r/jobs • u/Whole_Relief8299 • 3d ago

Layoffs Just got laid off via text

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I’ve been crying so much over this. I genuinely can’t believe how heartless some people can be…

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u/Shadow_Integration 3d ago

Time for a follow-up text to request your record of employment and to file for unemployment insurance due to layoff. If they contest it, you'll have this screenshot as evidence.

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u/TIC321 3d ago

When its a legitimate layoff, I don't panic anymore. I learned from covid. Unemployment isn't bad. I see it as a vacation from work. During that time, I enjoyed not working after many years of working very hard.

I work 2 jobs now and I miss it sometimes. I have a full-time job thats very stable and a part of a union. I cant stand working for private sectors anymore because they can fire you for any reason very easily

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u/FluidLock 3d ago

Unemployment is only fun if you have money set aside for this exact situation. Fortunately when I get laid off early in the year it was ok I had some money saved up. But by the time I found a job I was super lucky because my UEI was running out and so was the money I saved up.

I can say I miss having so much more time to relax, go to the gym at whatever time I wanted to, play video games and sleep in. But I’m more happy that I can pay all my bills and still have money left over at the end of the month. The unemployment checks were barely cutting it for me and wouldn’t be enough if I wasn’t living with my parents. I would’ve been living in my car.

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u/NextDoctorWho12 2d ago

Yeah my states unemployment is $200 a week. That will not even cover my mortgage. Unemployment in red states is fucking worthless.

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u/Defeated-N-Tired-TA 22h ago

My husband got the max in California and it was 450 every 2 weeks. Blue states aren’t any better.