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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 02:19 AM Original message |
Waiting for unemployment: a dehumanizing experience at the unemployment office |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. If you go through IDES, you can do your |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. thanks! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. "The number has been connecting to a busy signal, nonstop, for a week." |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. you can also file online n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. To be eligible for unemployment benefits.. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm calling bullshit on this article |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. In Indiana, you still have to actually show up at least once to sign some things |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. There's absolutely no reason for you to feel dehumanized or |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. actually, you do not pay into unemployment, employers pay it |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Wrong! Your employer does not pay for shit! |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. +100000000000000000000 |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. +100000000000000000000 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. +infinity. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 03:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. i didn't write the article, i just posted it. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. didn't mean to imply |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. People in Michigan have to actually go somewhere in person to file a UI claim? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. To be eligible for unemployment benefits..you must also register for work two to three business days |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. dupe |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. It scarcely seems dehumanizing. It sounds like the two intake workers have the patience of saints... |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. The ones I dealt with were great |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Sounds like my sis. They wanted to "retrain" her for a clerical position & she was an engineer |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. + infinity (as they say) |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Two and a half days |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. My God, that could be my mom! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
19. It always did suck |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I had to do that (go in person) several times earlier in my career |
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BlueGirlRedState (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. In Texas, it's all done on-line |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm not sure what the point of your post is? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. I would bring a good book. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. At least in VA you can do the entire thing online. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. The welfare office, OTOH, |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. true about the welfare office |
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