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Mary's story - Cost of living impact
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What's life like for you at the moment?
Bit of a struggle.
Why is that?
Financially.
Yeah,
financially struggling.
Yeah,
yeah,
yeah.
Um,
Yeah,
it's just uh.
Cost of living,
everything seems to go up,
you know,
but
driving,
food.
Jobs are not as many as they used to be,
so it becomes quite difficult.
Yeah,
you're looking for a job or I'm looking for a job,
yes,
not
because I've been on
working as agency staff,
and yeah,
the jobs are becoming
fewer and fewer,
so yeah,
it's a struggle.
Yeah.
So how are you managing this Christmas?
Very,
very tight.
I've had to limit a lot,
a lot,
cut down a lot.
Yeah,
like normally I would send.
A lot
lots of
presents before back home,
but this year I've had to really cut down and
I've just promised people some of my nieces and nephews I've
had to buy them like,
you know,
put credit on their mobile phones,
not like.
When I could be able to send lots of gifts,
clothes and send them in advance but this time I have,
yeah,
yeah,
she's an adult,
not dependent on me,
but
still she
she works from home,
lives with me,
yeah.
Like she's she's also been struggling to get a job,
yeah,
since she finished uni,
so it's quite,
quite a struggle.
Would you know where to go to
uh to get help to find a job
in Stockport?
Yes,
I know.
I would,
I know where to go to,
but mostly I do it myself.
I'll go online and look for,
you know,
apply for jobs,
register with agencies,
yeah,
do as much as I can.
Yeah,
but it's still really tough.
It is,
yes,
I think there's a lot of competition,
lots of people looking for jobs
and also the agency.
Yeah employers cutting,
you know,
not having
enough clients,
yeah,
because clients are cutting back on agency staff,
so they'd rather hire,
of course,
which is,
you know,
much cheaper for them.
So yeah,
just for the tape,
sort of what,
what work do you do currently,
yeah,
I'm working right now as a support worker
with um learning individuals with learning disability.
Yeah,
and that must be hard for them as well.
For their clients.
It is,
yeah,
it is very hard because once you get to,
because I've been lucky to have worked with
two clients for a long time and they get familiar with you,
you know,
it becomes easier to support.
You're able to help,
you know,
do things together,
they grow with you and you know,
you have that bond.
They sort of become like your family,
you know,
but they're all.
All of a sudden they can't see you for 3 weeks or you know,
a month.
That upsets them a lot and why
they can't see you,
is it because you're doing agency work?
Yes,
because there's no jobs coming up.
The companies are not asking for agency staff,
so that's actually that's really interesting because
it does affect the clients.
Doesn't it when you haven't got the continuity of permanent staff.
Definitely,
definitely,
yeah.
Why do they prefer agency staff rather than permanent?
The companies want permanent staff,
but at the same time there's not enough
permanent staff to cover the shift,
so they will,
you know,
call up agency staff to fill in those.
But because everybody looks like uh everybody's tightening their belts now,
you know,
everybody's trying to cut down
their spending,
so there's,
yeah,
less work for agency staff.
Oh thank you.
Which just quick,
which part of Stockport do you live in?
Thank you.
You're welcome.
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