I completely understand that, but I also personally know multiple people who do nothing all day and have turned down jobs because they get paid to be on “vacation”. It’s really unfortunate that some people take advantage of the system because they don’t “feel like” getting a job.
Not sure what the solution is, but it is infuriating to see people do that.
The problem is, that the unemployment sets a wage floor. Why even go look for work that pays less than what you can get on unemployment? It doesnt make sense, and with the shutdown on jobs, there is nothing left that will pay a decent wage. Any company that gets an opening already has a whole bunch of people standing in line for it—friends and relatives. Right now, unless a person has someone inside that can pull him/her in to a job, then they simply become one of 2000 people who spend hours filling out applications to have some part time high school kid sort them out. I applied for a good job recently. 3000 people applied for it. The application process is on line, and a computer scans your input.
Once the hiring period was over, they sorted the applications for PHD’s. 2500 or us went down the drain after spending 6 hours filling out their online application.
I found out, that the position had been already filled a month before the position posting was made public. The public posting was for EEO. So, I dont know what the answer is either, but this country is teetering on the edge of some massive unrest.