Comments on: Would you go on unemployment if you lost your job?

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:19:29 +0000

Not sure about your state but in the state I live you can file for unemployment via the internet. You won’t have to stand in any lines. You can file for your check once a week as well.

By: Doctor Deth

Doctor Deth — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:53:32 +0000

it beats starving to death. Your employer pays a lot of money into the unemployment system – you’d be stupid to not use the benefit. most of it is handled online anymore – in Penna, you do it all online – no one would “see you” standing in line. I’m a college educated white collar professional and I’ve been unemployed several times during my career – usually due to business downsizings. if you were fired for insubordination though, you probably won’t be eligible for benefits

By: mopar

mopar — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:19:12 +0000

Yes you should. You need to be sure you don’t end up on the street. So you have to prove you are looking for a job. You will be looking anyway, right? And they have a lot of resources to help you look. You can also use your own, you just have to be looking. I don’t know what industry you are in, but it can take along time to find a job sometimes. Good luck, and use whatever means you need to to get by. That’s what our government resources are there for.

By: Gazelle Intense

Gazelle Intense — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:12:45 +0000

it is a bit demeaning…. I felt like an alcoholic or druggie asking for a drink or dope.

look at it this way… it is NOT the government giving out their money, the money is mine. yours. ours… It’s our money… if you’ve been paying taxes any amount of time, it’s your money they are giving out.

I hope to NEVER do it again. God willing.

if you need to do it short term it’s fine. a month or two. but don’t do what most people do, sit around milking it and not job hunting.

it don’t pay much…. so it’s not a long term game plan.

find work… asap. fast.

By: newjerseyguy

newjerseyguy — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:45:13 +0000

Thats why unemployment insurance exists. You pay taxes to support it when you are working, so use it when you need it.

By: ricks

ricks — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:01:43 +0000

Will you be demeaned when they come & repo your car for non payment? Will you be demeaned when they kick you out of your home? Will you be demeaned when your are eating the last can of tuna fish out of the can?

Did you feel demeaned when they were withholding unemployment insurance from you r check all this time? Are your relatives going to pay all of your bills so they can hide their shame of your not working? What business is it of theirs unless they are doing something about it?

Most places dont have unemployment lines anymore. They are done on an automated phone system.

I would have no problem doing it again.

By: HandyMan

HandyMan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:25:55 +0000

Of course you should. Your employer has been paying into unemployment insurance for just that very reason. If you are looking for a new job in earnest, there is no stigma which can be laid at your door for doing this. Are your friends and relatives willing to support you while you are looking for a new job? If not, then take the unemployment money…it is not wellfare since it is your hard work that paid for it in the first place!

By: Haseo

Haseo — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:32:32 +0000

Will these people who say it’s demeaning will bring you food or pay for the bills? Is collecting these benefits one of your rights as a taxpayer? Are you doing anything immoral or illegal?

It would only be demeaning if you are begging or doing something immoral or illegal. So go and collect what is due to you. besides it’s YOUR money in the first place, they are just returning it to you. ^_^

By: David

David — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:41:10 +0000

dude.. if you are entitled for it.. then that means that you paid taxes on it in the past.. so go ahead and get some back.

By: L.G.

L.G. — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:22:52 +0000

Definitely register ASAP. You’ve paid taxes for this benefit. You should have registered the day you were terminated since in most states there’s a 2-week wait before benefits begin.

You’ll be expected to keep a diary of your attempts at finding a new job and to keep any interviews the unemployment office sets up for you.

You do NOT have to accept a job that pays less than you have been paid or that is not suited to your abilities.

If your employer challenges your request for unemployment pay, you still are entitled to receive a certain amount after a waiting period but may have to file a rebuttal to any such challenge.

Your unemployment pay should be about 2/3 of what your pay was. If you can find part-time work while you’re looking for a new full-tmie job, you report your income from the part-time job; that amount is subtracted from your weekly unemployment pay BUT then $30 is added to the resulting figure, so you still get more money than if you were not working at all.