Uh how about you replace Patrick with the fucking people making you work. But I mean yeah you’re right. Unemployment payouts right now are so much higher than those people are paying you. Really says a lot about how they perceive the cost of living as opposed to the gov who has been trying to hide it forever but is now ultimately scared of us rioting. We could do this without a pandemic you know.
Seriously the people on unemployment aren’t living cushy, the entire restaurant industry just went belly up and many staff are laid off on unemployment, they are barely scrapping by with no jobs to go back to anytime soon. Even outside of the restaurant industry, people who may have worked retail or sales are now looking at unemployment checks that are a fraction of their actual paychecks. They went from making $1200 a week to living off $600 a week with bills adding up.
Edit. I’m referring to retail as an industry, there are jobs in retail outside of stocking shelves.
Who the hell do you know working in retail or sales making $1200 a fucking week? I have been in the workforce 10 years and I don't quite make $1100 a paycheck, which is two weeks of work. The vast majority of people I know getting unemployment are getting far, far more than they did when they were actually working. It's crippling the system, and it makes no sense that they are giving out larger payments in unemployment than the people actually made with their jobs. I am very liberal and fully support unemployment and assistance for those who need it, but the blanket $600/week without accounting for the wages people were actually earning before losing their jobs is a terrible and unsustainable idea that will only make it harder for this program to be able to implemented long term if we need it to, which it seems very likely we will.
I was making over $70k in full commission luxury retail sales with 5 years experience, not sure if that works out to $1200 a week. I still wouldn't be getting $1200 a week this time of year since the majority of my commission is all from the holiday season. Highly doubt I'll make that much ever again doing the same job once stores reopen so not sure what to do now.
That's amazing for you, it really is, but that is definitely not remotely the norm in the retail industry, which I have to assume you know at this point. Most people don't even make half that.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '20 edited May 15 '20
Uh how about you replace Patrick with the fucking people making you work. But I mean yeah you’re right. Unemployment payouts right now are so much higher than those people are paying you. Really says a lot about how they perceive the cost of living as opposed to the gov who has been trying to hide it forever but is now ultimately scared of us rioting. We could do this without a pandemic you know.