Interesting point.
Another part of the problem, however, is pay: If an engineer making $84,000 a year is laid off and then gets $523 a week in UE benefits, and can only find jobs paying $9.40 an hour, he’s better off not taking the job.
Now, the problem of high paying jobs being harder to get over time is a seperate issue, but as far as the UE benefits issue is concerned, the above scenario keeps a lot of people on the dole.
Another aspect is that if a person takes lower paying employment and gets laid off again,the amount they get on unemployment will be based on that lower amount. It’s very troubling,especially after reading through this thread and seeing that people who are unemployed for 12 or so months are considered lazy,out of touch with innovations,having eroded social skills and the like.
So a person with a solid work history for years becomes umemployed for an extended period and is then considered by potential employers to be worthless. It’s both ridiculous and tragic.