Unemployment Update

[Alpinevpr]

For all of you who remember, around March of this year I started a thread announcing my intentions to live off the government for a couple months while in school. I figured I would update ya'll who flamed me for being so proud of this feat.

After waiting 2 weeks for the UI office to make a decision I started to look for a job. Turned out that after waiting 4 weeks, I was denied. So my bills piled up, and my cell phone was shut off briefly. I might lose my life insurance policy and my bank account was closed. So after going through the Bank of America crazy test and 4 interviews they let me know that they "would keep my scores on file for 2 years", no dice from B of A. Then I went to interview for another bank, no dice. Then after 3 months of no money (borrowing $1,000 from my parents) and almost being turned over to collections I have a job.

I like it, I audit stores for the business that runs all the Chevron gas stations around my home town and a little bit around the state. I occasionally get bored and come here to [ms]. I'm sure you are all happy to know that my unemployment didn't cost you a dime. Just my sanity, and credit rating.

[Northern Exposed]

He's lying. He's actually a he-bitch in downtown Reno. I saw him in his pink spandex on the way to work this morning. He was hitting on some John trying to get a date. :wink:

[MJDub]

Didn't I see him on Insomniac?

[FM]

does your state allow an appeals process if you get denied?

Sucks man; I too am on the check...though it isn't too much, and I have been for about 3 months...

People can flame about that all you want, but UI is mostly paid for through businesses...so if you lose a job through one, file!

And how tough can the market be? Give you a nice recent example...I applied for a new Costco (Warehouse Wholesale Store) store that's opening up in about 6 weeks. The company is looking to hire probably around the lines of 150-170 people....

They got over 3500 applications in the week available to apply...

don't tell me the economy is "improving" because there's still way too many freaking people looking for work/2nd/3rd jobs out there...

(on a brief side note I can get in with an insurance company, but I have to pass the state licensing tests first...so I'm praying there)

[Alpinevpr]

Yeah there is an appeal process but I was tired of the bull shit. I had to wait 4 weeks to find out I was denied. I didn't want to wait another 4 to find out I was denied again or to find out I got it and then get 8 weeks worth of back wages. Hell, I easily got a job in less than 4 weeks. It was just bullshit. If anyone should be out of work it is the damn UI office. Those people work slower than a sloth on Ambien.

[algy]

You must have not done your research on how to collect unemployment. If you fit the following then you?re a shoe-in for sure.

1) Be a minority other than white (even though white is a minority in most cities now.)
2) Never held a decent job in your life. (Basically needed to start collecting after you drop out of High School or Grammar School in some cases)
3) Start having children at a cyclic rate of 1 per year even though you don't have the means to support them.
4) Begin substance abuse or at least have a history of it.

If you meet the listed criteria, you may continue to collect if you meet the following:

See above 1-4

[Jenks]

^Are you sure that's not the welfare criteria?

[MJDub]

^Are you sure that's not the welfare criteria?

That's what I was thinking.

[Alpinevpr]

I think it might be both.

[algy]

^Are you sure that's not the welfare criteria?

Feel free to apply them to both.

Just curious, is this the same doctrine that other countries follow?

[diskofreak]

Re: Unemployment Update

For all of you who remember, around March of this year I started a thread announcing my intentions to live off the government for a couple months while in school. I figured I would update ya'll who flamed me for being so proud of this feat.

After waiting 2 weeks for the UI office to make a decision I started to look for a job. Turned out that after waiting 4 weeks, I was denied. So my bills piled up, and my cell phone was shut off briefly. I might lose my life insurance policy and my bank account was closed. So after going through the Bank of America crazy test and 4 interviews they let me know that they "would keep my scores on file for 2 years", no dice from B of A. Then I went to interview for another bank, no dice. Then after 3 months of no money (borrowing $1,000 from my parents) and almost being turned over to collections I have a job.

I like it, I audit stores for the business that runs all the Chevron gas stations around my home town and a little bit around the state. I occasionally get bored and come here to [ms]. I'm sure you are all happy to know that my unemployment didn't cost you a dime. Just my sanity, and credit rating.

wow that blows, u could of got a shit off the books job or something, just to pay the bills, untill u got unemployment

[tintin]

glad you found a job I hate not working.

[Galapidate]

Glad you found a job. It's really hard these days; I had to apply for a summer job last fall :P

[nbpgt]

someone who is down on their luck of finding a job doesnt bother me as much as someone who just doesnt want to do anyhting for themselves to better themselves... so no flames here

[FM]

indeed there's a big difference..what's worse though is a lot of the #'s don't reflect people who have stopped giving up looking for work, even for a short time because it's just THAT frustrating to find one.

When you hear this all the time...

"We'll call you/be in touch/whenever" (and they never do)

"You're not qualified enough."

"We've decided to go with another candidate..." (and the posting REMAINS OPEN)

or, for that matter send off 200 resumes, etc. and not hear back from anyone (or maybe 2 or 3, which means you're hitting some averages)...

you really begin to wonder after a while.

For those of you that have jobs, even if you hate them to death do NOT leave them...wait until a bonafide offer comes in elsewhere.

And for those who don't give a crap anymore and don't want to work...I'll be laughing when you're the first ones to hit the bottom of the barrel... :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: