Dude, you do know that all workers pay into unemployment insurance from the deductions from weekly/biweekly/etc paychecks, right?

Dude you do know that workers with shitty jobs get it reimbursed at tax time right?

...ROFLMAO @ the boner guy. That McDonald's one was actually pretty funny. Let me come up with one about super sizing, lol.

apply for unemployment and find a better job. He's probably going to get fired, they can warn him so many times, then cut him lose and they may find a loop hole with him so he can't get any unemployment-who knows? Maybe they don't know how bad he is- but it will catch up and bite him.

Layoffs are often based on salary, not productivity. It's a rather stupid method since they could've made you done three times the work of a single employee. Well at least he'll be keeping busy now. Good luck on the job hunt.

No you work hard for people on welfare asshole. Anyone with a job pays into unemployment, so op is getting back their own money. Plus you get taxed on it

The OP never stated whether the other one was employed longer than the OP was. When I had to lay off people, i based it on seniority. The last to hire was the first to go if need be. The Co-Worker may have been at the job longer than the OP.

Sounds like where I used to work. I got laid off, but they kept several others that are always late and can't do their job right to save their life. My supervisor told me I was the most reliable there, and always comes to me to get stuff done that needs done at a certain time. Now he can't do that. Wonder how they are doing nowadays. FYL for sure. Hate it when bad things happen to good people.

In a union shop, the least experienced are the ones who go first, unless someone volenteers to ge laid off. Non union shops still look at senority, but they can lay off any one.

Obviously you must suck a lot if they value him more than you. YDI.