Unfortunately the regulations for unemployment remain the same regardless of the situation at large.
Not in Texas. They normally require 4 work search contacts per week, but that went to 0 as of today (I think).
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Dana - Apr 13, 2020 3:34:21 pm PDT #19743 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
askye - Apr 13, 2020 3:42:40 pm PDT #19744 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
IU thin I can scratch trying to do anything tomorrow. I am going to try to get back in the phone queue for the unemployment office but I did take my anti anxiety medicine because my brain has decided to spiral me into-- I've fucked this up completely and will get no money and how could I be so stupid and not be able to find the answers or understand the difference
Jesse - Apr 13, 2020 3:48:19 pm PDT #19745 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You are not stupid. It is super complicated and the information is hard to find or understand.
Laura - Apr 13, 2020 4:00:40 pm PDT #19746 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
What Jesse said. I hope you can get it fixed tomorrow.
esse - Apr 13, 2020 4:05:21 pm PDT #19747 of 30019
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
but that went to 0 as of today
That's excellent news.
Good luck askye.
askye - Apr 13, 2020 4:13:45 pm PDT #19748 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
Intellectually I know that but all my anxiety just.. makes it hard to remember. I know they have people who are struggling with this and it's just hard because I can't get in touch with anyone. I'm feeling calmer so maybe the medicine is working because I stopped myself from spiraling. So points for that I guess.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2020 4:58:31 pm PDT #19749 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Askye, I think you can trust they WANT this to work for you. Filing is a shit show because of the circumstances, but they're on your side and will help you sort it out.
In New York, at least, the calls from unemployment are coming from "private caller" and give no number because some staff are using their personal phones. You might want to pick up things you normally would not.
askye - Apr 13, 2020 5:01:53 pm PDT #19750 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
there was a section to put an explanation and I literally wrote "I didn't think I had to look for work if I was furloughed because of covid 19" so maybe that will help. I just have to wait this out.
DebetEsse - Apr 13, 2020 6:19:30 pm PDT #19751 of 30019
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm trying to embrace the ethos of "our best is all we can do."
Because no one has any spoons at the moment; certainly not enough to actually do everything that needs to be done. So, we will put on our adult (inside) pants and do what we can without killing ourselves because this is apparently gonna be A Year, and we're in it for the long haul.
I have a nearly-full package of foil star stickers and I will send one to anyone who needs it.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2020 6:53:59 pm PDT #19752 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
There's a theory of bureaucracy -- I forget what it's called, but basically the idea is that you make applying for benefits (or jobs, or lotteries, or college) sufficiently difficult that only some people meet all the requirements on paper (even though many more people actually would meet the requirements, they just can't prove it). And then you don't have to pay out!
I learned this when I applied for UI in California about 7 years ago, and I couldn't believe how difficult it was. I'm a native English speaker with an advanced degree and lots of experience with bureaucracy--and I struggled and got it wrong and had them reject at least one of my claims.
So what I'm saying, Askye, is that it's not you: the system is designed to be difficult and confusing intentionally, in order to limit the amount of people who benefit. Do not take any difficulties as a statement on your ability -- it is not. The people who design these systems see their complexity as a feature rather than a bug. They do it on purpose.