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

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> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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](#):
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> I think every time a Canadian reads a thread about US employment culture, we discover some new kind of horror.

Fair point.

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