You really get into slippery semantics

talking about 'comparable'.  Comparable duties?  Comparable compensation?  Comparable benefits?  Schedule?  All of the above? 

I was called by a very nice unemployment services lady (because I had made a tiny error on my online application - I may even have done this intentionally, in order to get to talk to a human being)  and we hit it off over the phone.  She told me with a wink and a nod (if you can picture that coming over the phone)  that you should only apply for jobs you would actually take, because if they UI finds out you turned down employment they can cut off your benefits. So don't apply for jobs where the advertised pay rate is something you would never accept, hoping you can negotiate them up.  Don't pad your 'dance card' with applications to McDonald's, Target, etc, just to fill in a line.  Save copies of your online applications; you may need the documentation.  Over four months, I assembled a huge loose-leaf binder of applications and company info.  Keep good notes of interviews.

Chances are UI would never check to verify facts.  But I would not tell a prospective employer that I was on unemployment because if you turn them down, they could conceivably drop a dime on you to UI.

I was also told many years ago, also with a wink and a nod (definitely not by a UI employee) that if you have a face-to-face interview and decide midway through it that you do not want the job, start picking your nose or doing something else to make sure they do not offer it to you.  But do not make salary/benefit demands that might be construed as turning down the job as-is.

Some of the questions on the regular questionnaires you have to fill out: During the last 14 days, did you make any money through employment?  Did you accept a job or resign from a job?  Did you apply for (number varies with unemployment rate) jobs?  Did you refuse any offers of employment?  Wrong answers to these questions can get your case terminated.

Also, my unemployment was paid by every employer I had worked for in the last 18 months, not just the one that had let me go, although I think past employers paid a much smaller share.  This was a total of 3 employers. One past employer contested paying their portion, but lost.  So I got a tiny bit of revenge on a couple I had quit. 

• Has anyone gone on unemployment insurance? - Rad MT
  • I did when I was laid off - Been there, done that, got the T-shirt
    • Thank you so much for sharing this. - Wow is all I can say
      • You really get into slippery semantics - Been there..
    • Could you please share - hummmm
      • Wrong guess - Been there...
  • Here is something interesting to know about it. - Last week's wages, PTO to be paid.
    • In NY - Long-time MT-NY
  • You must work for Transolutions. That's their - MO.

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it depends on what is is? or acting a fool or being a fool.  because we have fun with MQ.  who died and left you boss or arbitrator of what mqmts should or should not do or who is acting a fool or is a fool?  frank?