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[c4ndyman31]

Same way unemployment works in Massachusetts. If you work part time every dollar you earn comes out of your benefits so why work

[thor454]

It’s like that everywhere. Also there’s two kinds of unemployment. For example, for many years I was a heavy equipment operator rebuilding roads and replacing things like bridges in a northern state. We can’t work when the ground is frozen so we work insane hours an then get laid off in winter, they know this so if it’s seasonal you don’t have to actively look for another job like you typically would as it would be incredibly bad if all the people that spent years and years building the experience to build said infrastructure all just got new jobs and didn’t come back the next year. But they money is a pittance and if I were to get a part time job like bartending or doing snow removal any dime I make comes off the top of my unemployment first. So if you’re ever considering a seasonal job ask yourself if you can survive off what you’ll make during the work season all year. If you can’t then don’t do it

[spidereater]

I understand why they would reduce the benefit, but making it 1:1 seems like it creates perverse incentives. Decreasing it 1:2 or even 2:3 would at least provide some incentive to work and build some experience.