Last year a co-worker of mine wanted to quit but also wanted to get unemployment, so she just slacked off and did a shitty job until they finally fired her. I hope she's doing OK. I think she was better than this place.

1/6/2009 11:41:33 AM

it blows me away how many people think they can be fired for cause and still get unemployment

1/6/2009 11:45:39 AM

I wish video resumes became popular. I think I'd get a job faster if they knew how pretty I was.

1/6/2009 5:05:30 PM

if you get fired for any reason other than lack of work you're not getting shit from the government.

1/6/2009 6:10:43 PM

I'm currently looking for work in Boston and Melbourne, Australia. fun times.

1/7/2009 9:32:14 AM

I am working currently, but I hear a huge layoff is pending at IBM so stay tuned

1/7/2009 9:34:57 AM

Link?

1/7/2009 10:26:18 AM

^ http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1357198.html

1/7/2009 10:33:46 AM

Quote :

"if you get fired for any reason other than lack of work you're not getting shit from the government."

You got that right. Im currently disqualified from getting unemployment but I've filed an appeal. I doubt it work but I wanted to at least try.

I got 2 temp jobs I'm waiting to hear back from.

1/7/2009 12:44:19 PM

you also have to pay federal taxes on the money.

i think

ha

1/9/2009 5:41:01 PM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=6594001

include me in that 250, time to update the resume.

1/9/2009 5:59:11 PM

*raises hand*

1/9/2009 6:09:03 PM

Does anybody here work at RTI or Schering Plough? I have one contract job for a jr. indexer (thats what its called) at Schering Plough that I would like to get but keeps being put off.
I also found a research assistant position at RTI. I had a phone interview with HR the other day. They sent me an application package. I've already sent that back. I'm just waiting to hear back for an interview.

1/16/2009 9:11:34 AM

did anyone hear about the thousand or so people applying for 150 jobs at a Kohls in denver.

one of the ladies was pulling in six figures before.

1/16/2009 9:47:38 AM

link nick

1/16/2009 10:12:56 AM

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18470738/detail.html#-

this isnt the one I read but its the same story

1/16/2009 10:44:04 AM

I used to work for Schering-Plough. What is a jr. indexer? Nevermind, it makes sense.

[Edited on January 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM. Reason : ]

1/16/2009 4:46:49 PM

^ did you like it there? Thats the name of the position. I think it involves verifing and coding documents for clinical trials.
I got an interview next week there. They are interviewing 13 people but only bringing on 11 contractors.

1/16/2009 4:59:59 PM

Schering plough is a good company to work for, but like all companies it can be somewhat annoying. Lots of bureaucracy.
Good strong company, though.

1/16/2009 5:11:01 PM

Sigh

Time to go work at McDonalds?

1/16/2009 11:57:18 PM

I will be joining this thread on January 30th. Best birthday present anybody could've given me.

Life is extremely ironic sometimes.

1/17/2009 12:08:23 AM

life is awesome yoz

1/17/2009 2:44:26 AM

Quote :

"Does anybody here work at RTI or Schering Plough? I have one contract job for a jr. indexer (thats what its called) at Schering Plough that I would like to get but keeps being put off. I also found a research assistant position at RTI. I had a phone interview with HR the other day. They sent me an application package. I've already sent that back. I'm just waiting to hear back for an interview."

I hope RTI treats you better than they did me when I interviewed with them: they kept dragging it out so that it was about two months after I interviewed (I had a phone interview, interview with about 8 people, then went to lunch with three of them again) that they finally said "no." That was basically ridiculous.

1/17/2009 5:03:12 PM

Forgot to check in last week...finally found a new job...and my UE got approved and I got a check for 10 weeks worth!

1/17/2009 8:23:20 PM

^Damn did it take 10 weeks from you filed or did they back pay you?

1/17/2009 8:43:46 PM

yes it took 10 weeks for them to approve it

1/18/2009 2:26:13 PM

I got a job today. Its a long term contract working at Schering-Plough in their clinical documentation dept. I'll start in about another week.

