OK im confused about this one ...... filling out a job app is bad or beneath certain people now?

[Northern_Piper]

@k9bfriender

Employers pay unemployment insurance, and what you pay is based on a number of factors, but the largest is your “experience rate”, which is how much is paid out.

When I had that employee pull that on me, my rate went from 1.7% to 5.2%, meaning that I was paying 3.5% more on my payroll taxes, not an insignificant increase in cost.

At least, that’s how it is in Ohio. Every state has a different system, and may do things far differently.

Fascinating. Quite different from Canada. Won’t hijack this thread by talking details.

@Horatius

I think every time a Canadian reads a thread about US employment culture, we discover some new kind of horror.

Fair point.