8 d. ago My cultural awakening: The Big Lebowski inspired me to embrace unemployment

The Dude’s relaxed attitude towards the pressures of life helped me realise it was better to be jobless than stuck in one I hatedQuitting your job in your 30s with no solid plan is generally considered poor decision-making. Doing it because you watched The Big Lebowski is probably even worse. But as I faced up to what would be my eighth year in an IT role, I watched Jeff Bridges meandering his way through the chaos of life in a dressing gown. And I found myself thinking: maybe the Dude had it figured out.For most of my working life, my identity has been strongly bolstered by work: doing well career-wise felt like evidence of my utility and respectability (despite the fact no one ever really understood what my job was anyway). And, like most millennials, I’d felt exceptionally lucky to eventually get a grad job out of university at all, especially one that paid more than a “living wage”. On top of that, as a second generation immigrant, I’d bee...

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3 w. ago Autistic volunteer ‘sacked’ from Waitrose for asking to be paid gets job offer from rival store

Frances Boyd said her son Tom, 28, had been volunteering twice a week for more than four years at Waitrose

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3 w. ago Autistic volunteer ‘sacked’ from Waitrose for asking for pay gets job offer from rival store

Frances Boyd said her son Tom, 28, had been volunteering twice a week for over four years at Waitrose

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3 w. ago Autistic man ditched by Waitrose after requesting wage gets paid job at Asda

Tom Boyd, 27, carried out work experience and volunteered for more than 600 hours at the store for over four years.

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3 w. ago Autistic man axed by Waitrose after working for free for four years offered paid job at Asda

Tom Boyd's story has drawn national outrage after being told he 'couldn't do the full role' at the Cheadle Hulme store

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3 w. ago Autistic man ditched by Waitrose after asking for wage gets paid Asda job

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4 w. ago Council among London employers fined £1.6m after 7,400 paid less than minimum wage

Council among London employers fined £1.6m after 7,400 paid less than minimum wage  London Evening Standard

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4 w. ago Over 65 London employers including a council fined £1.6m after 7,400 workers paid less than minimum wage

London firms have been fined £1.6million and told to backpay thousands of workers after failing to pay the National Minimum Wage

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4 w. ago More than 65 London employers including a council fined £1.6m after 7,400 workers paid less than minimum wage

London firms have been fined £1.6million and told to backpay thousands of workers after failing to pay the National Minimum Wage

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