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I only took the gig so I could get the vaccine as soon as it came out. It was a huge pay cut, and a very easy job. Why fight to stay and keep working somewhere

I only took the gig so I could get the vaccine as soon as it came out. It was a huge pay cut, and a very easy job. Why fight to stay and keep working somewhere you don't want to be, when instead you could get an extra 3k/month on unemployment? Corporations are a useful thing, and are commonly used stateside to do shady things - like getting paid by a customer, but not officially working. Like collect unemployment, while collecting dividends for a contract your company has with a customer. What you have to do is keep applying for jobs. Most of the spam my linkedin gets is from indian recruiters. There is zero chance one of them can get you a job in the states. The ones that can will all have a name you can pronounce. It is possible to get a payout for wrongful termination. This will count against your unemployment claim. It will cost (as the estimates in my case were) 10-20k for the attorney. I will likely have to go to court/arbitration, and it takes lots and lots of time and stress. As someone who is a company owner, I spend about 50 hours/week on owning my company (not working for my company). I can get a max of about 20-25k for the wrongful termination... It's just not the right way to go. As a sidebar, I've worked and lived in France, Catalonia, Russia, and Japan - while living in those countries. I am in fact originally from Europe, but came stateside at a young age. Outside of Russia, the US has the crappiest "process" as you call it. It's a country where that process was put in place by corporations, to result exactly in this: the process is just not worth it. The "do not discriminate bit" was sarcasm. We have this thing in this great country, where the people who do the most discriminating are the ones who complain most about being discriminated against. What to do if you're a criminal or a bully? Claim you're a victim. I won't go into that, because by this country's standards, I'm going to be flagged as a racist.

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ionwake 5y ago
How come you were paid more when unemployed ?
- soylentnewsorg 5y ago
  I was paid much less than my salary when I was unemployed. I made more per week from the salary than I did per month on unemployment. I assume you mean more than someone else you know who had UI. The benefit amount depends on your salary. UI is insurance paid by the company that fired you - in essence the company that fired you pays your unemployment (by paying for the insurance for their employees). The more people the lay off or fire w/o cause, the more their insurance premium. In addition, there was an extra benefit paid by the federal government due to the pandemic (unemployment is usually a state benefit). So the way to both stick it to the asshole ex-employer and make extra cash, is to double-dip. Get paid unemployment, while getting other income. If you own a company, you don't have to be employed by your company - you can just be an owner - like when you buy Apple stock. You can then pay yourself dividends instead of salary, and bam - you're still unemployed, while getting the same amount as your salary, and unemployment. You do have to keep looking for work, daily though. Which I did do. So, think of it as a legal loophole to screw the guy who fired you and make money off him.
  - ionwake 5y ago
    Thanks for the reply bro have a good weekend

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ionwake 5y ago

How come you were paid more when unemployed ?

soylentnewsorg 5y ago
I was paid much less than my salary when I was unemployed. I made more per week from the salary than I did per month on unemployment. I assume you mean more than someone else you know who had UI. The benefit amount depends on your salary. UI is insurance paid by the company that fired you - in essence the company that fired you pays your unemployment (by paying for the insurance for their employees). The more people the lay off or fire w/o cause, the more their insurance premium. In addition, there was an extra benefit paid by the federal government due to the pandemic (unemployment is usually a state benefit). So the way to both stick it to the asshole ex-employer and make extra cash, is to double-dip. Get paid unemployment, while getting other income. If you own a company, you don't have to be employed by your company - you can just be an owner - like when you buy Apple stock. You can then pay yourself dividends instead of salary, and bam - you're still unemployed, while getting the same amount as your salary, and unemployment. You do have to keep looking for work, daily though. Which I did do. So, think of it as a legal loophole to screw the guy who fired you and make money off him.
- ionwake 5y ago
  Thanks for the reply bro have a good weekend