# unemployment insurance hassles: common all over U.S.?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-insurance-hassles-common-all-over-u-s/720384>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-insurance-hassles-common-all-over-u-s/720384 "2015-05-19T19:54:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unemployment-insurance-hassles-common-all-over-u-s/720384/21 "2015-05-22T14:33:56Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> It was hassle free in Indiana. Had a friend in Massachusetts who had endless headaches when he tried to get it.

I didn’t have any trouble getting UI in Massachusetts, but try explaining to Massachusetts UI why you don’t look for work anymore after signing an employment contract with an employer on a Tuesday morning. That’s like talking to a lamp post. “See, I didn’t look for work the rest of the week, because I had a job that started in less than a week.”

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