The lost job thread.

Plumber. I work a lot in other people's homes. Almost all non-emergency work is on hold. I work a lot doing service in restaurants and they're all closed so no work there. Some construction but mostly remodels and that is drying up. Monday we had two jobs cancel, Tuesday had no work, yesterday I got 6 hours in... I won't ever be laid off but if there's no work then I don't work. 
Little brother started working at the Toyota dealer a month ago. Tuesday they let all hourly employees go indefinitely. He has a newborn and is nervous. 
 

Things are getting really ugly and I hope everyone can keep their spirits up. 

All done with the job. They bought pizza for the shop. Jt was a firing party which was a little weird. I brought cupcakes. 

The thought is that all the same pumps are out there wearing out so the work should come back eventually and they'll call. We'll see. I'll miss going to work. 

My wife waits tables in a family owned restaurant, so their business has been declining for over a month now.  Next week may be the business' last week, but we will have to see.  We're taking things one day at a time.

Do any of you have experience with the ADA and lawsuits? 

My lady has RA and has no been prescribed a SECOND immuno suppressant drug. Her boss is forcing her to come in to the office today to clean and organize his personal office. We are almost positive he's going to fire her. She was hired as a marketing specialist, not the cleaning crew. 

Of course the preference is for her to tell him asphyxiate on a satchel of richards, but she's worried about not being able to get unemployment........and frankly, we can't afford for her to not have some income at the moment. 

To say I have the rage = to the fire of a 1000 burning suns doesn't even come close.

We've lost two major streams of income.  We have an above garage apartment that usually brings in just over 2k a month on airbnb, we're wiped out there.  Secondly, and more importantly, this has smoked our photography business.  We've had cancellations as well as clients moving dates for weddings.  I get it, and encourage it! However- it does me we will be without income for at least 6 months....

so we are putting our house on the market today and likely moving out of south florida.  I'm looking at jobs in business development and sales in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Orlando and Knoxville.  It's a tough time to look for a job, but it's also important to sell the house before the market crashes, we can't afford to live here anymore- and I've only got about 4 months of savings to cover us :/ 

stuart in mn said:

Not really the same thing, but I'm retiring and my last day is tomorrow 4/3.  This was planned before the whole virus pandemic thing came along, it remains to be seen if it's a good time to retire or not (it has been weird working from home for the last few days, obviously my retirement lunch didn't happen.)

Can you still collect unemployment?  Previously I couldn't because I was considered part time. but the new rules allow me to, So with the extra $600 a week I can collect unemployment insurance for a total of 39 weeks or  10 months. 
Try applying on line. It's pretty easy here in Minnesota although they seem to ask the same questions 4 times. 

I do construction, mainly concrete. It's always slow in January and February so I picked up a stupid little paper route that pays more than I thought possible.

Now construction is on hold and the paper route is essential. I'm pretty happy that the thing that was supposed to pay for some traveling ended up being so much more 

grover said:

We've lost two major streams of income.  We have an above garage apartment that usually brings in just over 2k a month on airbnb, we're wiped out there.  Secondly, and more importantly, this has smoked our photography business.  We've had cancellations as well as clients moving dates for weddings.  I get it, and encourage it! However- it does me we will be without income for at least 6 months....

so we are putting our house on the market today and likely moving out of south florida.  I'm looking at jobs in business development and sales in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Orlando and Knoxville.  It's a tough time to look for a job, but it's also important to sell the house before the market crashes, we can't afford to live here anymore- and I've only got about 4 months of savings to cover us :/ 

The new rules regarding Covid 19 allow part time and self employed people to collect Unemployment.Try signing up on line. It's a bit confusing but a Luddite like me just got my first check. 

Antihero (Forum Supporter) said:

I do construction, mainly concrete. It's always slow in January and February so I picked up a stupid little paper route that pays more than I thought possible.

 

Now construction is on hold and the paper route is essential. I'm pretty happy that the thing that was supposed to pay for some traveling ended up being so much more 

Again. Unemployment insurance.  The rules regarding Covid 19 changed everything 

Dont go in, try on line first. A phone call is your last resort because they now have 6.6 million people signed up with more every day. 

z31maniac said:

Do any of you have experience with the ADA and lawsuits? 

