Understood, as I was one of those who were laid off right as the recession started.
Wow! I wish him all of the best with his return. He's an extremely talented guy and makes a fantastic morning show host, so he deserved to be back on the radio somewhere. With that being said, I hope that he didn't terminate his unemployment benefits for this return.
If he starts collecting a full paycheck again, then 'unenjoyment' benefits end.
And you can’t get them back for quite a long time.
As I understand it depends on the situation. As you work, you build up benefits. If you have kept a job for many years, that credits toward your total weeks of unenjoyment benefit term. Contractors for Boeing and Microsoft bounce between paid projects and unemployment sometime once a year. If there is a documented reason why you go back on the beach even after working only a few months, you can still apply-for and usually get unenjoyment benefits again.
That is very true. The main difference I can spot is that many contract positions tend to lead into full time work over time. Therefore, it's worth it to play the contract game for a while to gain experience and work into a bigger role. With radio, there isn't very much upward mobility after a certain point.
