Actually prospective employers could give "a rat's ass" about what a person has to do to stay above water. (Based on KS_Stevia's useful post.) They are ONLY concerned about your continuous employment in your chosen career and look with great suspicion on any gaps or deviations from the theoretical. Regardless of your reasons or needs for it.
Have you ever thought that people may have valid reasons that you don't know/understand?
What if you found a way to barely make it on $420/week, and you found a $450/week job and your commuting (etc) expenses were $50/week? And you are required to purchase tools, uniforms before you could start work? And you were probably still going to lose your house/the angry wife is talking divorce/with no health insurance you find heart is giving you lots of pain and your wife's diabetes now requires insulin?
When you have a prestigious professional career, such as a scientist, engineer, lawyer, reseaarcher, etc and you are laid off. How do you think it looks on your C.V. to work as a bank teller, burger slinger, stockboy, or in construction. When , if ever, work materializes that utilizes your hard-won knowledge and experiences, what will likely happen? I can see it now: "Hmm, you used to work in this field, but then you took several jobs at quite a lower level of skills. And how about this 14 month gap? Did you find your previous work too demanding and needed a rest or were your abilities not up to your previous employer's standards? Oh, it looks like been working long enough that you've 'been around for quite a while.' I'm sorry, but you don't seem to fit in with our operation here. Good luck." You ever been in that situation?
There is quite a bit more to it than laziness. How about depression also? Some people can't handle getting fired for faults other than their own, perhaps knowing that many lesser skilled people remain at their previous employer's business. There are many, many motives at work. Believe me, Larry Summers knows nothing about this. Nor cares. He's an insensitive, big picture man. Too.




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