In my state, in order to keep unemployment you have to prove that you made some sort of action towards getting a job on at least five separate days every week. Also, declining a job offer, no matter how bad it might be, ends the unemployment immediately.
Oh and also we have one of the lowest amounts of benefits and you can only be on for about 24 weeks before they cut you off entirely. Also, they don’t pay the first week after you’re approved.
I got laid off from my last job, and for the first time ever in my career I got paid a severance. As it turned out, however, the total amount of the severance was about $100 less than the total amount I could have gotten from unemployment. I say “could have” because any amount you get as a severance is deducted from the amount of unemployment you’re eligible for, so had I applied for unemployment I would have been eligible for the grand total of $100 - definitely not worth the hassle.
I can’t really complain, I guess. I got the whole amount up front instead of in dribs and drabs for six months, and I didn’t have to pretend to be looking for work at any point.
In my state, in order to keep unemployment you have to prove that you made some sort of action towards getting a job on at least five separate days every week. Also, declining a job offer, no matter how bad it might be, ends the unemployment immediately.
Oh and also we have one of the lowest amounts of benefits and you can only be on for about 24 weeks before they cut you off entirely. Also, they don’t pay the first week after you’re approved.
I got laid off from my last job, and for the first time ever in my career I got paid a severance. As it turned out, however, the total amount of the severance was about $100 less than the total amount I could have gotten from unemployment. I say “could have” because any amount you get as a severance is deducted from the amount of unemployment you’re eligible for, so had I applied for unemployment I would have been eligible for the grand total of $100 - definitely not worth the hassle.
I can’t really complain, I guess. I got the whole amount up front instead of in dribs and drabs for six months, and I didn’t have to pretend to be looking for work at any point.