Depends, if you are unemployed in the UK you get some income in social security benefits but only if you are actively seeking work or disabled and unfit to work

Depends, if you are unemployed in the UK you get some income in social security benefits but only if you are actively seeking work or disabled and unfit to work. So if amazon opens a warehouse in your area and advertises for jobs you basically have to go and have an interview there or you will lose your benefits. You also will lose these benefits if you act like an idiot in the interview or you later get fired for misconduct so people are kind of forced to work there until something better comes along. The problem is compounded if you are living on minimum wage in council housing or a cheap rental in a deprived area because there are long waiting lists for subsidised council houses in parts of the country where there are more jobs available and where private sector rents are totally out of reach for people in minimum wage jobs so you can't easily move somewhere else for a better offer.