My lady has RA and has no been prescribed a SECOND immuno suppressant drug. Her boss is forcing her to come in to the office today to clean and organize his personal office. We are almost positive he's going to fire her. She was hired as a marketing specialist, not the cleaning crew. 

Of course the preference is for her to tell him asphyxiate on a satchel of richards, but she's worried about not being able to get unemployment........and frankly, we can't afford for her to not have some income at the moment. 

 

To say I have the rage = to the fire of a 1000 burning suns doesn't even come close.

Try unemployment insurance on line.  Covid 19 changed the rules completely.  Do it on line. Phone call last resort. 

frenchyd said:

Antihero (Forum Supporter) said:

I do construction, mainly concrete. It's always slow in January and February so I picked up a stupid little paper route that pays more than I thought possible.

 

Now construction is on hold and the paper route is essential. I'm pretty happy that the thing that was supposed to pay for some traveling ended up being so much more 

Again. Unemployment insurance.  The rules regarding Covid 19 changed everything 

Dont go in, try on line first. A phone call is your last resort because they now have 6.6 million people signed up with more every day. 

I plan on it, paper route covers me though if it doesn't work

RevRico said:

Started Westmoreland Preservation in October. Got my first contracts in February. Shut down "indefinitely" as of March 16th. Had to shut down my drop shipping sites in January when everybody got scared of stuff coming from China and traffic and sales went from "paying the bandwidth bill" to "ghost town". But that's ok, the companies I get contracts through haven't answered a single phone call or email about owed pay since then either. 

To small of a business that hadn't existed long enough to qualify for anything on a state or federal level, so now I can either buy a still to pickup the hard liquor business the state gave up when they shut down liquor stores, or go work at a gas station and expose myself and my family to people who should be voluntarily quarantined but are too busy fighting over lottery tickets. Seriously, 3 old women got into a fight over the lottery machine at the gas station SWMBO manages at this afternoon.

Not happy. Especially because I never dealt with the public face to face.

The state lost over 20% of its workforce since this started. We were actually 10% of the nation's new unemployment filings last week. That's a pretty grim picture to look at.

Unemployment has changed due to Covid 19, go on line to sign up. With the extra $600 a week passed in the last stimulus bill and the $1200 per person + $500 a child  things should be OK for A while  

Student loans are on hold  as is foreclosure and eviction  

oh and unemployment insurance is for 10 months not just 6. 

Daylan C said:

I'm on temporary layoff but was told they have to bring me back as soon as they can afford to. They plan on me being off for most of April atleast.

You get unemployment insurance, plus the extra $600 a week  ( and the rules are much easier )  Do it on line!  Phone calls are taking forever and they don't want you to come in  

it's now for 39 weeks instead of 26 

plus you will get $1200 each adult and $500 each kid. 
 

in addition student loans are on hold, evictions are stopped as is Foreclosure. 

barefootskater said:

Plumber. I work a lot in other people's homes. Almost all non-emergency work is on hold. I work a lot doing service in restaurants and they're all closed so no work there. Some construction but mostly remodels and that is drying up. Monday we had two jobs cancel, Tuesday had no work, yesterday I got 6 hours in... I won't ever be laid off but if there's no work then I don't work. 
Little brother started working at the Toyota dealer a month ago. Tuesday they let all hourly employees go indefinitely. He has a newborn and is nervous. 
 

Things are getting really ugly and I hope everyone can keep their spirits up. 

Unemployment.  Reduced hours qualifies you. Even if you don't lose your job. Heck, all the rules have changed since Covid 19. Go to your states unemployment website 

apply on line. Phone calls take forever. Do not go in. 
You will get your regular unemployment check ( about 40% of your net wages)  while it is taxable your circumstances might allow you to not have taxes withheld. Really depends on how long this lasts. 
plus Shortly the federal government is adding an extra $600 a week 
Good news. It's now for 39 weeks instead of 26. 
On top of that you will get $1200 each adult + $500 each kid. 

Unemployment is obviously an option, but from my understanding it's very difficult to qualify if you quit vs being fired/laid off/furloughed. Even though I think it qualifies as a hostile environment............he keeps telling her things like "If you just went vegan and used essential oils it would cure your auto immune disease." And since she can do her job from home, at least the one she was hired to do, the ADA "reasonable accomodations" definitely apply to her. 

I wish he would just fire her, she'd bring home more money that way and get to focus more on her job search.

