Comments on: Should I apply for unemployment? http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lou http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 lou Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:26:47 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2750 I have a question I was called into a meeting with my boss a couple of days ago, he informed me that he had nothing for me to do as future projects are on hold, I have been with this company for 7 years He said I had two options 1. take a lower paying job with the company that physically I cannot do or 2. Be laid off, receive 4 weeks severance, be paid two weeks for this pay period and my vacation pay as well He explained that I did not quit and was not fired. I have not received any of this money but it has only been four days Now I have heard that this same boss is telling others that I quit should I apply for benefits now or wait until I receive the 4000,00 as promissed this is in Arizona Also I am now receiving mixed signals from company members and am wondering if my boss was lying to me I have a question
I was called into a meeting with my boss a couple of days ago, he informed me that he had nothing for me to do as future projects are on hold, I have been with this company for 7 years
He said I had two options
1. take a lower paying job with the company that physically I cannot do
or 2.
Be laid off, receive 4 weeks severance, be paid two weeks for this pay period and my vacation pay as well
He explained that I did not quit and was not fired.
I have not received any of this money but it has only been four days

Now I have heard that this same boss is telling others that I quit
should I apply for benefits now or wait until I receive the 4000,00 as promissed
this is in Arizona
Also I am now receiving mixed signals from company members and am wondering if my boss was lying to me

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]]> By: funnyaboutmoney1 http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2745 funnyaboutmoney1 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:07:10 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2745 It would be nice, Neal. The university isn't allowing people to do that. But even if it did, I couldn't get by for two and a half weeks with no income. Word is that Arizona's unemployment offices are so overwhelmed it can take quite a long time to get benefits started -- if you can get them at all. Some people have never been able to get their benefits, nor have they managed to get through to a human being, even after 40-minute waits on the phone. One newspaper report said that unemployment offices here are in secured buildings; the public is not allowed to enter. Assuming I could get unemployment started for the two and a half weeks of furlough, the benefits in Arizona are so piddling you couldn't begin to live on them. To survive once I'm laid off, I'll have to start Social Security, which, even though it also is not enough to support one, is significantly more than the unemployment dole. It would be nice, Neal. The university isn’t allowing people to do that. But even if it did, I couldn’t get by for two and a half weeks with no income.

Word is that Arizona’s unemployment offices are so overwhelmed it can take quite a long time to get benefits started — if you can get them at all. Some people have never been able to get their benefits, nor have they managed to get through to a human being, even after 40-minute waits on the phone. One newspaper report said that unemployment offices here are in secured buildings; the public is not allowed to enter.

Assuming I could get unemployment started for the two and a half weeks of furlough, the benefits in Arizona are so piddling you couldn’t begin to live on them. To survive once I’m laid off, I’ll have to start Social Security, which, even though it also is not enough to support one, is significantly more than the unemployment dole.

]]> By: Neal Hawes http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Neal Hawes Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:49:06 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2746 Could you take your 12 furlough days off at one time, right in a row and file for unemployment once for the 12 days? 12 business days at home would do a lot to catch up on reading, videos, cooking & yard work...kind of a stay-cation! Could you take your 12 furlough days off at one time, right in a row and file for unemployment once for the 12 days? 12 business days at home would do a lot to catch up on reading, videos, cooking & yard work…kind of a stay-cation!

]]> By: SimplyForties http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2744 SimplyForties Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:38:28 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2744 I say no, if you're laid off, it will be there for you. You've been planning and planning how to live on less for months anticipating the layoff. This will give you a chance to dip your toe in that "less" and see if it's really going to work. Okay, I know, easy for me to say, since it's not happening to me yet! I say no, if you’re laid off, it will be there for you. You’ve been planning and planning how to live on less for months anticipating the layoff. This will give you a chance to dip your toe in that “less” and see if it’s really going to work. Okay, I know, easy for me to say, since it’s not happening to me yet!

]]> By: funnyaboutmoney1 http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 funnyaboutmoney1 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:29:55 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2743 It is a good idea: grab it, put it in the bank, and it'll still be there to live on in the event of a layoff. In the event of a non-layoff, it will be gravy. Hm. It is a good idea: grab it, put it in the bank, and it’ll still be there to live on in the event of a layoff.

In the event of a non-layoff, it will be gravy. Hm.

]]> By: Chance http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2742 Chance Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:12:12 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2742 Hmmm. the hard copy and file routine every week will get old very fast, and for a tiny return. I'd be tempted not to do it, although Frugal Scholar has a good point, bank it. I think more investigation is needed - the thing that would worry me the most is that it would affect your eligibility or weeks when and if you are actually laid off and really need it. OTOH, why not collect interest? I don't know what I would do... Hmmm. the hard copy and file routine every week will get old very fast, and for a tiny return. I’d be tempted not to do it, although Frugal Scholar has a good point, bank it. I think more investigation is needed – the thing that would worry me the most is that it would affect your eligibility or weeks when and if you are actually laid off and really need it. OTOH, why not collect interest? I don’t know what I would do…

]]> By: frugalscholar http://funny-about-money.com/2009/02/11/should-i-apply-for-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 frugalscholar Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:33:09 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=4084#comment-2741 Why not take the money (if it's not too much trouble) and bank it? That way, if you do not lose your job, you've collected the unemployment to which you are entitled. If you do lose your job, you've collected for a certain number of days and have the money in the bank. Why not take the money (if it’s not too much trouble) and bank it? That way, if you do not lose your job, you’ve collected the unemployment to which you are entitled. If you do lose your job, you’ve collected for a certain number of days and have the money in the bank.

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