unemployment pay vs low pay

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

I would apply for it but I can't lift a fallen 900lb motorcycle...and I make about the same on unemployment.

Originally Posted by shmike

Not to single you out but that attitude is stomach churning.

stemming from this, and since i'll be sucking the unemployment tit come 1 mos from now(unless i get a job before then), in TX its ~$440/wk before tax so about $11/hr pretax. myself, we'll be keeping april at home so we save daycare cost, so $440 + 165 = $605/40= ~$15 (not counting charlie cuz he doesn't goto daycare) but a parent w/ 2 daycare aged kids , they're "income" would be higher.

can anybody honestly say they'd take a lower paying job then what unemployment pays?


before all the ed hate starts, this is the first time i've been unemployed for any length of time since i was 14 y.o. so

[Tmall]

Are you being laid off?

If so, that's horrible news. And I don't want to rub any salt in the wounds, but weren't you telling us a while back that your company was expanding at a crazy rate and that this downturn in the economy would help and not hinder you? What happened??


As for the question, you pay into that system to ensure your way of life if you have to go without work.

If you're making more or the same money on the system, you'd be a fool not to take advantage of it. You paid into it for that very reason.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Are you being laid off?

If so, that's horrible news. And I don't want to rub any salt in the wounds, but weren't you telling us a while back that your company was expanding at a crazy rate and that this downturn in the economy would help and not hinder you? What happened??

end of dec.

all of it was fine till big O took office, now all the oil co's are laying off and are afraid to invest in oil in the US.

3 more engineer that i know off got their walking papers fro mid-jan.
next door neighbor is being laid off 12/24 same co as mine, merry f-in xmas! boot!

[fasternyou929]

Sorry to hear, Ed. I'll be in line with you soon: http://www.wral.com/business/story/6446521

I'll get ~$500/wk if I draw unemployment, and I won't be applying for any jobs that would pay that little, so I guess I'd fall in the "no" category.

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by Tmall

You paid into it for that very reason.

Thats the way I feel

However...you STOP actively looking for a job and I drive down and whoop your twinkie ass


I dunno Ed....I'd work 3 jobs @ $10hr before I'd take a handout, but thats just me..you're still dishing for childcare where mine are all in school...I'd have a different opinion if they were still small and paying $250 a week for childcare.

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Sorry to hear, Ed. I'll be in line with you soon: http://www.wral.com/business/story/6446521

I heard that last night.....sorry man...I wondered if that'd was you

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

I'll get ~$500/wk if I draw unemployment, and I won't be applying for any jobs that would pay that little, so I guess I'd fall in the "no" category.

sorry to hear about your co. too man.......

so unemployment $ is diff. from state to state, cuz $440 is the max in TX.

and thats only like $9k every quarter, so $36k yr to get max.....

[shmike]

Originally Posted by RACER X

sorry to hear about your co. too man.......

so unemployment $ is diff. from state to state, cuz $440 is the max in TX.

and thats only like $9k every quarter, so $36k yr to get max.....

Very different.

In FL it's capped at $275/wk. which is $25 higher than it used to be.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

Thats the way I feel

However...you STOP actively looking for a job and I drive down and whoop your twinkie ass

I dunno Ed....I'd work 3 jobs @ $10hr before I'd take a handout, but thats just me..you're still dishing for childcare where mine are all in school...I'd have a different opinion if they were still small and paying $250 a week for childcare.

so lets say you have 3 jobs,you get 20/hrs a week from each, 60hrs @ $10, $600 pretax, 15% tax = $510/wk, unemployment benefits = $500/wk (pretax) in NC.........

i think there's a way to earn some part-time $ to help you stay afloat, but i think it's like $200/wk tops....

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by shmike

Very different.

In FL it's capped at $275/wk. which is $25 higher than it used to be.

now w/ that lil $ i'ld be workin troys plan and leaving the kids at the grandparents house.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Sorry to hear, Ed. I'll be in line with you soon: http://www.wral.com/business/story/6446521

I'll get ~$500/wk if I draw unemployment, and I won't be applying for any jobs that would pay that little, so I guess I'd fall in the "no" category.

Oh man - sorry to hear, Dan.