I do think unemployment assistance is an actual problem here. Not that it shouldn't exist, but that it shouldn't have a cliff where you immediately lose benefit

I do think unemployment assistance is an actual problem here. Not that it shouldn't exist, but that it shouldn't have a cliff where you immediately lose benefits. I know people who make more now not working than they did pre-pandemic when they were working. I've also noticed rates advertised at over 20% increase (somewhere in the range of being $15-$20/hr) from just a year or two ago, with a signing bonus, that aren't being filled. I suspect they aren't being filled because people would have a very marginal increase of pay compared to not working having unemployment assistance. I know I wouldn't work if I would be sacrificing 30ish hours a week for 10% increased pay.