Odd-Mountain3076 t1_j14wssk wrote on December 21, 2022 at 6:14 PM

Reply to comment by SoftwareNo7856 in Looking to move to northern VT by [deleted]

Maine is OK if you are in the right areas like brunswick, Portland, Orono, Midcoast or MDI, but they are very insular and dislike people from away, flatlanders. They like the tourist dollars, but not people from away. If you move into a town, better keep your head down, pay the high taxes, and live isolated if you dont....life is hell. If you try to get involved with town govt, or anything that appears like you are trying to change things you get enemy's. I actually had a mailbox and fence ripped down in front of my house when I complained once about needing to plow better. I learned then, never to bother.

I'm currently fighting an employer from a year ago in northern maine who lied to the dept of labor saying I quit. I worked for him 5 weeks as a seasonal passion job and my last day was 1 week prior to the end of the season. I got a CDL in VT and was planning on working for him again this summer. He lied again and said my VT license was not valid in ME. Needless to say he screwed my unemployment and now have to pay back $2000 to the lovely state of Maine.

This is one story of many I can tell. You want a hard life....try to make a living in Maine. VT might have high cost of living and few jobs, but at least the people are decent, the environment is pretty and the food is good.

bobsizzle t1_j15mw59 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Why would you work 5 weeks in a job you know is temporary and try to collect unemployment? Whether it's legal or not, that feels pretty scammy. Unemployment should be for people who have jobs and are laid off without fault or expectation. You know the job is ending and Is only temporary. I don't think you're entitled to anything. There are plenty of full time Jobs out there.

Odd-Mountain3076 t1_j1624zm wrote on December 21, 2022 at 10:49 PM

Um....It was a job I worked for a year ago. I worked the last 8 months for a different employer that was seasonal and ended and have a job lined up for the end of January. Apparently you don't understand how unemployment insurance works.