How does Demonstration work?

[MrShingami]

I might be misunderstanding this, but demonstration only takes vp if there are 2 more unemployed than potential working class jobs available, regardless of what type of maple are required right? I just lost vp for having 5 jobs available while my opponent had 5 meeple, and the only thing I can think of is the available jobs weren’t all for unskilled.

[MrShingami]

Nevermind, didn't realize I had to also assign at least one worker into a job.

[SigmaSapio]

There is a condition that has to be met, and a penalty if the demonstration condition is still in place by the production phase.

Condition: “…if the number of your unemployed Workers is
higher than the number of available Worker slots for your Class (regardless
of skill) by at least 2. If this criteria is met, performing this action allows you
to place the Demonstration token in the unemployed Workers area.”

Penalty:

“… the other players lose, in total, VP equal to the number of unemployed Workers
you have plus your Trade Unions.”

[Ratincage27]

Condition: “…if the number of your unemployed Workers is
higher than the number of available Worker slots for your Class (regardless
of skill) by at least 2. If this criteria is met, performing this action allows you
to place the Demonstration token in the unemployed Workers area.”

Penalty:

“… the other players lose, in total, VP equal to the number of unemployed Workers
you have plus your Trade Unions.”

It's also worth mentioning that if the demonstration has been launched against you, to avoid ANY penalty, the other players must accomplish ALL THREE of the following:
A. build a company
B. place a worker in THE NEWLY BUILT company
C. The initial condition for launching the demonstration is no longer met