Here's the BS I had to deal with: -I was dealing with health issues when I was working. -My former coworker actively tried to make my condition worse. -I reported them for this to management & HR -Got fired, as they had friends in HR. -They filled out the unemployment paperwork wrong 4 times. -The unemployment case was so messed up, the local government got involved.

The positives. -Company deamed at fault and heavily scolded by the government. -I got paid more on unemployment than when working. -I make ~25% more at my new job.

That was ~2 years ago.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

-I got paid more on unemployment than when working.

How did that one happen? That's the unbelievable part to me - unemployment is basically capped to a percentage (usually 50%) of what you were making when working and vacation pay and partial pay (paychecks from part time work) etc any other non-gift pay also deduct or delay from how much you end up getting paid, at least where I live.

[–] Vej@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Unemployment counts the last 5 quarters. If you get fired before a quarter ends it doesn't count it as a full quarter.

I left a different job making a lot more because of my health. I knew the manager at this new job and he saw I wanted a position that I was already in. Less hours, about the same pay.

When I was unemployed it counted the vacation I was reimbursed upon my leave from the previous company and the massive amount of overtime I was making from the previous job. If they would have fired me 4 days later, I would have been in the new quarter and gotten a lot less.

[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It happens - especially when company gets in trouble.

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