I guess the Unemployment Office was Different in the 1970's

[TVFactFan]

I always thought you went there to get FINANCIAL HELP not JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE-lol That's why I didn't understand why the Lady was asking J.J what kind of WORK EXPERIENCE he had so she can find him a job. Looked more like a EMPLOYMENT AGENCY-lol


Also if that was the case couldn't James have went there when he was out of work?

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by KingofTVResearch

I always thought you went there to get FINANCIAL HELP not JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE-lol That's why I didn't understand why the Lady was asking J.J what kind of WORK EXPERIENCE he had so she can find him a job. Looked more like a EMPLOYMENT AGENCY-lol


Also if that was the case couldn't James have went there when he was out of work?

I believe they do both, I remember like 3 years ago I took my cousin to the Unemployment office and he had to fill out an application about his job history and some other stuff, and they talked to him about things he had experience in so that they could help him find work, Which was kind of stupid since he was like 19 at the time LOL

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I believe they do both, I remember like 3 years ago I took my cousin to the Unemployment office and he had to fill out an application about his job history and some other stuff, and they talked to him about things he had experience in so that they could help him find work, Which was kind of stupid since he was like 19 at the time LOL

Wasn't it strange that they had all those IMPORTANT POSITIONS?-lol That lady was reading off a list of Career Jobs, not JOBS-lol

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by KingofTVResearch

Wasn't it strange that they had all those IMPORTANT POSITIONS?-lol That lady was reading off a list of Career Jobs, not JOBS-lol

Not really there is an array of people who lose their job and they have to go and file unemployment.

[Ireneparalegal]

The last thing the unemployment office wants you to do is collect unemployment. Their agenda is to make sure you find a job. I don't know how it is anywhere else, but here, you MUST DO A JOB SEARCH in order to collect your check. To me, that is ridiculous. If you lose your job and are able to collect unemployment, that means it is not through your fault that you are unemployed. You have worked and put into the system and that is why it is called unemployment INSURANCE, to insure you some sort of income while you are out of work.

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

The last thing the unemployment office wants you to do is collect unemployment. Their agenda is to make sure you find a job. I don't know how it is anywhere else, but here, you MUST DO A JOB SEARCH in order to collect your check. To me, that is ridiculous. If you lose your job and are able to collect unemployment, that means it is not through your fault that you are unemployed. You have worked and put into the system and that is why it is called unemployment INSURANCE, to insure you some sort of income while you are out of work.

I think it's like that here, I know my cousin had to report like every week or every other week on his job search ( don't think he actually did it). I remember one time I drove him to this meeting or something. So trying to collect unemployment is a job in it's self LOL

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Brieannas21

I think it's like that here, I know my cousin had to report like every week or every other week on his job search ( don't think he actually did it). I remember one time I drove him to this meeting or something. So trying to collect unemployment is a job in it's self LOL

It sure is. Here, you are required to show on your forms what jobs you have applied for, etc. If you don't show any effort on searching or applying for jobs, you don't get your check. That is ludicrous to me. I mean, why should someone be forced to look for a job if they decide they don't want to work? Let me explain. When I quit this one job, I was very lucky to collect unemployment simply because I knew the law and the employer screwed up. The employer said since I quit, I couldn't collect unemployment. WRONG! I proved that I had good cause to quit. Anyhoo, I decided to take a year off from working so I could de-stress. This was when I decided to go back to college and become a paralegal. I didn't want to enroll right away, but I was made to look for jobs by the unemployment to collect my check, even though that was not my goal. I earned that unemployment insurance and I made sure I was going to keep getting it while I stayed home.

[Brieannas21]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

It sure is. Here, you are required to show on your forms what jobs you have applied for, etc. If you don't show any effort on searching or applying for jobs, you don't get your check. That is ludicrous to me. I mean, why should someone be forced to look for a job if they decide they don't want to work? Let me explain. When I quit this one job, I was very lucky to collect unemployment simply because I knew the law and the employer screwed up. The employer said since I quit, I couldn't collect unemployment. WRONG! I proved that I had good cause to quit. Anyhoo, I decided to take a year off from working so I could de-stress. This was when I decided to go back to college and become a paralegal. I didn't want to enroll right away, but I was made to look for jobs by the unemployment to collect my check, even though that was not my goal. I earned that unemployment insurance and I made sure I was going to keep getting it while I stayed home.

I don't even think that my cousin had to show if he was actually looking for a job. I remember I told him that I was tired of driving him back and forth to the unemployment office since I was pregnant at the time. But it seem like he had to go to all of these classes on how to get a job and resume crap. And I think the only reason why he could stop reporting is because he went back to school and became a full time student. But that was a pain in the ass for me and I wasn't even collecting Unemployment LOL

[Jude The Obscure]

When I was working for a steakhouse restaurant back in the '90s, it caught on fire and we were out of work for a least a month. We went filed for unemployment and were required to verify that we were looking for new work, even though they well knew that the restaurant was going to re-open!!
So stupid, we were entitled to those benefits, but made to feel like we were bums for wanting them.

Back to GT--that lady sure was the snootiest worker!! "Eugene Pruitt! EUGENE PRUITT!!!!"

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Jude86

So stupid, we were entitled to those benefits, but made to feel like we were bums for wanting them.

Back to GT--that lady sure was the snootiest worker!! "Eugene Pruitt! EUGENE PRUITT!!!!"

Exactly Jude. Thank you. This is unemployment insurance, not welfare.


"EUGENE PRUITT!" He got tired of the unemployment's crap too. That is why he left that office and we never saw him.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Exactly Jude. Thank you. This is unemployment insurance, not welfare.


"EUGENE PRUITT!" He got tired of the unemployment's crap too. That is why he left that office and we never saw him.

Eugene Pruitt went to look for his own job-lol

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by KingofTVResearch

Eugene Pruitt went to look for his own job-lol

I would too. Who would want to deal with that witch in the unemployment office? She was fugly.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I would too. Who would want to deal with that witch in the unemployment office? She was fugly.

I think I would have SLAPPED the SH*T out of her-lol

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by KingofTVResearch

I think I would have SLAPPED the SH*T out of her-lol

She needed it to help fix that attitude she had going on. Crazy beeyotch.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

She needed it to help fix that attitude she had going on. Crazy beeyotch.

She was getting mad at J.J because he had no job skills-lol