Anyone here on Unemployment?

[Zolty]

As for me my free money ends in a few weeks when I go back to school, anyone else collecting checks from the government? or questions/comments?

 

[S Freud]

My comment is that you spelled Unemployment wrong.

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: S Freud
My comment is that you spelled Unemployment wrong.

I did mention I am going back to school right?

 

[Aimster]

student loans for me

10,000 next semester. yay

 

[Stumps]

hmmm this probably doesn't count but I'm currently on "long service" leave from work for the past 2 months, I get $530 per week.

I have to wait till the end of the month before I can return to work

 

[Wheezer]

Just came off of it.....I had to wait until my severance dried up then I was only pulling $343 a week off unemployment..about half of what I did when I was working, but oh well...got a free ride to school out of it....so it ain't all bad.

 

[zerocool84]

hmm im about to go on unemployment as i just got let go from my job. how is the amount that you get from unemployment calculated?

 

[Flyback]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
hmm im about to go on unemployment as i just got let go from my job. how is the amount that you get from unemployment calculated?

Sorry to hear you lost your job.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Not anymore. I was for about 2 weeks a little while ago. Glad I don't have to deal with that anymore...

 

[EagleKeeper]

Remember that the $$ are taxable at the end of the year. Tax is not withheld unless you specifically request.

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
hmm im about to go on unemployment as i just got let go from my job. how is the amount that you get from unemployment calculated?

it depends on the state in which you live. There is a maximum per week that you can collect.

I suggest that you go to your states unemployment website and read what thier guidelines are.

 

[slsmnaz]

I thank you for the last option in your poll.

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
hmm im about to go on unemployment as i just got let go from my job. how is the amount that you get from unemployment calculated?

for me it is around 40-50% of the gross.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: zerocool84
hmm im about to go on unemployment as i just got let go from my job. how is the amount that you get from unemployment calculated?

for me it is around 40-50% of the gross.

Yes, and it depends on which state you're in. But I'd say that 40-50% of gross (up to a relatively low maximum amount) is probably close to accurate.

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I thank you for the last option in your poll.

No problem, although it is important to note that in working you are contributing to an insurance policy which is paid out in the form of unemployment if you qualify. So by collecting I did have to pay for it in nearly 2 years of work.

It is also a fairly direct quote from a song by "the Streets" off of "Original Pirate Material", which is a superb album that I recommend.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: slsmnaz
I thank you for the last option in your poll.

No problem, although it is important to note that in working you are contributing to an insurance policy which is paid out in the form of unemployment if you qualify. So by collecting I did have to pay for it in nearly 2 years of work.

It is also a fairly direct quote from a song by "the Streets" off of "Original Pirate Material", which is a superb album that I recommend.

Your employer pays a tax to the state based on payroll. that is what covers the unemployment checks. In some states, the more ex-employees an employer has, the tax percentage also will increase on that employer.

 

[cyclistca]

I just applied for it. It will be kicking in at the end of this month. I had an interview last week that went very well. I'm confident I will have a job before it starts up.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

UI after being cut/let go/downsized/other terms for fired = fine.

Staying on UI while drinking beer on the front lawn of the complex @ 10am, letting your goddamn unspayed/unneutered animals run free to eat garbage, putting said garbage out on Friday night when the goddamn pickup is Friday morning, it's just going to sit there and fscking ROT all week, raiding the church donation box down the street for stuff that other families probably need more than you, breaking dishes and other fragile objects when doing said raiding, letting your trailer-trash friend go door-to-door begging for booze when you're having a party = LOSE.

/vent

- M4H

 

[Patt]

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[JS80]

Originally posted by: Patt
Yeah it is great to have a yoga instructor wife ... for the yoga of course

She can kick my ass with simplistic looking things, though I tend to get frustrated because she has difficulty understanding why I hurt so much. Typical exchange:

Her: "Now bend from the waist and put your fingers on the floor and you'll feel it in your hamstrings as you breathe out."

Me: "Goddamn it, you know I can't touch the floor, and the hammys are so tight that this hurts behind my knees. "

Her: " Okay, well, try bending at the knees a bit to get the stretch to the hamstrings and get to the floor."

Me: "Well, OK, but I still won't make it to the floor ... how's mid-shin?"

Her: " OK, next pose you pussy."

I'm trying to be pleasant while the scar tissue in my ankles re-rips, but sometimes it is easy to lash out at someone so flexible her backswing is longer than John Daly's. I'm making a concerted effort, but I can't go to her official classes anymore because now I have to watch the baby. I was pretty much black-balled anyway because of my off-the-cuff commentary that she didn't appreciate.

Back to the stoner friend issue ... he can waste his life all he wants, but I can't believe his wife, who I thought was extremely intelligent before hand would continue during the preggers. My wife and I think she is going through a depressed period.

thread jack!!!!

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: JS80


thread jack!!!!

More like mistaken post ... you could remove it you know ...

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Zolty
It is also a fairly direct quote from a song by "the Streets" off of "Original Pirate Material", which is a superb album that I recommend.

America has British rap? That was unexpected.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Zolty
As for me my free money ends in a few weeks when I go back to school, anyone else collecting checks from the government? or questions/comments?

How does one get on unemployment when they're clearly going to school in a few months and aren't looking for a long-term, full-time job?

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Zolty
As for me my free money ends in a few weeks when I go back to school, anyone else collecting checks from the government? or questions/comments?

How does one get on unemployment when they're clearly going to school in a few months and aren't looking for a long-term, full-time job?

They go to school online and still have the time to go to a full time job. It actually turned out that the online university I am attending didn't disqualify me from benefits. Although the full time job I got 3 weeks ago did

 

[AnyMal]

you're welcome