Spent a decade working for the Jobcentre. By the letter of the law could have referred many for a probable sanction. Unless blatant pisstakers, rarely did, as at worst, some of them would've ended up dead. Making it out of the house for a chat with me was often achievement enough
Feb 4, 2026 18:20In the end, the sanctioning system doesn't work- no amount of punishing the unemployed is going to make a job fall out of the sky for them to take.
Good to see Fessor is one of the few non-awful Job Centre staff.
