I do worry about requiring a one-week project from someone.
However . . .
Sometimes I worry "what if I lose my job today?" It really could happen, even today, through no fault of mine.
People who live in Silicon Valley will say "well you have five other jobs waiting for you." But people not in a top-5 area don't have a job market 5 deep. It takes time to get hired again.
If I were to suddenly be unemployed, I would really love it that there are some companies out there willing to hire me for a one-week project at a much lower activation energy than taking on a full-time hire. It would 1) give me a chance to prove I can do the job, and 2) even if it failed it would give me money in my pocket right now which would be a very nice stress reliever. (In fact, it reduces my stress right now knowing that I could find a few short jobs like this. I'm happier even if I never need to use it.)
I certainly wouldn't want all companies to hire like this, because most of the time when I am searching for a job I am employed. But I like knowing that there are some employers out there that it would be easier to work with being unemployed instead of the reverse.
Sure, but the possibility of going off of unemployment for a week and then back on again might be somewhat painful (especially since the interruption while reopening an unemployment benefits claim might last longer than just a week).
That's not how unemployment works, at least not in Texas. You wouldn't go off the unemployment until you were actually hired. You would simply report the income during that period (2 week periods in TX) and they deduct the amount from your benefits for that period.
Yes, most states encourage you to take work, even temporary work. A contract job won't require you to stop it and start it, you just "skip" a week.
Last time I was on UI, it didn't actually last for X weeks, it lasted for Y dollars, and if you earned more than a certain threshold in a given week, they would reduce your payout that week by 50% of the amount you went over that threshold. So one week of high earnings would, in effect, mean you get $0 that week but give you an "extra" week at the end.
However . . .
Sometimes I worry "what if I lose my job today?" It really could happen, even today, through no fault of mine.
People who live in Silicon Valley will say "well you have five other jobs waiting for you." But people not in a top-5 area don't have a job market 5 deep. It takes time to get hired again.
If I were to suddenly be unemployed, I would really love it that there are some companies out there willing to hire me for a one-week project at a much lower activation energy than taking on a full-time hire. It would 1) give me a chance to prove I can do the job, and 2) even if it failed it would give me money in my pocket right now which would be a very nice stress reliever. (In fact, it reduces my stress right now knowing that I could find a few short jobs like this. I'm happier even if I never need to use it.)
I certainly wouldn't want all companies to hire like this, because most of the time when I am searching for a job I am employed. But I like knowing that there are some employers out there that it would be easier to work with being unemployed instead of the reverse.