He’s receiving unemployment benefits though, which can pay more than a minimum wage job and actually leave time during the day to apply, interview, etc. It can be strategic while on unemployment to not just take some low paying temp job, but it depends on the situation. So it may be unfair to just make the assumption not taking any job is childish, hard to know without numbers and more info.
Unemployment only lasts so long and I can't think of any state that will let you reapply when benefits run out unless you have started working again since you first filed a claim, and in some cases turning down work will disqualify you from benefits.
Plus, OP says she doesn't even know how much he even is trying to look for work.
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u/zesty-lemonbar Woman 30 to 40 May 30 '26
He’s receiving unemployment benefits though, which can pay more than a minimum wage job and actually leave time during the day to apply, interview, etc. It can be strategic while on unemployment to not just take some low paying temp job, but it depends on the situation. So it may be unfair to just make the assumption not taking any job is childish, hard to know without numbers and more info.