Thursday, April 1, 2010

How do people find jobs?

I've been unemployed for a year now. Not by my own choice mind you. I'm a welder, and about a year ago aparently people stopped needing stuff welded. Dont ask me why, I'm sure there's people who has that as a job to figure those things out, and I'm sure those people aren't unemployed.


Where I live you have unemployment insurance. Which means that should you lose your job, you will get 75% (I think) of what you made while working in insurance money every month. After been unemployed for I think about 200 days, they lower the insurance to 70% (I think), and after 300 days they lower it yet again to 60%.


Now, for anyone who didnt make alot of money to begin with, its hard to survive on the 75% you get at first, but its doable. When they lower it to 70% you know you definatly going to have to cut down on the amount of pizza you eat every month. But 60%? Thats like a big kick in the nuts! Seriusly, those 60% barely even cover a normal rent. 


Somehow some smart guy (atleast I bet he thinks he is smart), figured that the less money you get from your insurance, the more jobs will pop up. Basically you can remove all unemployment by just making sure than no one who is unemployed has enough money to pay for food and rent. Seems perfectly logical dont it?


I have 30 days left now til they lower my insurance to 60%, and I can't wait til they do that. Because aparently when they make it impossible for me to pay my rent and other bills, it will make other people need welders more. Don't ask me how that works, but again, some smart dude probably came up with a way to make people need welders, by starving the welders themselves. They should give that guy the nobel price in...well I'm sure there's some suitable nobel price they can give him.


Another funny thing is that I've been at lots of job interviews, where they say they are desperate for workers. Sounds great to me, since I'm desperate for a job. Sounds like we could help each other out on that, doesn't it? I guess they are all sitting at their phones right now waiting for when they lower my insurance to 60%, because they sure haven't called me yet. So I'm guessing that 30 days from now, I'm going to have to hire a secretary to answer all the phonecalls from every place I have been on a job inteview on. That's gonna be awesome!


Just so all you employers out there are prepared now, it all starts in 30 days. You dont really have to have a welding company. I'm not picky, I'll take any job. So if you happen to own a bank, that's fine too, I'll take a high positioned bank job as well if I have to. Don't be shy now, make sure to have my office ready in 30 days. Don't call me before noon though, because I'm most likely asleep then.

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