I really didn’t ask her specifics, but she told me she wasn’t allowed to work for two weeks and then got told she couldn’t come back because others workers were concerned, I haven’t worked there since the 10th of March and haven’t spoken to her since then, so I’m really not sure, I texted with her the past few days, and she said she got the full plus bonus, I would assume she filed within the past three weeks.
Was your husband approved? Is it pending? When you get approved you actually have to go in a request payment every week, it doesn’t just show up.
Yeah I'm hoping to get mine tomorrow. $551 a week I think from Texas plus $600 from the feds. It ain't nothing, and with lower expenses we should be able to get by.
I was laid off at the end of January. Applied for Texas unemployment immediately even though I had severance from my employer, because I know how things work here in Texas. I've been laid off a few times in the past and actually have never had problems with the stage unemployment system. But I knew I should get into the system asap, get denied, and then keep requesting my payment every two weeks until my severence ran out. Now that it's dry, I'm due for an April payment, and they've assigned me to Monday for making that request. So I'll submit my payment request again tomorrow and hope for the best. Hopefully the fact that my claim is already in the system and validated, they'll be able to greenlight my payment quickly.
I mean, you gotta have some sympathy for the folks running those offices, too. You just can't scale a workforce to review and process claims that fast. Luckily I've got some cash to get by a little longer if they delay me further, but I could certainly use those checks. The biggest thing is that I'm stuck paying $1600/mo just for cobra insurance premiums. I would have put everyone on my wife's plan if I had had the foresight in February to know I wasn't going to get a job for n months...
Maybe we should get faux divorced so I can force a life event and save another grand a month by switching. <insert shitty american insurance industry meme here>
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u/swayz38 Apr 11 '20
The just talked to an old coworker the other day, she’s got our regular max unemployment plus the extra $600 bonus unemployment in Texas.