Do you think your pink slip is on the way? (employment, profit)

[myrc60]

I got mine June 09 and of course haven't been able to find gainful employment, but now we think one (a pink slip) is waiting for the only employed person in this house.

So help me with this; if you get fired you usually get unemployment, right? Anybody in SC know what the max benefit is?

[TruckDriver33]

Originally Posted by myrc60

I got mine June 09 and of course haven't been able to find gainful employment, but now we think one (a pink slip) is waiting for the only employed person in this house.

So help me with this; if you get fired you usually get unemployment, right? Anybody in SC know what the max benefit is?

Theres a calculator on SC's website here:

http://dew.sc.gov/claim-content-bene...sp#Eligibility



Alot of people should be worried about their jobs:

FedEx doubles profit but will cut jobs- Market Dispatches - MSN Money

[myrc60]

Originally Posted by TruckDriver33

Theres a calculator on SC's website here:

Claimants



Alot of people should be worried about their jobs:

FedEx doubles profit but will cut jobs- Market Dispatches - MSN Money

Thanks. I know; after Christmas spending contracts or Christmas hiring doesn't happen it's going to get a lot worse.

[mcb1025]

I have enough to worry about in my daily life. I try not to focus too much on the hypotheticals and unknown. Don't need the extra stress.

[kodaka]

So help me with this; if you get fired you usually get unemployment, right?

I wouldn't say usually. You get benefits if the reason for your termination was something beyond your control. However if you broke a rule or a policy or performed your duties with gross negligence, then you were fired 'for cause' and are not eligible for benefits.

If you were fired for something you really couldn't do anything to avoid, such as simply not being qualified for the job, or personality conflicts, or simply made a mistake...then you qualify.

I don't know what the statistics are, but I don't think it's accurate to say that MOST people who are fired are eligible for benefits.

Statistics are only helpful in a very general way. If you work in the architecture or construction industries, where unemployment is 40-50% right now, it's not really that helpful to know that the unemployment rate in other industries is less than 10%. If you work in an area where the overall unemployment rate is less than 10%, it's not really meaningful to know that in other parts of the country it's close to double that. Because broad statistics like these don't accurately predict your own individual job stability.