# Laid off... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laid-off/254124 "2010-08-24T06:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![wheels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wheels/32/6655_2.png) [@wheels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wheels)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laid-off/254124/10 "2010-08-24T12:05:13Z")
> [@pro's and con's... turbo charging vs supercharging](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pros-and-cons-turbo-charging-vs-supercharging/34561/22): > > I would rather work and make less than I would sitting around on unemployment. I literally can’t stand these dirtbags sitting home collecting the money that I work for. I’d HATE to do that to anyone. They don’t collect any money that you work for. Unemployment benefits are paid 100% by employers. Our current rate is 9.825% of gross wages to the first $8500 of an employees gross payroll. Employees pay nothing into the unemployment system. Welfare is a totally different story though… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/laid-off/254124)._