DH starts his job today. Unemployment is over. I wish I wasn't worried that he's going to screw up something. I'm sure he's not, but I'm so worried...he's been out of work for so long. Ugh!

After 2 years on unemployment I start my new job on Fri. 22nd. WoooHoooo.

I hate my job, and a small part of me wishes that I could sit home, collect unemployment, and whine about being jobless. Only a small part, but a part nonetheless.

Where I work is closing at the end of June and reopening in the middle of August with a new name. All staff who wants to work there in August has to apply and interview. We have been told there is no guarantee that everyone will be hired back. So not sure if I should try or just collect unemployment and find another job elsewhere (btw I work for a school and I'm the administrative assistant) I feel for the teacher who may not get hired back.

I figured out what I'd be making on unemployment and have tried to budget to that number...ya know, just in case

since i'm unemployed, i went to the baseball game during the day. my unemployment interviewer was sitting right behind me. oh, my. i was supposed to be looking for work.

My boss never advertises when he's wanting to hire. It's all word of mouth to customers. Employment is so low in our area that he doesn't want all the people on unemployment who have to fill out X amount of applications per week to just use him as another new place to apply. I don't blame him! I worked fast food before I worked here and of the 100 applications we received per month just at our location, only 2 or 3 actually really wanted to get the job.

My family owns a restaurant that we opened about 6 months ago. It started off great but now its gotten so slow. I'm terrified we are going to have to close if it doesn't start getting busier in the next couple months. Please pray for us to survive. Our business is in a town that already has huge unemployment & I don't want our employee's to be in that situation anymore that my family wants to be in it.

I think people with 2 jobs shouldn't complain about a person who's getting unemployment checks. If you want them to work so badly, quit one of yours.

What they're not talking about is the increase in calls to suicide hotlines and suicides in areas with the highest unemployment... I've never felt this bad before in my life. I've been looking for over a year now.