
So I stopped seeing the psychologist I should be at this time, my sleep pattens have been disrupted, I have gotten back to eating the way I did, which is costly; and that is no good for me saving up to buy a car. Its like the one damn thing I need is a car to get a bloody job, yet I turned down a job once because I didn't have a drivers license, the dude worked for Australia post and was not allowed to dive for a while and he wanted to keep his job, so I was an ass and told the truth, "sorry but I only have my L's" I also have to not apply for a lot of jobs, because they required "own transport"
Right now I am able to build up my hours for free, and nobody else is willing to help me. I was able to get into the top gear program where they allow you to dive around and build up your hours, also take the use of their community car for the tests.
Well I am upset, yeah I want to get a car because I have nothing else better to do.
Three years, right now its going to take three years. And to be blunt if I don't keep driving once I have passed the test, I will become a danger on the road, I want to be clean about that, it happen last time I was learning to dive. I didn't drive for a few months and I made so many mistakes. I have found at least once a week and I am fine.
P.S. Do not blame the government!
So my back story. (Warning I will be ranting) - Also to anyone wishing to post 'O so and so in the government..., Do not Post your comment. Those people have nothing to do with this or any of my problems'
Some years ago I was told by a friend something was wrong with me and to see a psychologist, at the time also a few people made it clear to me that to get the help, I need I would have to get on the disability support pension and I could be placed/get more funding with an employment agency and also help with the stress and depression which would help me with finding a job.
With the psychologist, I spent six weeks in sessions and after two other psychologist reviewed my results, I was given a few pages and told to take this to Centrelink, After an appointment with a Centrelink counselor, a week later I was placed on the disability support pension, I then switched employment agency's and tried to get the ball rolling.
(The psychologist who I was seeing, he said he was suprized that I could live by myself, my mother did raise me to take care of myself, so when I moved out of home, I had a good what um 15/16 years worth of training. No she didn't do anything wrong, I was given jobs to do around the house, one of which when I was what 7 was to make our own lunch, because my sister and I didn't like what we where given )
Now I look back at all that and wow, yes there are improvements, but not where I want.
What really got me wanting to go down this path, was the marketers, i.e. those people who would go to a work place and sell you to an employer; great idea, yes?
Well only when the person hired as a marketer, really takes to there job. So that was four years wasted...
Also an employment agency that has the will or interest in going next door to get someone like me a job would be nice. A computer shop next door, no really like, apart of the same building, my agent at the time would smoke only a few feet from their doorway and pass by their doorway to get her lunch daily.
So yes moving heaven and earth here.
One day I see a sign on the door of this computer shop, and they are asking for people. So I think great, I was going into my employment agency for an appointment and best to wait until after to see what I should do.
During the sit down, when I bring this up, my employment agent; looks directly at me and told me.
"Michael, do not apply for this, we will take care of it for you"
So I am thinking alright, problem solved.
No, sadly it turns out that they failed to do anything and once all positions had been filled, my employment agency had failed to even lift a finger.
Its pretty much down hill from their.
---
So now we get to where I am today, now that left lot out a whole lot of stuff, even the part where I left my old employment agency.
So lets kick off to my new one, I was still pretty upset, over being ordered to had over my birth certificate for a job application, for macdonald job (I did a one day job for a IT company, where I got to run around a centrelink call center, I had no applications for a police check, back ground check or anything like that. All I did was sign a basic contract and show up at a building after the weekend. The building its self I signed a one page security paper, where I would not do this or do that, nothing related to centrelink. So I was left by myself run around do my thing, sit down and fix a few computers that where acting up or not playing ball, fixed a woman's Blackberry smartphone with a non related issue. So yeah, I can be given free access to a call center ran by centrelink, with no checks or anything, but get slammed by my employment agency for refusing to had over my birth certificate, and I will make this clean, one of the two where where running the macdonald, they agreed to wait and if they take me on then I would be willing to had it over and not before, it was my employment agency who took some real issues with that. Also the macdonald application never said why and when I was asked I was told because it is required)
So this new employment agency, I tell them that I am not willing to hand over my birth certificate, they can see it, but I will not allow anyone to take it or freely hand out copies.
I told them that this was upsetting to me and they still kept asking why and when I would, it just drive me nuts. then I am told 'Your next appointment you will be seeing the marketer' the next appointment comes and I am told no, you won't be seeing the marketer today. They just wanted to talk about my birth certificate.
During this whole thing I tell my so call employment agent that I am upset and ask why she is still goin on with this, now this really confused me, her answer basically was,' they like to see who their clients react to now I can't recall which words where used, but it was along like lines of upset or stress.
After that I stormed off home and and tried to find the complaints phone number, strange they didn't have one, so I just called there normal phone number and ask to speck to the boss. Now while on the phone I do recall ranting, and this is probably what set them off, I asked, do they like to see how all there clients respond to to being harassed, because I know people where if you where to upset them like 'I don't want to use her name' did with me, they would jump over the table and beat the shit out of you' so yea, I'm so sure they took that as me threatening them.
Once the complaint was moved off to centrelink, centrelink put me somewhere I really don't want to be and that is suspended from an employment agency. How nice, when I asked before that and I am sure I said I wanted to be placed with another employment agency, a community house recommended this new mob.
Now because I am suspended I am unable to switch employment agency and do something I need to do and that is show up at one once a week, look for work and then apply for anything I know I am able or willing to do.
(I did try working as a kiction hand, but I am sure they didn't call me back because of the toilet break and that I took a moment to hack up some stuff, I do that because of hay fever. Now while I did this out of ear shot and view of people eating, and I wasted my hands before getting back to work. yeah)
So I stopped seeing the psychologist I should be at this time, my sleep pattens have been disrupted, I have gotten back to eating the way I did, which is costly; and that is no good for me saving up to buy a car. Its like the one damn thing I need is a car to get a bloody job, yet I turned down a job once because I didn't have a drivers license, the dude worked for Australia post and was not allowed to dive for a while and he wanted to keep his job, so I was an ass and told the truth, "sorry but I only have my L's" I also have to not apply for a lot of jobs, because they required "own transport"
Right now I am able to build up my hours for free, and nobody else is willing to help me. I was able to get into the top gear program where they allow you to dive around and build up your hours, also take the use of their community car for the tests.
Well I am upset, yeah I want to get a car because I have nothing else better to do.
Three years, right now its going to take three years. And to be blunt if I don't keep driving once I have passed the test, I will become a danger on the road, I want to be clean about that, it happen last time I was learning to dive. I didn't drive for a few months and I made so many mistakes. I have found at least once a week and I am fine.
P.S. Do not blame the government!
