How do I get... yes, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION?

[monkspider]

Pretty ****ty, it was back in my fast food days. Like 6 somethin.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by Albert Speer my boss just said he had too many other things to deal with besides that guy and his friends coming back in there again and again everyday to fight me. he said straight up that he was clearing house so everybody even remotely involved or who he thought was remotely involved is gone. a mother of a girl who was fired came in today to talk to the boss who ran out the backdoor. he's scared as **** so he just cleared house.

Er. Does that even qualify as 'fired with cause'?

[Pekka]

But wait.. is that actually legal to give the boot for many people like that? I mean, it's not your fault the other guy is ... like that.

[Lorizael]

Most states in the US have at will employment. You can quit at any time for no reason without giving notice, and can subsequently be fired at any time for no reason.

[Al B. Sure!]

Pekka:

half the night shift is gone today. i suspect tonight or tomorrow, the manager will be assaulted, maybe repeatedly. he knows that, hence his hasty departure out the back door and the vague crossing out of names on the scheduling sheets... half the people will only find out when they'll come in to work and find their names crossed out with the words terminated near them. he only told me because i came into work today. he's scared he will be attacked if he fires anyone face to face.

[Jon Miller]

this is ****ed up

JM

[Al B. Sure!]

i could make a big deal out of it (no doubt, others will) but i'll just chalk this as a loss, apply for unemployment, and find a new job... the thing is though, i wont be able to get an unemployment check until after mid-Sept apparently... i'll have a job by then no doubt. that's a stupid system, having to wait 12-14 days before they even process your stuff to figure out if you're eligible.

[David Floyd]

Good thing you didn't quit. Then you wouldn't. I hate that rule.

Why would you hate that rule. The whole point of unemployment is to help people who lose their job primarily due to no fault of their own. If you quit, or are fired for cause, it's your own damn fault.

[Al B. Sure!]

yes, of course, dave...

my situation is odd though... a group of people come in to attack me (security was oddly absent, a whole issue onto itself) because i date the girl that he is interested in. the leader of the attackers is fired as well as me, the girl, and a number of people who had some relations with us and who supposedly, in casual conversation, mentioned that me and the girl went out the other day, spurring this guy to get mad, bring his friends, and attempt to attack me.

i REALLY could make this into a big issue because i, as well as several other people, were fired without legitimate cause, but i'll just let it slide. maybe i'll take some solice in the fact that one of the fired people is bound to run into the manager by himself soon enough and whoop his ass. he'll probably press charges and that guy will go to jail but i'd be content to know he got his just due.

[David Floyd]

Well, I don't want to get into my opinions about employer-employee relations and what constitutes a valid reason for termination (I'd piss off most people), I was responding to Kid, not you

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by David Floyd


Why would you hate that rule. The whole point of unemployment is to help people who lose their job primarily due to no fault of their own. If you quit, or are fired for cause, it's your own damn fault.

That depends on why you quit. If you're being treated like **** you should get benefits too. Most people don't just quit for no reason. Don't pull a Ronald Reagan on me and tell me people want to be unemployed.

[Kidlicious]

AS,

Don't worry. Your boss will tell EDD that you were fired for no fault of your own, because he won't want any chance of being sued.

[David Floyd]

That depends on why you quit. If you're being treated like **** you should get benefits too.

Why? You aren't entitled to a ****ing job - it isn't charity.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by David Floyd


Why? You aren't entitled to a ****ing job - it isn't charity.

I believe I am, and no it isn't charity.

[Al B. Sure!]

you surprise me dave... i wouldve thought you would be against unemployment benefits point blank...