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I was working my dream job for almost five years and thought I could stay there until I retired. But a new manager came in and laid off most of the old management team and I was out.
I got nervous and accepted the first job that was offered to me after being on jobless benefits for one month. What a terrible mistake. The new job is terrible and the boss yells at me all the time and uses many four letter words. I would like to quit but can't go back on jobless benefits if I quit.
I want to be fired but in such a way that I would be eligible for jobless benefits again. My friends tell me that I stop working hard or am involved in any misconduct I will be ineligible to go back on unemployment. They think the best way to get fired is to try hard to do a good job but complain to the next level boss about my supervisor. And if he does not do anything, then move up the chain of command and keep complaining. There are four levels above my supervisor.
They will call me a complainer and lay me off. But because I follow company procedure I will still be eligible for jobless benefits. What do you think?
I have no advice for you. It's just odd to read someone strategizing on how to get fired in order to collect unemployment benefits. Sounds like you are about to put a lot of effort into something that may come back to haunt you when you're looking for a new position.
Are you not able to interview for a new position while holding to this job in the meantime? It makes more sense to put the energy you are about to waste into looking and interviewing for a new job.
Even if this ridiculous plan works, your unemployment benefits wouldn't last long at all since you are brand new to the job/company. You can't just get hired and then get fired a week later and go on unemployment benefits for the indefinite future.
I have no advice for you. It's just odd to read someone strategizing on how to get fired in order to collect unemployment benefits. Sounds like you are about to put a lot of effort into something that may come back to haunt you when you're looking for a new position.
Are you not able to interview for a new position while holding to this job in the meantime? It makes more sense to put the energy you are about to waste into looking and interviewing for a new job.
Exactly.
What do I think? I think that you sound like a slacker.
It's strange that your first thought was unemployment and not a new job somewhere else.
Well, this strategy of doing so badly that you get fired and collect unemployment insurance, as ludicrous as it sounds, has been promoted on here in the past by some forum members.
Even if this ridiculous plan works, your unemployment benefits wouldn't last long at all since you are brand new to the job/company. You can't just get hired and then get fired a week later and go on unemployment benefits for the indefinite future.
No, I would just go back on the jobless benefits I was already getting and have five more months left of unemployment benefits. I was getting $614 a week in benefits in the State of MN, which is very generous.
My current employer is working me 12 hours a day, and won't give me any time off so it is nearly impossible to interview for a new job.
Geez I'll work those hours. I can't even get an interview.
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