Sonofanump;1107994 wrote:You only used to work on the weekends?

mcburg93;1107999 wrote:I should be fine can do just about anything maintenance. I think since I will be able to use some unemployment will go get my certifications in some of the fields Ive been putting off. Now will have to time to get them.

Raw Dawgin' it;1108006 wrote:what did you do the other 5 days a week you didn't work?

mcburg93;1108013 wrote:I worked 12 hours saturday, sunday, and mondays. Then did construction on the side for the rest of the week.
I just got the weekend shift a month ago and been loving the extra time to work on the side. The guy that replaced me on my shift during the week lost his job also.

mcburg93;1107987 wrote:Lost my job and not real happy about it.

From work "Sorry to inform you but your position has been eliminated by administration." Uggg what a shitty day..

I work weekends and got this in the mail today. Called them and asked them why they didnt call me into the office tuesday morning and tell me about this. Wow I am just a little pissed off right now.

Gblock;1108100 wrote:where are you located? maybe you can get on at the casino

Skyhook79;1108021 wrote:"God will use your greatest failure or greatest sorrow to be a powerful force in your life and the lives of others. Your Valley of Baca (weeping) becomes springs for you and others. You will go from strength to strength (Ps 84:6)"

That stinks man keep your chin up.

gut;1108129 wrote:Your side construction jobs probably won't factor into the consideration of your unemployment benefit (if you are a 1099 contract employee, they aren't paying unemployment tax on you, so no benefit and certainly no benefit if you're paid under the table). However, your benefit will be offset, even eliminated, with what you make in such side jobs. That is, unless you attempt to cheat the system by getting paid under the table. I wouldn't recommend that.

It's a weekly calculation though. You can apply for unemployment, and in weeks you find no work you'll collect the full benefit. But if your benefit was, say, $250 a week and you make $300 that week for a few days of construction then you would not receive a benefit that week.

mcburg93;1108150 wrote:Yea I already let the unemployment know about it. They explained it to me pretty well. I was not really looking at the money from them as much as being able to use some state money to get my certifications. The lady I talked to on the phone told me it would be a good idea to get them cause the state would pay for partial or all of the classes.

gut;1108172 wrote:Definitely. But keep filing every week since it's still your money in weeks where you might not find work (or perhaps don't "look as hard" due to other commitments). Really unemployment isn't enough incentive for most people to sit on their ass, it's when you add-in food stamps and other welfare that sitting on one's ass becomes preferable to working 40hrs to make marginally more, if that, money.

Not sure what your cert programs will require as far as time. I don't believe full-time students are eligible to collect unemployment (hence the money for job-training and so forth). Also keep in mind that any job improvement-related expenses not fully covered or reimbursed by a govt program can be tax deductible.

Best of luck to you.

Raw Dawgin' it;1108139 wrote:gtfo

mcburg93;1108175 wrote:...she explained now is the time to get them cause of all the government programs. As much as I hate using them I think its time too.