I'm very happy I work for a huge, international company with great insurance and the ability for us to work from home and not be in any real risk of losing our jobs unless this continues for months on end.

I'm a self employed plumber so all of my bigger jobs are gone.  Still doing some repair/emergency work.  Wife is working mad hours at the supermarket.  One day off over the last 35 days and 10 to 12 hour days.  She got a $2 an hour bump as hazard pay.  I was installing a new heating system at my sisters house yesterday when she got the dreaded conference call.  She was sure she was getting laid off.  Nope.  Her boss got laid off.  She got a promotion and now has to do her job and his.  Had to take a 10% pay cut.  This virus thing is starting to look like a way for companies to trim the fat.

Alright, not lost but it looks like I'm done for hte next week. The work laptop died. I'm quarantined and a new one won't be ready until middle of next week at the earliest.  at least friday ended early! Silver lining is I still have a job, likely still getting some pay. 

bobzilla said:

Alright, not lost but it looks like I'm done for hte next week. The work laptop died. I'm quarantined and a new one won't be ready until middle of next week at the earliest.  at least friday ended early! Silver lining is I still have a job, likely still getting some pay. 

I got a new laptop for work at the end of January. 

I can work from it, but it's still not completely setup. Hell I need 3 different VPNs just to get my stuff done.

Disney furloughed...everyone. that's not cool. Good news is it sounds like my pittance will keep us afloat for a bit. Those stimulus checks will buy us a month. Swmbo has 7 weeks of PTO she's sitting on because she's been with the mouse for 15 years. I'm gambling on june1 at this point, though if she catches unemployment, we're good for a while. Just can't buy an evo3. 

I worked for the largest brick and mortar retailer of scrubs in the nation - Inbound Marketing Manager. 
Myself and the entire marketing team got eliminated 3 weeks ago. So even though all the stores are open and most of their audience is "essential", they have no way of marketing to them or knowing what is going on with the ecommerce site. Good luck to them. 

I've yet to be approved for unemployment as the system is backed up. Glad I was good at saving and just parted out a race car. 

Logan's Roadhouse just terminated 18000 furloughed employees and closed 260+ restaurants.  

Toyman01 (Forum Supporter) said:

Logan's Roadhouse just terminated 18000 furloughed employees and closed 260+ restaurants.  

This is not surprising. They closed a E36 M3load just a couple years ago.  They were drowning. 

In reply to Mndsm :

I expect the same from Bob Evans very soon. 

About a year ago they sold the restaurant side of the business (but not the grocery side of the business )to new company. Prices got higher, food got crappies. I suspect they were on weak ground 2 months ago, and now look where we are!

z31maniac said:

Unemployment is obviously an option, but from my understanding it's very difficult to qualify if you quit vs being fired/laid off/furloughed. Even though I think it qualifies as a hostile environment............he keeps telling her things like "If you just went vegan and used essential oils it would cure your auto immune disease." And since she can do her job from home, at least the one she was hired to do, the ADA "reasonable accomodations" definitely apply to her. 

I wish he would just fire her, she'd bring home more money that way and get to focus more on her job search.

 

I'm very happy I work for a huge, international company with great insurance and the ability for us to work from home and not be in any real risk of losing our jobs unless this continues for months on end.

Obviously every state is different  with regard to unemployment. Historically here in Minnesota it's real hard for an employer to deny you benefits no mater what.  
I've read that some southern states less than 20% get benefits and they usually get a very small percentage for less than the typical 6 months. 

I read someplace that according to federal regulations anyone laid off in this period is  supposed  to get benefits. But now can't find the site.  

Wife got quarantied (travel to Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, then NYC).  She _may_ get paid her usual wage until she's called back in.  She works for a rheumatologist.  I repair ambulances for the 911 provider the next county over so we're essential workers.  I found out earlier today, that the IFT/CCT (inter facility transfer/critical care transport) side of our company had a conference call, and they all have 2 months until they shut down.  I guess the "Finance manager" decided this was this was the best time to renegotiate their contract with the hospital they do 80% of their buisness with.  Well, the hospital basically told them to berkeley off and they will find another company to go with.  I feed bad for the workers, not the company.  The way its looking, the county will take over within 3-6 months.  And if what I think what'll happen, it'll be the end of this company in this country.  They won't get _any_ contract ever again.  And that's being optimistic.