re: LA Federal Unemployment Ends TODAY

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Sure, you can get a job at Subway or Home Depot and beat unemployment but that isn't saying much.

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So, he was right.

Get a job you fricking bums.

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Since when is any "gap in work history" a deal breaker anyways. Who gives a shite why or why not someone didn't work for 1, 2, 3 or 5 years or whatever? People often come into and out of the workforce for a variety of legitimate reasons.

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What are some legitimate reasons?

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Since when is any "gap in work history" a deal breaker anyways. Who gives a shite why or why not someone didn't work for 1, 2, 3 or 5 years or whatever?

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Apparently some that are involved in making hiring decisions.

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I moved to Houston worried about losing my Louisiana remote job in Louisiana, figured it would be better to be laid off already here than laid off trying to get here. One of the first things I did it make a plan of A,B,C of what I would do when laid off. All of them included getting a job SOMEWHERE. I’d would have stocked at Target before getting unemployment all day. BUT, I have no kids so daycare is not a consideration for me. I realize that changes things. All I have to do is provide for myself. I will always be able to do that.

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Wish more people would have a 3-tiered plan like this. If I'm ever in a foxhole, I want you on my side planning our exit strategy. Good work bro, this is how it's done.

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I hire people every quarter. And I would see someone filling a gap with a job that is “beneath them” as valuable and motivated.

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I've hired and fired also chief.

I wouldn't feel the same way.

You people that think "filling a gap" is some type of gold star confuse me. This same company you work for will shitcan you, or anyone, in a heartbeat if it benefits their bottom line.

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I hire people every quarter. And I would see someone filling a gap with a job that is “beneath them” as valuable and motivated.

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Y'all are both right. Previous poster is right in the sense that the Arby's thing could triage/box out the applicant from the initial auto adjudicated process before the top 5 hits Goofball's desk, but you're correct in that it depends on the company and how their weeding out process is set up from the jump. Slippery slope on both sides of that windy road.

Double post, see post below.

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You serious? It’s a huge red flag. I’m about to invest time and money into a hire, I want to know why this person has huge gaps in his employment. Maybe it legitimate reasons like family issues. Maybe not.

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Only to someone who is stupid. Red flag for what? The only thing you are trying to find out is if someone was terminated or not. People drop out of the workforce regularly.

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At the height of the subsidy unemployment in Louisiana was $847/wk. Extrapolate that to a full year gross income and it’s around $60/yr. And that’s not even including the bulk stimulus payments. If you consider 60 grand a year to be a shitty wage, then please enjoy sitting at the house preserving your dignity.

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All of you people quoting this type of math are totally misinformed.

LA State unemployment is $247 a week max and caps out at $6,200 or so (going by memory). Even if you made $400k the year before you lost your job, that's it.

So once you exhaust the state yearly benefit (takes 25 weeks) then you no longer qualify for ANY federal, NOT ONE DIME. No matter what JBE or Biden says, thats it. No more state OR FEDERAL that year.

Even when fed stimulus was at its max ($600 per week in LA) that is only $847 x 25 weeks which is $21,175 for a year. THAT IS NOT $60k a year.

You are wrong and an idiot.

Now, know it all fricker, tell me how anyone would actually choose to try and live off $21,175 a year gross? Tell me again how that Arby's job at $8-10/hr is something you would sign up for?

If you had a decent job in 2019 you don't even qualify for the bulk payments either.

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You aren’t looking hard enough. Or at all for that matter. Engineer jobs all over the place. Hell I had a field engineer job posted for months without serious candidates. There are open positions in the trades for years. Subcontract mechanical and electrical contractors are hiring constantly. I get calls from recruiters at least twice a month looking to fill construction Superintendant positions, have since last fall.

Jesus some people need a reality check.

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My personal situation is none of your fricking business. I can assure you Engineering positions are saturated. One recruiter I spoke with had 58 applicants for one engineering job.

Company I worked for went from 240 people down to 170 in one office. CDI Engineering basically closed when they shut down Convent.

Believe whatever you want. But you are full of shite.

There may come a day when your services are no longer required at your employer. You might learn a thing or two then.

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This same company you work for will shitcan you, or anyone, in a heartbeat if it benefits their bottom line.

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That’s why you make yourself valuable to the point where firing you would negatively affect the bottom line.

It’s not rocket science, it’s free market economics.

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When volume and workload go down your "value" doesn't matter. The company cannot bill a client for your "value" if they do not have a PO for the work.

Lots of great and valuable people get laid off when volume goes down, especially senior level employees.

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So they lay off 100% of their employees?