What the unemployed are doing one month later (1/4 drop out)

Twitter / FiveThirtyEight ^ | 9-5-2014 | Ben Casselman @bencasselman

[Citizen Zed]

For the 49th time in the past 50 months, more unemployed workers dropped out of the labor force than found jobs. pic.twitter.com/gV2OD8XkVj

[Citizen Zed]

More people "look for work" when benefits are extended...

[BarbM]

I ran out of UI however I still apply each week. Until I’m working again, I’ll sign in. I don’t want the State thinking that the UI rate is better than it really is.

One you stop asking for your benefit, the State reports you as NO longer Unemployed.

[Michael.SF.]

I heard this covered on the radio. The reporterette actually said (as if was good news):

"The unemployment rate declined again this month as more people stopped looking for work."

So if all people with no job just stopped looking then we would have an unemployment rate of 0%.

[bicyclerepair]

Since being laid off, I’m now a temp. Can’t live on it. But it’s better than nothing.

Clean house, chores, restore antiques, read FR. Wish I had money to donate. But really scrambling to pay the bills. Need a new driveway, new roof soon. No gaping holes in the house or anything disasterous fortunately.

[BenLurkin]

So if all people with no job just stopped looking then we would have an unemployment rate of 0%.

Exactly.

[a fool in paradise]

I waited over an hour several times trying to “keep on the unemployment figures” even though I knew that I would receive no more money.

Call the number at 6:58AM, 6:59AM and it tells you to call between the hours of 7 and 5 (I think). Could not keep myself on the list without a phone interview.

Called them at 7AM several times and the recording switched over to “we are experiencing unusually heavy call volume...”. And that was the case for over an hour (repeated message) several days running. Tried at other hours and experienced the same bullcrap. No way all of the lines were that overloaded in the first minute. And don’t bother calling them after 4pm, that’s too close to their quitting time.

I still put in applications every week but the gubmint says I’m no longer looking.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s all about making Obama look good. If some citizens must make sacrifices for his numbers, well that’s good of them.