1/22/2009 4:23:57 PM

^congratulations!

I have more interviews next week. I hope I get one!

1/24/2009 3:40:33 AM

Graduated in December, unemployed. And it sucks when you live in NC and most jobs open right now are in NY. If you're not in NY, companies pretty much ignore your resume. Fuck.

1/24/2009 4:05:30 AM

^ That's when you make a friend in NY and use their address on your resume

1/24/2009 5:26:49 AM

couldn't you use a PO box address in your resume?

1/24/2009 8:59:27 AM

do you know this as fact?

1/24/2009 10:45:01 AM

^^^yeah, but if they were to say "hey, can you come interview tomorrow?" and/or want you to start asap, it takes time to find a place up there. i guess i just worry that lieing about something like that, is that a big deal to a company?

1/24/2009 11:40:45 AM

Tell them you ARE moving to the area and will be there on XX day and need long term employment. You should get some hits.

1/24/2009 12:07:13 PM

you said they ignore pretty much all resumes that are out of state so that doesn't seem like a problem

[Edited on January 24, 2009 at 1:46 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2009 1:46:21 PM

^ right. Alot of companies only look at people who are local.

1/25/2009 12:33:48 PM

Add me to the list.

2/3/2009 7:02:20 PM

Newly unemployed. What's the max you get per week with unemployment?

2/3/2009 7:09:40 PM

500 for 25 weeks

2/3/2009 7:15:29 PM

^Wha??

In TN the max you get is $275 for 25 weeks....

2/3/2009 7:28:03 PM

While on unemployment pay, is there something they required you to do?

^I bet it's because there's no state income tax in TN.

[Edited on February 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM. Reason : .]

2/3/2009 7:29:47 PM

You have to prove that you're actively seeking employment. Like proof of applications or interviews. You have to pursue 2 different employers on two different days of the week and keep a log of all your searches and applications.

[Edited on February 3, 2009 at 9:23 PM. Reason : ]

2/3/2009 9:20:22 PM

seriously? $500 a week?

shit, thats barely less than what i was making workin full time for the state, thats like $26k a year for working a max of like 3 days

2/3/2009 9:22:38 PM

mhum.... and i'm sure they really check the 500,000 people who are unemployed now.

btw, I heard on the radio today that the NC ESC will have to ask for federal aide maybe as soon as next week. They said the ESC pays out something like $170M a week (or maybe a month?), and as of yesterday, they only have $16M.

2/3/2009 9:33:33 PM

you can go to the esc website and type in your name and social and get an approximate of what your unemployment would be

2/3/2009 9:36:56 PM

^^^ how much you get per week depends on how much you make/made with your normal job. There is a predefined upper limit on the total amount you can get - something like $12000. Then, depending on how much you made, they divvy that $12k into a certain number of weeks. If you qualify for the max amount, you will get about $490/week for 26 weeks. Otherwise, you will get a lower amount, but will get it for longer.

Plus, they take taxes out of the payments (stupid, right?) so it goes down to just over $400.

use this link to show how much and for how long you can get Unemployment
https://www.ncesc.com/individual/EstimateBenefits/ESTBenefitsMain.asp

[Edited on February 3, 2009 at 9:37 PM. Reason : .]

2/3/2009 9:37:19 PM

Quote :

"I hope RTI treats you better than they did me when I interviewed with them: they kept dragging it out so that it was about two months after I interviewed (I had a phone interview, interview with about 8 people, then went to lunch with three of them again) that they finally said "no." That was basically ridiculous."

IOW, they didn't like you, wanted to keep looking until they found someone good, but didn't want to get rid of fallback choices.

2/3/2009 10:04:52 PM

that is mean

2/3/2009 10:06:07 PM

Just got a job and relocated to NYC.

2/4/2009 12:01:48 AM

From Raleigh?

2/4/2009 12:03:12 AM