The cynic in me thinks that they purposely make the process to apply for extended benefits difficult so that most people will just throw their hands up in the air and quit. Or wind up doing what I probably did[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was pleasantly surprised months ago when I realized my COBRA payments were covered. I was mailing in payments only to have them sent back, being told that they were covered. I have NO idea how long my inability to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here I go again? This branch for Express Employment Professionals is in Irwin, which is closer than that Forest Hills office was. So, if this is an actual job that I might get an interview for (and maybe even get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twenty six weeks. I seriously thought that over these last six months I’d be working again. But only getting two interviews, even though I’ve applied to hundreds of open positions, it’s so disheartening. Now I have to hope I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe it’s because I can be somewhat anal, I’ve kept a written record of every single job I’ve applied to since my first application, right after my job was sent to India. I realize that because of the pandemic unemployment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are some days, like today, where my depression just sort of eats me up. Maybe a lot of this hit me today because last night I had a good time hanging out with friends, friends who were making a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was (pleasantly) surprised to see these deposits in my checking account. During 2020, when they were discussing the Covid funds that were going here and there on the news, I gotta be truthful I really wasn’t paying too much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I draw these comics, sometimes the direction I come up with, how I plan to lay them out, pops into my head just before I start to pencil. In yesterday’s comic, the idea to put a huge tree in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, to be truthful, as any of you who’ve been on unemployment already know, the check totals weren’t much. But add them up, along with my Siemens paycheck (contract workers get paid weekly) and it feels as if I’m flush[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, let’s see. I worked a solid six months from the end of November of 2017 thru the beginning of June of 2017. I’ve been out of work, unemployed for 20 weeks, yet I STILL can’t get any unemployment checks???[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…