Welfare empire

[The King]

Brown and Root?

Stevo

Daniel, which later became Fluor-Daniel.

[Broncojohnny]

For an example I need look no further than myself.

In the 1980's I was working for a small engineering company as a land surveyor and their workload dropped to the point where they no longer needed their survey crew a full 40 hours a week. We were given the option to work 16 hours or so there a week, and apply for partial state unemployment benefits to augment the meager wages we earned working part time, which I did. The unemployment office had a decent database of jobs available, through which I searched and applied for those jobs for which I qualified. After a few months I was offered and accepted a full-time construction surveyor's position at a nuclear power plant under construction in the area at the time. That led to my taking a job a few years later with my current employer, with whom I have now been with for almost 27 years.

So to answer your question, the "free check" you speak of does NOT (lol at your caps) destroy ambition in all instances.

I used to work for Fluor Daniel, at the Alcon Labs project in 1989.

An unemployment check is not free, for one it is of limited duration so you are incentivized to find another job because the clock is ticking. Secondly, you also have to report your job leads to the agency or you don't get your money. Of course, you can lie about the second part since it is on the honor system for the most part.

I'm talking about a free welfare check in the mail every month. At the very least it lets someone be fairly picky about what job they will or won't take.

[The King]

I used to work for Fluor Daniel, at the Alcon Labs project in 1989.

An unemployment check is not free, for one it is of limited duration so you are incentivized to find another job because the clock is ticking. Secondly, you also have to report your job leads to the agency or you don't get your money. Of course, you can lie about the second part since it is on the honor system for the most part.

I'm talking about a free welfare check in the mail every month. At the very least it lets someone be fairly picky about what job they will or won't take.

It been so long ago I don't remember if or how they verified that a person receiving unemployment benefits was looking for jobs, especially since this was during the dark ages before internet access was made available to the masses.

Agree with you completely about the welfare system. That's morphed into a multi-generational lifestyle in too many cases.

[LANTIRN]

18 responses and this has not been brought up?

Pics of step-daughter?

[stevo]

It been so long ago I don't remember if or how they verified that a person receiving unemployment benefits was looking for jobs, especially since this was during the dark ages before internet access was made available to the masses.

Agree with you completely about the welfare system. That's morphed into a multi-generational lifestyle in too many cases.

Back then you had to turn in to the workforce commission a list of all the places where you placed an application, including the phone number and name of the person that you handed the application to. IIRC, you also had to have that person initial your form. I have heard all you have to do these days is call in.

Stevo

[slow99]

You have some of the worst grammar on this site. Good lord, proof read. You're killing MY brain cells over here.

Truth. For God's sake though, he has a 4.0!!

[78X]

http://blogs.forbes.com/peterferrara...elfare-empire/

I am personal touch by this

twat?